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The COVID-19 pandemic has led many people to forego follow-up and treatment of chronic health conditions such as hypertension (high blood pr...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) doesn’t affect only men; it extends to their partners as well. After all, the sexual difficulties are also theirs....

Are you one of the 20 million to 40 million people in the US suffering with migraine headaches? If so, here’s news worth noting: The FDA has...

Because of the pandemic, many college students are coming home to finish the semester, either because of cases on campus, or because college...

The “battle of the bulge” gained a new foe this year: quarantine snacking. Sales of snack foods like cookies and crackers shot up in the ear...

Three effective forms of birth control contain the hormone estrogen: the birth control patch, combined hormonal birth control pills, and a v...

It’s been more than 17 years since the FDA last approved an Alzheimer’s drug. Will Biogen’s drug, called aducanumab, end this drought? The F...

With a sharp increase in working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are noticing age-related skin changes up close on their...

If you suddenly experience a strange but fleeting symptom — your arm or face suddenly feels weak or numb — you might be tempted to brush it...

Soon after the coronavirus pandemic began, we learned that older adults and people with certain chronic conditions, such as high blood press...

Being an early bird has long been associated with a go-getter attitude. Early birds, or those who tend to wake early and go to bed early, ar...

If you are living with type 2 diabetes, you certainly are not alone. One in 10 people in the US has diabetes, according to the CDC. However,...

I thought the pandemic would be over by now. And I’m not alone; there were sophisticated models predicting a dramatic drop in the number of...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be painful, annoying, and embarrassing. There is currently no cure for this complex condition, and managi...

Let’s start with the bottom line: Parents of teens need to help them understand that just because they have been “challenged” to do somethin...