Disease

How People With Diabetes Can Lower Stroke Risk

People with diabetes have more cardiovascular issues, but these problems aren’t inevitable.

Bariatric Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes

Research indicates that surgery can put diabetes into remission, and it’s safe and cost-effective.

How People With Diabetes Manage Their Blood Sugar

When it comes to daily blood-sugar regulation, finding an individual approach is key

What to Know About Severe Asthma in Kids

In children, severe asthma is an unruly medical condition.

Syphilis Is Rising in the U.S. Here's What to Know About the Sexually Transmitted Infection

Syphilis can be easily treated and cured. However, people who are infected don’t necessarily know it.

Human Waste Could Help the Fight Against Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Why Infectious Disease Outbreaks Are Becoming So Common

Humans have always battled microbes. But if the assaults seem to be coming more frequently and ferociously, that's because they are.

Understanding Environmental Risk Factors for IBD

A great unsolved mystery lies at the heart of inflammatory bowel disease research

The Link Between High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

Excess weight may play a role in why diabetes and hypertension so frequently show up in tandem

Polio Is Back. Here's How to Keep Yourself Safe

As with so many other infectious diseases, vaccines will protect you.

How Peripheral Artery Disease Impacts People With Diabetes

PAD is a common condition in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the arms or legs.

The Benefits of Pelvic Floor Therapy

Working with a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor disorders could offer better control for some patients

Dozens in China Infected With New ‘Langya’ Virus

Nearly three dozen people in China have been sickened, though there’s no evidence the pathogen can be transmitted from person-to-person. 

The Virus Hunters Prepping for the Next Pandemic

Private companies, academic centers, and government groups are teaming up to spot emerging public health threats.

Living with Urostomy or Radical Cystectomy

These procedures can be life-saving, but the road to recovery is often long.

The Latest Breakthroughs That Could Help Bladder Cancer Patients

Toward the end of the 19th century, a New York City surgeon named Dr. William Coley purposely injected one of his patients with streptococcal bacteria. Coley wasn’t crazy. He hoped the bacterial infection would stimulate...