Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a rare inherited disorder that can lead to serious chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While there’s no cure, treatments and lifestyle changes can help you manage your symptoms and protect your lungs from further damage. …
“The Phoenix must burn to emerge.” ~Janet Fitch Many people were shocked when I relapsed after twenty-three years of recovery. After all, I was the model of doing it right. I did everything I was told: went to treatment, followed…
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In a world increasingly consumed by social media, much has been made of the amount of time younger generations spend online every day — and the harms that…
By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — When Ann Alexander underwent chemotherapy to treat breast cancer a decade ago, she was warned about potential hair loss, nausea and vomiting. The 73-year-old wasn’t, however, told about…
May 8, 2023 — “Think of it as a morning after pill, but for STIs,” was how Aniruddha Hazra, MD, put it. Hazra specializes in infectious disease at University of Chicago Medicine Infectious Disease and Global Health unit. The cause…
May 4, 2023 – In the hospital is a girl of 5 or 6 named Cindi. Dr. Graves enters her room. He’s very busy. Cindi is afraid that she’ll get sicker. Then a clown appears with Winnie the Pooh stickers!…
May 5, 2023 — The on-again, off-again saga of Wegovy supply problems for U.S. patients looking to lose weight is back. Novo Nordisk, the company that manufactures and markets semaglutide for weight loss as Wegovy and for treating type 2…
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre “So did you figure out what your shadow totem is?” This was the first thing out of my husband’s friend’s mouth as I sat down to dinner…
May 5, 2023 — In a first-of-its-kind surgery, doctors have successfully repaired a malformation in the brain of a fetus still in the womb. The team from Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital used ultrasound guidance to repair the vein…
May 5, 2023 — Aryn Thirp, a 35-year-old mother and blogger from South Jordan, UT, knew something had to change last year when she saw the numbers in her lab results: her cholesterol and triglycerides, a type of fat found in…
