15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (747+ words) Hot flashes may be the menopause symptom everyone recognizes. The feeling many women describe as "I don't feel like myself" can be harder to name — irritability, anxiety, low mood, mental exhaustion and poor sleep arriving in the same stretch of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (463+ words) For people with severe depression that doesn't improve with standard antidepressants, a psychedelic compound found in so-called ''magic mushrooms'' could offer a new treatment option. Psilocybin is being studied for treatment-resistant depression, generally defined as depression that has failed to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1613+ words) Erik Modlo, MD, MBA, IFMCP, is a Functional Medicine Physician at Cleveland Clinic and has over 15 years of experience in internal medicine. He serves as the Educational Director at the Center for Functional Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. Gary Soffer, MD,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (768+ words) New research suggests that women who have received a type 2 diabetes diagnosis are at greater risk than men of developing mental health issues. The study found that men who've received a type 2 diabetes diagnosis may face a greater risk than…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (340+ words) It's long been common knowledge that estrogen has a big influence on women's health. Namely, premenopausal women are consistently less likely to have high blood pressure compared to men and postmenopausal women. But why? With hypertension as one of the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (601+ words) Three GLP-1 pills have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are available by prescription: Once-daily tablet; must take on an empty stomach No injectable form; only GLP-1 pill that can be taken with food Oral Rybelsus,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (450+ words) A personalized mRNA vaccine could help keep melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer — from coming back or spreading elsewhere in the body, early data from a clinical trial suggests. MRNA vaccines are being studied as treatments for many kinds…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1397+ words) At 50, Linda Stuart started forgetting things she had never had trouble remembering before. There were the small things at first — taking her medicine in the morning, remembering to defrost the meat before dinner — ordinary tasks that had become so routine…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) When patients rapidly lose weight, they also tend to lose muscle mass and bone density, which can increase their risk of fractures and long-term mobility issues. That's why it's so important for patients taking GLP-1s to work with their doctors…...