Diseases & Conditions

Home Remedies for Sunburn Pain and Prevention
Skin Disease

Home Remedies for Sunburn Pain and Prevention

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | February 9, 2024

Home remedies for sunburn pain and itchiness can provide sweet relief for burned and peeling skin until it heals.

How Safe Are Proton Pump Inhibitors
Diseases & Conditions

How Safe Are Proton Pump Inhibitors

Brooks Cash, MD | February 8, 2024

The first proton pump inhibitor (PPI), omeprazole, was available by prescription in 1993. Since then, PPIs have gone over the…

Blanking Out and Freezing Up
Diseases & Conditions

Blanking Out and Freezing Up

Louis J. Marino, MD | February 6, 2024

When Senator Mitch McConnell had a sudden change in mental status while delivering remarks on Capitol Hill, he seemed frozen…

Fungal Infections on the Rise
Diseases & Conditions

Fungal Infections on the Rise

William Schaffner, MD | February 4, 2024

Mycosis or fungal infections are caused by a fungus, such as a yeast or mold, rather than a bacterium or…

Understanding and Preventing Heart Attacks
Diseases & Conditions

Understanding and Preventing Heart Attacks

Michael Ozner, MD | February 1, 2024

Even if you have a family history of heart problems, you can take steps to prevent a heart attack or…

Home Remedies for Rashes and Itches
Skin Disease

Home Remedies for Rashes and Itches

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | January 28, 2024

Rashes are a pain in—well wherever they appear. Learn how to treat these uncomfortable and unsightly skin conditions.

Finding The Best Weight-Loss Program for You
Diseases & Conditions

Finding The Best Weight-Loss Program for You

Holly F. Lofton, MD | January 25, 2024

Which weight-loss program will work for you? The one you’ll follow at this moment, says obesity medicine specialist Holly F.…

How to Create Your Family Medical History
Diseases & Conditions

How to Create Your Family Medical History

David Sherer, MD | January 23, 2024

It is common to have only a limited sense of relatives’ medical problems. But it’s also dangerous—many problems have a…

When Are You “Safe”?
Diseases & Conditions

When Are You “Safe”?

Kelli McCourt | January 16, 2024

The bridal shower my cousin had planned for her future daughter-in-law was nearly cancelled because her son had COVID, and…

Even Older Adults Can Get STIs
Diseases & Conditions

Even Older Adults Can Get STIs

Matthew Hamill, MD, PhD, MPH | January 8, 2024

There’s an epidemic in the US, but doctors and patients often fail to discuss it—sexually transmitted infections (STIs). There are…

Pneumonia: Prevention Is Your Top Priority
Diseases & Conditions

Pneumonia: Prevention Is Your Top Priority

William Schaffner, MD | January 4, 2024

Pneumonia can happen any time—not just during the cold months. And since it can become very serious, even life-threatening, prevention…

Coping with a Dementia Diagnosis
Diseases & Conditions

Coping with a Dementia Diagnosis

Elizabeth Landsverk, MD | December 15, 2023

A dementia diagnosis can be received with a crushing finality. The frightening decline into late-stage dementia that lies ahead can…

Peyronie’s Disease: A Common Problem for Men
Diseases & Conditions

Peyronie’s Disease: A Common Problem for Men

Run Wang, MD | December 3, 2023

Historically, few men have wanted to talk to their doctors about a common problem that strikes one in 10 men…

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It
Digestive

Diverticulitis: What It Is…How to Prevent It

V. Liana Tsikitis, MD | November 24, 2023

No longer a condition affecting mostly older people in Western countries, diverticulitis now can develop in people of all ages—even…

Your Gallbladder: The Little Organ That Has a Big Impact on Your Health
Diseases & Conditions

Your Gallbladder: The Little Organ That Has a Big Impact on Your Health

Stephen Pereira, MD | November 10, 2023

The gallbladder—it’s fair to say that most of us know very little about this small organ…until something goes wrong, and…