Disease

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common medical problem.

As a faithful reader will recognize, I am of an age when, in the words of Billy Crystal, “we pee in Morse Code.” One of the companion symptoms is nocturia, medically defined as getting up at night to urinate and sleeping both before and after.

Ask a bunch of New Yorkers about the worst thing that has happened to them that day. Most will say "I rode the 6 train," which if not created by Satan himself, comes damn close. Second place: "I found out I have a brain tumor."

Charles Piller has written a very interesting article on pre-diabetes, the link is at the bottom, and is worth the 10 minutes.

I'm about to be a father for the very first time to a beautiful baby girl. So, I'm going to try to write this article as calmly and rationally as possible.

I've been in science communication for over 8 years. If there's only one thing I learned, it's this: People don't respond to facts.

With the tragic death of beloved actor Luke Perry of television’s Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale fame secondary to last week’s reported “mass

If you set up a Google News alert for "norovirus" be prepared to get a whole lot of emails right now.

The theme for this year’s Rare Disease Day is “bridging health and social care” and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, in addition to

Two recent studies form the dots of a worthwhile story. First, a report of independence and mobility after hip fractures; second, a study on exercise to prevent falls.