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One of the best things patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome can do to help their chances of conceiving a baby is weight loss. For some the prospect of being a parent is enough to lose the weight needed to become a pregnant.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome may not be a new condition for doctors to treat but there is constant work being done to find new treatment methods. For many patients the best course of treatment may be weight loss.

By the time many patients are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer their chances of survival are greatly diminished More work is being done to help patients find the condition early in hopes of improving their quality of life.

While researchers looking for a more effective treatment for pancreatic cancer await their breakthrough moment even slow progress is an accomplishment in working toward their ultimate goal.

While a considerable amount of progress has been made in the treatment of prostate and breast cancer the field of pancreatic cancer has not seen as much success in helping this patient population.

Observed improvements were not statistically significant above placebo, and there remains no approved medication for adolescent sufferers of fibromyalgia.

Researchers in Germany reviewed the use of alemtuzumab, a monoclonal antibody used to treat relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, over the last two years and identified important first steps in patient selection, preparation, infusion courses, and monitoring.

While a low-fat, plant-based diet did not result in improvements in brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, it did bring about less fatigue, better body mass index (BMI) measures, and improved metabolic biomarkers

Psoriatic arthritis patients with carotid plaque have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CV), but don’t always receive the proper preventative care to manage that risk.

It’s no secret that prescription drug misuse and abuse are on the rise. In an effort to curb addiction, researchers aimed to find how physician prescribing patterns influence the number of new cases.

A pair of recent studies look in an interesting place to find commonality among rheumatoid arthritis sufferers: their guts.

Popularly sold to improve joint health, a recent Spanish study found the benefits of CS+GS supplements on par with (and in some cases outperformed by) placebos.

Untreated pregnant women with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will transmit the infection to their child up to 45% of the time. But a new anti-HIV medication could lower that percentage.

Investigators from York University in Toronto, Canada, found a strong connection between the fear of needles that exists in more than half of children and their parents’ behavior during vaccination.

Columbia University Medical Center researchers explored the correlation between levels of pain and subsequent prescription opiate abuse in the noninstitutionalized U.S. population and suggest that more painful conditions contribute to the risk of use disorders.

Pain and sleep problems commonly go hand-in-hand. However, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), daytime sleepiness, and poor sleep quality are all very different things.

Overall sustained virologic response, a marker for a cure, was achieved in 96% of patients with genotype 1b strain of the virus after 12 weeks of Zepatier. In patients infected with genotype 4 of the virus, 94% were cured after 12 weeks of Zepatier treatment.

The good news is that hepatitis C is largely a curable disease. The bad news is that many of the most advanced medications are accompanied by a heavy price tag.

Researchers concluded that the drug secukinumab is associated with on-going inhibition of radiographic progression.

Researchers call for “major policy changes" in order to “avoid many of the long-term economic and personal costs that result from unnecessary irreversible disability.”

Professor Aida Babaeva compared cardiovascular effects of immunotherapy plus standard treatments to those evident with the standard treatment alone, claiming the anticytokines doubled chances of reaching target blood pressure and more than halved risk of cardiovascular events.

Taking the dual approach in biologic and phototherapy treatments appears to be a more beneficial clinical treatment method for patients suffering from moderate-to-severe psoriasis.

MD Magazine spoke with world-renowned soccer star, Brandi Chastain, who recently partnered with AbbVie on a new advocacy campaign, My IBD Game Plan, in the wake of her son’s Crohn’s disease diagnosis. Millie Long, MD, MPH, shared the clinical landscape and management methods for the condition.

A recent pilot study examined the feasibility of using mobile devices to collect health-related data among people living with human immunodeficiency virus and found patients were willing to report antiretroviral therapy adherence and substance abuse.

The National Institute for Health Research gave a sizable grant to the MIDOs project, which seeks to strengthen bones and prevent fractures via minimally-invasive stem cell injectables.

A new study finds electronic stimulation from implantable bioelectronic devices capable of reducing production of inflammatory agents in rheumatoid arthritis sufferers, a finding its authors consider groundbreaking.

Atop already surprising studies that linked their daily use with increased risk of kidney failure, new data has emerged that shows they may also contribute to weakening of the bones.

The treatment of HIV has improved by leaps and bounds since its first diagnosis but there is still much more work to be done.

In June of 2016 when nearly 50 people were killed in a shooting at an Orlando night club it brought the LGBT community to the forefront of the headlines. Even for people not at the club it raised concerns that they shared as an indirect affect of the tragic events.

Patients in general require individualized care, but this is especially important in certain patient populations like the LGBT community where they have different concerns from others in a variety of ways.