Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Wet cough over a period lasting longer than four weeks? We are supposed to believe that this is not unusual for children, nor anything to be worried about. But Dr. Anne Schlegtendal, senior physician at the Universitätskinderklinik Bochum, Germany, says otherwise.

New data from the CONFIDENCE trial demonstrates that combination therapy with finerenone and empagliflozin leads to significantly greater reductions in albuminuria than either agent alone in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The breakthrough study was presented today at the 62nd ERA Congress and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Walking is a fundamental activity for maintaining health. While numerous studies have assessed how much people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) walk, few have explored how they walk, especially in unsupervised, real-life settings.

A vaccine targeting gonorrhea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. This will make England and Wales the first two countries in the world to offer such a program.

We are in the middle of a global workplace burnout epidemic—aptly named the “burnout society” by Korean-German philosopher Byung-Chul Han.

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has developed a new treatment that could change the outlook for patients with Alagille syndrome. The condition affects multiple organs, including the liver, where it often leads to liver failure.

Arriving home after a long day may be a relief, but for some people, seeing their front door or inserting a key into the lock triggers a powerful urge to pee. Known as “latchkey incontinence,” this phenomenon is the subject of a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh who found that mindfulness training and/or noninvasive brain stimulation could reduce bladder leaks and feelings of urgency evoked by these cues.

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state biologists as the tick continues to increase its spread throughout the state.

Critically ill patients with acute kidney injury could benefit from higher doses of the antibiotic colistin on the days they are also receiving dialysis, according to a new study by Monash University and Mahidol University.

New guidelines on identifying fabricated or induced illness (FII) in children are needed after research has found previous guidance to be inaccurate and the cause of false accusations against parents.