Diseases & Conditions

Quick and Natural Constipation Cure
Digestive

Quick and Natural Constipation Cure

May 4, 2015

It happens. You had a few days of careless eating or stress or inactivity and now you’re constipated. Here’s a…

New Deadly HIV Is Approaching as STDs Climb in Seniors

New Deadly HIV Is Approaching as STDs Climb in Seniors

William Schaffner, MD | May 1, 2015

You might think that we’re long past the HIV/AIDS epidemic, but a new, especially virulent form of HIV has hit…

You Don’t Need CT Angiography to Diagnose Heart Disease Risk
Heart

You Don’t Need CT Angiography to Diagnose Heart Disease Risk

Pamela Douglas, MD | April 30, 2015

If you or a loved one are experiencing frightening symptoms that could be heart disease, such as chest pain, difficulty…

Guide to Living Well with an Autoimmune Disease

Guide to Living Well with an Autoimmune Disease

April 30, 2015

If you’re one of the 23 million Americans with an autoimmune disease—whether rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, Sjögren’s or another—then you…

Sjögren Syndrome: The Mysterious Disease Is Back In the Spotlight

Sjögren Syndrome: The Mysterious Disease Is Back In the Spotlight

Alan Baer, MD | April 30, 2015

When tennis superstar Venus Williams recently announced that she had been diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome, the tennis world issued a…

Avoid a Stroke by Avoiding Shingles
Stroke

Avoid a Stroke by Avoiding Shingles

Maria A. Nagel, MD | April 28, 2015

The chronic pain and unsightly rash of shingles is bad enough, but now there’s increasing evidence that you’re at much…

What It Means When Hunger Strikes at Night

What It Means When Hunger Strikes at Night

Hyla Cass, MD | April 27, 2015

“I often wake up very hungry in the middle of the night. What is going on?” You appear to be…

A Better Way to Treat Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

A Better Way to Treat Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

John T. Slevin, MD | April 27, 2015

The drug Sinemet relieves Parkinson’s disease symptoms such as tremor, difficulty swallowing and an awkwardly shuffling gait, but it becomes…

A Lifesaving Option for People Too Weak for Heart Surgery
Cardiovascular Disease

A Lifesaving Option for People Too Weak for Heart Surgery

April 21, 2015

Imagine this nightmare scenario—you are told that you have a major problem in your heart that, if left untreated, will…

How to Garden with Allergies

How to Garden with Allergies

April 20, 2015

It's the heart of allergy season and it seems the sneezing gets worse every year, but a person has got…

Don’t Let Them Tell You Gluten Intolerance Isn’t Real
Digestive

Don’t Let Them Tell You Gluten Intolerance Isn’t Real

April 17, 2015

You may have been told that unless you have the autoimmune disorder celiac disease, you’re not gluten intolerant, and the…

We’re Closing In On a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease

We’re Closing In On a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease

Kristina Endres, PhD | April 16, 2015

Whenever the subject of Alzheimer’s disease comes up, the discussion always includes a line that there is no cure. Those…

Is It Breast Cancer or Not?
Breast Cancer

Is It Breast Cancer or Not?

Melissa A. Lazar, MD | April 15, 2015

What Those “Suspicious” Findings Really Mean It’s scary to know that something suspicious appeared on what you thought was a…

Musician’s Lung Secret
Respiratory

Musician’s Lung Secret

April 14, 2015

With Leonard Nimoy's recent passing, we've been reminded of the extensive damage lung disease (usually caused by smoking!) can do.…

The Prostate Cancer Watch and Wait Approach—a Harm or a Help?
Prostate

The Prostate Cancer Watch and Wait Approach—a Harm or a Help?

D. Andrew Loblaw, MD | April 10, 2015

If you or a loved one are sweating out the watch-and-wait approach that most men are subjected to when told…