New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults.

A compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Post-Acute Care Team, whose focus is to ensure post-acute care facilities', hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.

A surge in flu cases across Scotland has placed health services in the country under "acute pressure", Public Health Scotland (PHS) has warned. Data from PHS showed 1,163 people were hospitalised ...

Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly. The ...

The acute onset of symptoms can mimic a stroke ... While not typical, auditory impairment has been occasionally described in WKE and can contribute to the overall encephalopathy. The proposed ...

This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleed treated with lactulose as compared with patients not treated with ...

In 1999, we proposed a mechanism responsible for the development of brain edema based on a combination of experimental and clinical observations. [51] An initial osmotic disturbance of the brain ...

Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe lung-related complication of sickle cell disease that affects both children and adults. Sickle cell disease (SCD) or anemia is an inherited blood disorder that ...

The clinical presentation of HE varies widely by disease severity and neurocognitive impairment. In MHE, patients might not have obvious clinical changes but instead may have abnormal psychometric ...