Adam Hochron

Researchers in Wisconsin recently announced the discovery of a gene which could help explain certain traits seen in patients diagnosed with diabetes.

The World Health Organization continued its efforts to battle the ongoing Ebola outbreak with a second meeting of its Emergency Committee tackling the virus.

Patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes have long known the benefits of ease and convenience that comes with using an insulin pump instead of relying on multiple daily insulin injections to control their condition. A recent study has shown that using a pump is also associated with positive effects on long-term cardiovascular risk and mortality.

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently released the results of a study that identified a protein that could play a key role in a variety of diseases.

Recent studies looking at neural response in patients with fibromyalgia have shown that people with this condition may have hypersensitivity to non-painful stimuli.

The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa is showing no signs of slowing down. As a result, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that the United States would be getting even more directly involved in the effort to contain the outbreak and prevent it from spreading any further.

The results of a recently released study have once again shown the impact gut microbes can have on the health of patients with diabetes.

As any athlete or active person knows, the health of the cartilage in the knee can make the difference between comfortably moving around and pain that can stop you in your tracks. Researchers in Australia have recently discovered a stronger than expected link between knee cartilage and rheumatoid arthritis.

Medication commonly used to reduce cholesterol could also be used to help patients with diabetes reduce their risk of serious complications like blindness and amputations.

People who smoke and have more sodium in their diets than others could also be more likely to eventually develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a recent study.

As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to intensify and widen, the collection of obstacles in the way of the people trying to help those so desperately in need also seems to constantly be growing.

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center recently announced a breakthrough in the development of a replacement kidney.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is showing no signs of slowing down. As more people become infected and die from the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) is looking for international help to bring the medical emergency under control.

Researchers at Temple University believe they have found a way to help remove any traces of HIV-1 from a person's body as work continues toward a cure for the virus.

Now that the two American patients infected with Ebola have arrived safely in Atlanta, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released more information about ZMapp, the experimental medication the patients were treated with before being flown back to the US.

The makeup of a person's brain chemistry could play a role in their environmental food cues, according to the results of a new study.

The most devastating outbreak of the Ebola virus to date continues to take the lives of more people in West Africa, leaving the rest of the world to figure out not only how to prevent future outbreaks but also what may have caused this one.

When autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis attack a patient's body from the inside it can be a difficult reminder of how hard it can be to treat a condition from the inside out.

A new test recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration could go a long way in helping identify patients who could suffer acute kidney injury following hospitalization.

With the World Health Organization reporting that more than 2,000 people have died during the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, researchers are urgently testing several experimental treatments in hopes of developing effective remedies against the deadly virus. One such potential treatment is currently being tested on monkeys by researchers from the US National Institutes of Health and GlaxoSmithKline.

Drug formerly known as Zerenex gets approval following Phase 3 clinical trials

The race to approve the first drug to treat the Ebola virus got a new entrant recently when Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced it would "fast-track" the development of a new vaccine.

Patients with osteoporosis have to deal with many potential complications and comorbidities with their condition, most notably the risk of fracture as a result of the bone loss.

Having seen firsthand the damage done by the Ebola virus outbreak, US Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, said that while a lot of work had been put in to help those in need, there was still a lot more work to be done.

Patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are at higher risk for developing major health complications but up until now there had been no reliable way to determine which complications a patient might develop or how severe they might be.

The end of September will mark the deadline set for hospitals across the country to reach Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program for the year and that means the clock is ticking for health care professionals around the country to meet the goals set for them.

A 3-year study of a product meant to help patients dealing with a wide range of conditions including diabetes, hypertension, and weight loss showed positive results according to manufacturer EnteroMedics, Inc.

As national and international health agencies and other groups shift their focus during the current outbreak of the Ebola virus from treatment of those patients with the virus to preventing further large scale events, a team of researchers has reported some success in looking at how Ebola compromises an infected person's immune system.

For many patients with chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, medication adherence is often one of the most challenging aspects of the treatment process, especially when the medications prescribed by their health care professional are prohibitively expensive. A study from Manchester University recently showed that many patients with rheumatoid arthritis are not taking some of their most critical medicines due to rising drug costs.

For patients with hypertension, finding the right course of treatment can be critically important especially when other health factors are taken into consideration.