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Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

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I’m sitting at a coffee table in a plush Harley Street treatment room as Dr Sabine Donnai, a former NHS GP and the director ...

Understanding the type of arthritis, its causes, and management options is the first step toward living well with the condition.

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

Unlike osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis can begin at any age and damage joints quickly. Early diagnosis within three months improves outcomes.

Question: My husband and I are in our 50s. In the last few months, he seems more thirsty and is passing urine more often. He’s not overweight. Could this be diabetes?

A “living drug” was developed as a cancer treatment. Now it is showing promise for conditions, such as lupus and multiple sclerosis, that have long been considered incurable.

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets ...