We’re in this together. An estimated 1.3 million adults in the U.S. live with RA, and it is twice as common in women as men. RA takes a toll on mental health, with some estimates that up to 22% of RA ...
Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack ...
Would you have done anything differently? A friend of mine volunteers at a hospice, and she hears one regret over and over from patients: letting relationships wither. They wish that they had made ...
For the first time outside of pregnancy, I — an emergency doctor — experienced what it feels like to be a patient. It was not, to put it mildly, a pleasant experience. I sought treatment when I was ...
Meanwhile, men are 1.5 times more likely to have Parkinson’s disease than women, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series gives physicians a platform ...
Patients who have had non-urgent procedures cancelled as part of cost saving measures by Manx Care have been "left in a limbo situation", an MHK has said. On Thursday, reductions to some on-island ...