Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

If copper clothing is on your list of options to treat chronic pain, you might want to rethink that one.

The world's first and only non-rechargeable, upgradeable spinal cord stimulation system could change the way that physicians treat chronic pain.

World AIDS Day is recognized each year on December 1, and while it's a time to applaud the progress made in recent years, it also highlights the challenges that lay before us.

Migraines affect about 12% of the US population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and another condition could indicate that the painful disorder will become chronic.

It's been well established that patients with fibromyalgia have a poorer quality of sleep, and now a drug is showing positive results in combatting this common symptom.

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune system and has the power to cause additional conditions – including neurocognitive disorders.

Younger patients may get a bad rep for misusing prescription medications, but they do not make up the prominent group who get the interventions.

The recent Escherichia coli (E. coli) outbreak associated with Chipotle has yet to be contained as it continues to move between the coasts.

The connection between low back pain and depression has remained tenuous at best, but a new analysis has tied the two together.

It may be easy to write a prescription for opioids in hopes that they will do the trick for patients struggling with fibromyalgia pain. But the best path towards effective analgesia may not require medication at all.

Gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis are among the sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that have been on the rise in the United States, according to the 2014 surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control or Prevention (CDC).

The long-awaited SPRINT trial not only included patients that are often left out of clinical studies, it also provided physicians with much-needed guidance on more effective blood pressure management strategies.

It was only a few months ago that research revealed that vitamin D can help inhibit replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and now the vitamin appears to contribute to treatment outcomes.

Abdominal pain is the reason behind 5% of emergency department visits, according to a report in American Family Physician. But analgesic pain management differs greatly between racial/ethnic groups.

Former Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen divulged on the TODAY show Tuesday morning that he is infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). And while it can impact everyday life, it is not the be-all and end-all disease that it once was in the 80's.

In the midst of planning Thanksgiving dinner and watching the best NFL matchups, the last thing patients want to think about is an inconvenient gout flare-up. Unfortunately, it looks like November is prime-time for the debilitating condition.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced changes to the Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) label – a hepatitis C drug that was first approved in October 2014.

Omelet lovers, I apologize for this one in advance.

A new study analyzed multiple areas of fibromyalgia including pain, brain characteristics, and medication efficacy, which resulted in some very telling conclusions.

Antibiotics commonly used to kill normal staph infections can actually increase deadly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria resistance.

Analysis of data from the PEGASUS-TIMI 54 trial showed high rates of treatment discontinuation due to adverse events such as bleeding and dyspnea, with the highest rate occurring in the first year of treatment. Patients who stuck with treatment experienced a reduction in cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke.

Chest pain is one of the most common reasons that patients visit the emergency room, and the use of troponin testing can help cut down the time between first medical contact to final patient disposition.

The Fat Fibre Sodium Score was created using the top three most predictable cardiovascular risk-reducing food categories and offers a quick, easy way to evaluate nutrition changes during post-cardiac rehabilitation.

A recent study assessed whether a mobile app for the Android can promote better eating and exercise habits which can lead to improved heart health.

Previous studies have shown that less than one-third of patients discharged from the hospital for acute coronary syndrome actually remain abstinent from smoking.

Even with the combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs), about 46% of young patients still suffer from poorly controlled asthma. A new analysis found that an add-on inhaler may be just what patients need to reach improved lung function.

While clinicians should always encourage their patients to follow their medication schedules, it proved not to be a significant factor in the outcomes in patients with asthma taking omalizumab, according to a poster session at the 2015 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (ACAAI 2015) in San Antonio, Texas.

Imagine if a study was showing such a mass amount of evidence supporting the safety of an investigational prescription for severe asthma that it had to be stopped early. It may be the best kind of problem to have.

Asthma presents its own set of challenges, as does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). When characteristics from both merge together it causes asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).

Although smartphones are commonly used to check the latest news articles (or sometimes more so Facebook updates), the technology has the power to do some good in the world of asthma and allergies.