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When the American College of Cardiology held its annual meeting in Chicago it was a chance for some of the leading experts around the world to meet and share their knowledge in the field with their peers.

While lifestyle medicine may not be at the forefront of the field today those who practice it believe it can be an invaluable tool in the future.

Lifestyle modifications has become a popular phrase throughout medicine. However, telling patients about changes they should make and ensuring they make those changes are two very different issues in most cases.

The USDA defines low food security as “reports of reduced quality, variety, or desirability of diet. Little or no indication of reduced food intake.”

As healthcare professionals are well aware, more than 9% of Americans have diabetes, and most have type 2 diabetes.

Physicians and nurses have both an ethical and a legal obligation to ensure a patient will be discharged safely.

Parents pass down hair color, eye color, risk of health problems, and many other traits to their children – but what about a condition without any real biomarker or physical appearance?

Staph is often present in patients with atopic dermatitis, study finds.

Routine skincare is especially important when basking in the summertime sunshine.

People who live to 100 or older tend to enjoy good health, a New York/Boston team has determined. If they do become ill with diseases associated with aging, such as cancer and heart failure, they manifest these illnesses decades later than is typical in people under age 93.

Reaching for an over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever might be the easiest thing to do when dealing with pain, fever, or even the flu, but pregnant women may want to think twice. New research has traced children’s autism spectrum disorder symptoms to their moms’ use of OTC painkillers.

Recognizing the connection between stress and cardiovascular disease is one issue, figuring out what to do with this issue to help patients is proving to be a more difficult question to answer.

Studies have long shown the connection between stress and the risk of cardiovascular disease, a recent study used imaging to take a deeper look at this field of research.

A lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a McDonald’s restaurant in Arkansas for allegedly firing a male employee because he has the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

People in the United States may not be as aware as others around the world about the need or ability to be an organ donor. While this is different depending the country the common thread is that there is a great need for donors until artificial organs become widely available.

For patients eligible for a heart transplant getting on the list is just the first of many steps that need to happen before the procedure can be done.

While patients needing heart donations still drastically outnumbers the available organs for transplants recent changes in guidelines for transplantation have made the procedure available for an even wider patient population.

Although designed to make taking medications simple and easy to remember, pill organizers could spell trouble for older adults.

When women with multiple sclerosis start putting on too much weight, that increase in BMI may be a sign their disease is becoming more severe.

Type X collagen, which is expressed by hypertrophic chondrocytes, is suppressed by tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNFi) treatments, arthritis researchers report.The finding could lead to a molecular marker for early diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis.

People often plagued with cravings for their favorite guilty-pleasure foods might be in luck. New research has shown that consuming milkshakes with a supplement called inulin-propionate ester could mitigate cravings for chocolate, pizza, and other high-calorie foods.

There are key differences in the gut microbial community composition in children with early-onset multiple sclerosis compared to healthy children without multiple sclerosis.

Doctors treating patients for a variety of conditions may all have the same goals in helping the patient but may have difficulty communicating those goals with their colleagues.

While having a number of choices to pick from when treating patients with multiple sclerosis can be advantageous there can also be challenges that need to be addressed by both doctors and patients

The past few years have seen the development and approval of a wide range of multiple sclerosis treatments. This has meant doctors have many more options when looking to help their patients.

Placement of the Ozurdex sustained-release dexamethasone implant in 29 patients with persistent diabetic macular edema resulted in a significant improvement in visual acuity and a significant decrease in central macular thickness 6 months after implantation.

Although asthma outcomes are worse in minorities than in non-minorities, health interventions based on technologies like text messaging and video games can help bridge this gap.

You may have seen reports on the “treatment” on TV or heard that some of Beverley Hills’ richest citizens are raving about it, but whole body cryotherapy (WBC) doesn’t yet have the data to back up the many health benefits claimed by its boosters.

Pasta, the fan favorite comfort food and date night dish has often been associated with high calories, so much so health experts have limited pasta consumption in fad diets.

There are many factors to consider when looking at a patient's overall cardiac health. When doctors are reading charts with blood pressure, LDL, and others it can make finding the right course of treatment a challenge when looking to find the right medication. Sometimes, especially when it comes to triglycerides alternative medicine can be a valuable option to consider.