Disease

One of our standard medications used in caring for the critically ill is steroids, more specifically glucocorticoids.

Cancer of the prostate gland is extremely common – so common, in fact, that in some form it will affect most men if they live long enough.

Medicine is notoriously slow to change, which is, in many ways, a good thing because it allows time for a concept to be tested and shown to have value.

Many factors contribute to the burnout of practicing physicians, which has been accelerated by the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Let me begin with the caveats – it is a research study of the UK Biobank, which in the authors' words, “is not fully representative of the UK population regarding lifestyle and characteristics.” Ninety-four percent+ of the participants

Sixty percent of Americans have at least one chronic illness, and 40% of us have two or more. Unlike an acute illness, chronic disease requires patient self-care; you must help yourself, at least between doctor visits.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most devastating events in public health in the U.S. over the last half-century. It’s also the most scrutinized health emergency in history.

We have learned a lot about the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, new viral variants, such as the many subtypes of Omicron, are less susceptible to the vaccines developed to protect against th

The Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE) study looked at the effect of a 25% reduction in caloric intake, without sacrificing essential nutrients, in healthy adults over two years.

The peak of COVID-19 infections might be behind us – at least until the next “variant of concern” of the SARS-CoV-2 virus appears – but the scourge of long COVID lives on.  And on.