Disease

Coverage of infectious and chronic diseases — their causes, mechanisms, epidemiology, prevention strategies, and the latest science on how the body fights back.

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If your family or friends have not been touched by Parkinson’s Disease, a neurologic disorder characterized by uncontrolled or unintended movement, Michael J. Fox is the person that might come to mind.
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The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is perhaps the world’s most prestigious medical journal, so it is both interesting and informative to see its editors’ compilation of what they consider its “notable articles” of the previous year. T
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.