Chris Iliades, MD is a regular contributor to Bottom Line Health. He was an ear, nose, throat, head, and neck surgeon before becoming a full-time medical writer.
In 2017, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress passed legislation mandating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
About four out of 10 women have dense breasts. Density has nothing to do with size—it just means that dense…
Health supplements are a big industry. According to a recent market survey, Americans spend about $50 billion per year on…
You’d think it’d be all about super-sized portions…but there are actually multiple factors concerning the epidemic of obesity, a trend…
Intermittent fasting has become a popular way to lose weight. Also known as time-restricted eating, this diet plan is more…
Up to 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which includes approximately 37 million Americans. Once diagnosed,…
If you’re a breast cancer survivor, your memory might not be as sharp as it used to be. Cognitive problems…
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that limits the way your body regulates and uses sugar for energy, resulting…
Both vegetarian diets and hip fractures are becoming more common with women. In the U.S., about five percent of the…
It’s not a revelation that late-night snacking on foods high in salt, fat and sugar can pack on the pounds.…
To screen or not to screen for colon cancer…. Most doctors advise their patients to begin colonoscopies starting at age…
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, affecting about 10 percent of Americans, the American Sleep Association reports. Another 30…
Decades of nutrition studies suggest that people who eat more fruits and vegetables live longer and have a lower risk…
Being diagnosed with cancer is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to advances in medicine, survival rates are on the…
Hospital records during the COVID-19 pandemic show that men are more likely to be hospitalized for severe COVID than women.…
Aspirin can be a lifesaver if you’re having a heart attack. But aspirin for the prevention of heart disease is…
Cardiovascular disease, including stroke and heart disease, is the number-one cause of death in both the U.S. and Denmark. Researchers…
If you’re trying to eat healthy, you probably know to tread cautiously in the cookies aisle and frozen foods section…
Between 12 and 13 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. For those with low-risk disease, the National…
According to the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Neurology, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is bad for brain…
