Eleven states plan post-acute initiatives using CMS Rural Health Transformation Program funding to improve care coordination ...

A review in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports highlights how acute exacerbations of chronic rhinosinusitis (AECRS) remain poorly defined, inconsistently diagnosed, and often overtreated with ...

People who get keratin treatments select formaldehyde-free options because they think these products provide better ...

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. It can be either acute, producing temporary symptoms, or chronic, leading to long-term damage. Acute pancreatitis may lead to chronic pancreatitis in some ...

Hikers, skiers, and adventurers who travel to high altitudes can sometimes develop acute mountain sickness. Other names for this condition are altitude sickness or high altitude pulmonary edema. It ...

What Is Acute Kidney Failure? Acute kidney failure is when your kidneys stop working suddenly. Doctors sometimes call it acute renal failure. It can happen over just a few hours or days. Acute kidney ...

Background Middle-aged men seem to be particularly susceptible to adverse cardiovascular effects of endurance exercise. The ...

Acute pain is sharp, sudden, and short-lived discomfort. It typically lasts only a brief time. Though it may not be serious, it could point to an underlying problem in some cases. Acute pain comes on ...

Acute stress disorder can develop following a person’s exposure to one or more traumatic events. Symptoms may develop after an individual either experiences or witnesses a disturbing event involving a ...

Acute appendicitis is the sudden and severe inflammation of the appendix. It can cause pain in the abdomen, and this pain may occur quickly and worsen within hours. The appendix is a narrow tube that ...

More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis (acute calculous cholecystitis). The key elements in pathogenesis seem to be an obstruction of the cystic duct in the ...

Left atrial appendage closure increases acute atrial pressure without long-term structural impact. Learn more about these ...