Introduction: The prevalence of bone disease in peritoneal dialysis patients has been recently shown to exceed 54%, including patients with parathormone (PTH) levels within the theoretical adequate ...

A new study published suggests that the connection between coronary artery calcification—a measure of calcium buildup in the arteries—and bone mineral density may be driven in part by shared genetic ...

Nancy Preston didn’t have a heart attack. Nor did she have chest discomfort, shortness of breath or heart palpitations — all symptoms of heart disease. Instead, a routine mammogram led to Preston ...

Routine mammograms are a critical tool for breast cancer screening. However, they may also hold crucial, potentially untapped information about a person's risk for cardiovascular disease, the number ...

Calcific diskitis (CD) is a rare condition characterized by inflammation and calcification of an intervertebral disk, typically causing localized back pain. We present the case of a 65-y-old woman ...

A new study of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with seven common cancers reveals that nearly one in ten patients diagnosed with non-metastatic disease later develop metastatic recurrence - a ...

The ASCENT-07 trial did not achieve its primary end point of progression-free survival for sacituzumab govitecan in HR+/HER2– metastatic breast cancer. A positive trend in overall survival was ...

It’s the question former Bachelorette star Katie Thurston was queried on her Instagram channel, Boobie Broadcast. She created the space after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in March, ...

Trastuzumab deruxtecan has shown efficacy in patients with previously treated human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–positive advanced or metastatic breast cancer. The efficacy and safety of ...

What to know about the fatigue, anxiety and brain fog that can accompany your diagnosis getty When people think about breast cancer symptoms, they often think of a lump in the breast or in the ...

Metastatic prostate cancer is cancer that began in the prostate but has spread to other parts of the body. There's no cure, but there are a number of effective treatments you can discuss with a ...