Disease

Imagine if scientists invented a cure for cancer. Would you be interested in learning about it?

One of the many difficulties in treating cardiovascular disease is patient compliance with medication regimens.

The opioid epidemic has resulted in some soul-searching in the medical community.

Stress alters our glucose metabolism, sometimes pushing the phenotype towards a more insulin resistant, diabetic, profile.

By Paul Lange, MD, FASC

How many times have we heard in recent years that measles is no big deal? That it's just a harmless childhood disease (nicknamed "Mickey Mouse measles" following the Disneyland outbreak)?

Who would have ever thought that when I dropped acid (1) that its effects would last so long? But I cannot think of an alternate explanation for what I just (thought I) read. Other than hallucinations. 

After maintaining a pack-a-day habit for nearly three years, I gave up smoking in 2012 with the help of an electronic cigarette (e-cig).

Florida recently declared a statewide emergency because of an inordinately large number of hepatitis A infections.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a particularly bad problem, the loss of renal function makes it more challenging to manage a patient’s fluid balance and electrolytes, especially potassium which can cause the heart to beat irregularly or even stop.