Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

Vitamin D has shown to play an important role in those with multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and even depression; now it looks like the same can be said about those with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Denosumab (DEN) has shown to increase bone mineral density (BMD) in the past, but it turns out that both treatment-naïve and treated patients can benefit from the medication.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from the past month – did you read them all?

The race to perform a historic organ transplant in a patient with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), from an HIV-positive donor, has come to an end as a team of physicians from Johns Hopkins has successfully completed the monumental surgery.

If research continues focusing on macrophages and their role in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it could mean new opportunities to treat patients and eventually help find a cure.

In previous studies it had been shown that macrophages were not targeted by HIV when looking at how the virus develops. New research of mouse models has shown evidence that that may not be the case.

Heart disease is already the number one cause of death in women in the United States, and now a recent study has found that endometriosis is linked to a higher risk of coronary heart disease.

Although antiviral medications help control the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), treatment can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study identifies a strategy to reduce that risk.

People with fibromyalgia may try different pharmacologic approaches, but which one is really the most effective?

World Tuberculosis Day is recognized every year on March 24, and in some countries the lung infection is the number one killer in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Medical cannabis significantly lowers the use of opioids in patients with chronic pain, according to a new study from the University of Michigan (U-M).

A new, long-lasting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a high-risk group.

A new study found that combining two well-known medications for fibromyalgia is better than either therapy on its own.

A vaccine to combat the most common arboviral disease in the world may finally be here.

Oral contraception could be a beneficial addition for female athletes… and their knees.

You’ve braved through a snow-filled winter with your sights set on a spring break getaway at the end of the frigid tunnel – but there’s one problem: the Zika virus.

Non-pharmacologic approaches to pain relief are always welcome, but options are limited, and those that are available do not always provide adequate analgesia.

What do President Jimmy Carter and Kim Kardashian have in common? Well, probably nothing besides the fact that people’s perspectives on their health conditions were both examined in a recent study.

Estrogen may be a driving factor behind the fact that young men infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have higher rates of bone loss than HIV-infected women.

The prescription opioid epidemic is a major problem, to say the least, and the number of overdoses has quadrupled since 1999. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new guidelines designed to reduce prescription opioid misuse and abuse.

The National Football League (NFL) has long upheld its position that effects from playing the game are not linked to the neurological disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). But for the first time, an official with the organization is acknowledging the connection.

Just in time for National Potato Chip Day, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a guidance for the food industry on ways to reduce a potential carcinogen in the salty snack food, as well as in French fries.

Pain is one area of medicine that continues to provoke questions, and a recent study suggests that exercise-induced pain is in a category of its own.

The number of Zika cases are on the rise and a vaccine is still years away. Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), returned from assessing the Zika response efforts in Puerto Rico.

Pregnant women with severe acute migraine attacks may need to be considered as high-risk pregnancies; new research shows that the condition can lead to preterm delivery and other complications.

A 19-month-old boy died from meningitis, an illness that can be prevented through vaccination.

The first study to investigate the link between fibromyalgia and stroke risk revealed telling results across all ages and sexes.

In the first global study of its kind, researchers put a number on the amount of people who are infected with both the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C.

New research has shown that the source of your arachnophobia may be able to target the same pain receptors as opioids.

The Zika virus outbreak has been receiving extensive media coverage, with new discoveries and information reported seemingly every day. With comparatively little known about this virus until recently, many people are asking if it is really as serious as some media outlets are letting on.