When John Cush, MD, started treating people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the 1980s, doctors considered the disease to be caught early if they diagnosed it up to 8 years after patients first noticed their symptoms. John Cush, MD “Eight…
Month: October 2023
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can make its way into every aspect of your life, including your sex life. Mariah Leach, who was diagnosed with RA in 2008 when she was 25 years old, knows the feeling all too well. “Joint pain…
As a parent with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), you have to balance your children’s needs with your own health. You help them with schoolwork. Play with them. Comfort and discipline them when needed. And handle the zillion day-in, day-out tasks that…
Oct. 25, 2023 — Child-care centers are not significant sources of COVID-19 transmission, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine say that kids with COVID-19 could be treated like kids with similar respiratory…
Oct. 25, 2023 – If you ask about her summer, Susan Glosser will tell you she traveled to India with her friend Elli. She’ll describe sipping chai tea and coffee together. She might show you a snapshot of herself in…
The racial disparities in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer are sobering. Research shows Black women have nearly three times the risk of getting it. They’re also 28% more likely to die from the disease. “There’s an urgent need for clinical research…
by MIKE MAGEE Exactly 1 year ago, mental health experts alerted the medical world to their version of an assessment scale for yet another new condition – “doomscrolling.” As defined in the article, “Constant exposure to negative news on social media…
Oct. 24, 2023 – Certain products marketed for arthritis and pain management could contain hidden ingredients that could harm consumers, according to an FDA warning. Some of these products have active ingredients found in prescription drugs. “These products may cause…
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” ~Sam Keen Like so many of us, my relationship with my mother throughout my life is best described as complicated. We’ve…
By KIM BELLARD It took some time for the news to percolate to me, but last month the University of Texas San Antonio announced that it was creating the “nation’s first dual program in medicine and AI.” That sure sounds…