What a Doctor Wants You to Know
Whether you think you might have ulcerative colitis (UC), you’ve just been diagnosed, or you’ve lived with it for years, there’s a lot to learn about this condition. We spoke with Sarah Streett, MD, clinical director of inflammatory bowel disease at Stanford University, to find out what a doctor who treats this disease every day wants you More...
How Genes and Genetic Biomarkers Affect Lung Cancer
Genetic Biomarker Testing for Lung Cancer: What to Know When you find out you have non-small-cell lung cancer, it’s important to learn if your type of lung cancer has certain genetic markers. It could More...
Causes of Hair Loss in Women: Medical Reasons and More
The best way to think of the way hair grows is to picture a garden. How well it grows is completely a result of what is happening “underground.” “Like a garden, a normal hair cycle should lead to a product, More...
Study Calls Poverty a ‘Major Risk Factor for Death in the U.S.’
April 19, 2023 – More than 183,000 people in the United States died in 2019 largely because of poverty. That’s as many lives as claimed by Alzheimer’s disease, accidents, strokes, and diabetes, and 10 More...
Oakland’s Soda Tax Cut Local Sales by 27%
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could taxing soda cut down on the consumption of sugary drinks? That’s exactly what happened when a local “soda tax” More...
Fentanyl-Xylazine Combo An Emerging Threat
April 12, 2023 — The spread of fentanyl and the animal tranquilizer xylazine is an “emerging threat” to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, which allows it to quickly develop a response More...
Scientists Get Closer to Understanding ‘Hidden’ HIV
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are closing in on another immune system “hideout” that HIV uses to persist in the human body for years. A More...
What’s Next After Judge Strikes Down Preventive Care Mandate?
March 31, 2023 – Health experts around the country are scrambling to determine which preventive services may no longer be free to patients after Thursday’s ruling by a federal court judge that struck down More...
Getting Sober: Finding Your Way
Brooke Aymes started drinking as a way to deal with the negative emotions that arose after the death of her cousin from suicide. Then it became a social activity — “a way to fit in and to feel good More...
Skin Removal After Weight Loss Surgery: What to Know
Dec. 6, 2022 – Rosalina Finelli from Deerfield Beach, FL, lost 216 pounds after weight loss surgery in November 2019. While she wanted to celebrate her achievement, the procedure left her with excess skin More...
