Uncontrolled blood pressure can increase the risk for possible heart attack or stroke. In the U.S., almost half the patients with high blood pressure do not have it…
Last fall, a multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis occurred after contaminated steroid injections were given to patients to treat back pain and other neuropathic symptoms. These contaminated injections…
The Doctor’s Channel’s very own David Best, MD, MBA, and MedGadget‘s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, team up to bring you the hottest new gadgets for physicians and patients.…
John Kenny, MD, Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, co-author of Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual (Elsevier 2013), discusses a new study (published in the American Journal of Psychiatry) that followed a…
Maxwell Chait, MD, gives a quick primer on Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorder (GERD), a disease that affects 18.6 million people in the United States. He discusses causes for this…
Sean Ahrens, co-founder of Crohnology, discusses how he brought a community of Crohn’s and Colitis patients together to share their collective knowledge and track their disease. Sean was diagnosed…
Roger Garcia, DO, Medical Director at BodyLogicMD, in Ohio, discusses how epigenetics can help us understand how we can be in control of changes in our gene expression…
B-M-I or Body Mass Index can help determine how much fat is carried in the body. The B-M-I also corresponds to particular weight categories that may indicate certain…
The legalization of marijuana has been a hot topic of debate over the past few years. Some people further the support the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.…
Charles Jungreis, MD, Chairperson, Department of Radiology, Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses stereotactic radiosurgery. References and Resources Cesaretti JA, Pennathur A, Rosenstein BS, Swanson SJ, Fernando…
