Several risk tools can accurately predict individual baseline risks of adverse events in people with chronic kidney disease. Here, the authors examine methods of assessing risk and discuss risk ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...

Acute and chronic conditions typically differ in how they develop and how long they last. Broadly speaking, acute conditions occur suddenly, have immediate or rapidly developing symptoms, and are ...

Chronic cholecystitis associated with incomplete GT is a particularly rare phenomenon. This article presents a pediatric case of chronic cholecystitis associated with incomplete GT. Ultrasonography ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think ...

I think we’re past the point where I have to explain that chronic pain is not the result of imbalanced humors or a wandering uterus or possession by demons. But for more modern skeptics ...

Chronic inflammation refers to a prolonged inflammatory response that involves a progressive change in the type of cells present at the site of inflammation. It is characterized by the ...

Causes of a chronic cough, which persists for more than eight weeks, include air pollution, asthma or allergies, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

There has been a significant update of our guidelines. Changes include: publication and ethics standards; article types and their requirements; standards of the Journal’s style guide, including ...