Claire Ernst, director of government affairs for the Medical Group Management Association, talked to us about why extending the federal COVID-19 health emergency was so important for healthcare providers.

Reviewing data from more than 23.5 million U.S. patients, the study's authors found that methamphetamine use was linked to a whopping 86% increase in a patient's AFib risk. The other substances included in the analysis were not far behind. 

The adult brain may be more malleable than scientists previously thought, according to new research presented at the 35th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Researchers explored data from nearly 20,000 patients, sharing their findings in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Nodular patterns were the most commonly visualized abnormality, although several others were observed.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, details the new generation of cholesterol-lowering agents and their roles in patient care. 

Children are at heightened risk of major clinical depression when at least one parent has a history of the disorder. New research shows depression markers appearing on structural and functional brain MRI ahead of symptoms in these “familial risk” offspring from infancy through early adulthood.

The conventional transfemoral approach is not always possible during TAVR procedures, leaving care teams with an important decision to make.