Ellis Parker, MSN, RN, from Level Up RN, discusses the different levels of health prevention—primary, secondary, and tertiary—and the significant role of health determinants. She uses the community…
Most vaccines help the immune system learn to identify and fight off harmful viruses or bacteria before someone gets sick. But, scientists are also creating vaccines to treat…
Older adults who lose their mobility, are at higher risk for illness, being hospitalized and losing the independence to live on their own. A new study examined whether…
Glaucoma affects more than 70 million people around the world, making it the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Primary care physicians can play an important role in detecting…
Bobby Grajewski, MBA, President, Edison Nation Medical, introduces a new collaboration between the Carolinas Healthcare System and Edison Nation to create Edison Nation Medical, a healthcare incubator and…
Type 1 diabetes is a life-long condition, usually requiring patients to inject themselves with insulin every day for the rest of their life. Type 2 diabetes can also…
Time is critical after a patient experiences a stroke. If doctors can administer a clot dissolving drug to an eligible patient within 60 minutes after arriving at the…
The American Medical Association released a report showing that “that physicians have a huge influence on national and state economies beyond their role of safeguarding a healthy community…
People who develop fibromyalgia may complain of fatigue, memory problems and disturbances with sleep and mood. Fibromyalgia is often hard to diagnose and treat because there is not…
John Mattison, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Kaiser Permanente, explains why he left the fee-for-service world and joined the Kaiser Permanente as an integrated delivery system. Dr.…
David Stipp, MS, author of The Youth Pill, delves into the mechanisms of calorie restriction that leads to an increase in life expectancy. While not fully understood, the…
David Stipp, MS, author of The Youth Pill, delves into recent research on rapamycin, which in trials, has extended life expectancies of elderly mice by about 1/3 and…
