Lisa Marie Basile

Body fat percentage (BF%) may be a better predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals aged 20-49 years than BMI, according to a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

I sat on a wrought iron daybed facing an open window, and a warm breeze was pooling in. It was the first day in my second foster home. The room was made up to seem welcoming, but its pleasantness somehow felt oppressive. I felt dirty, worthless and consumed by fear.

Trauma and emotional distress can change us on a physiological level. If we are pushed too far, we may lose our ability to cope — and our bodies pay the price. Fortunately, you can mitigate your trauma response and enjoy better health.

Painsomnia, or insomnia from chronic pain, affects a large number of U.S. adults.
94.8% of adults lost at least an hour of sleep to pain in the past week.

AS has been historically misdiagnosed as RA due to similar symptoms and a lack of diagnostic accuracy in clinical settings.

In a perfect world, we’d get all of our vital nutrients straight from our diet. But the truth is that it can be challenging to squeeze in the one and a half to two cups of fruit and two to three cups of vegetables the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults get every day.

Life wasn’t always chaotic. Mom was a radiant, bright-eyed empath and nursing assistant. Dad was the brooding type, a savant guitarist, very Mediterranean. We embodied that perfectly normal sort of suburban life — the spoils at Christmas; we’d dressed up when our grandparents came to visit; Catholic sermons; long, languid days spent swimming in the sea.

More teens and young adults appear to be developing addiction or dependence on drugs that help them sleep, calm down, and manage anxiety.

Research has made great strides toward better understanding psoriatic arthritis (PsA), a condition that hits home for about one million Americans, or 30% of people living with psoriasis (with rates on the rise), says the National Psoriasis Foundation.

PCOS affects 1 in 10 women worldwide. So, why is it so undiagnosed and undertreated, particularly in women of color?

“The most important thing is that there’s a neurological exam right away. Even if you’re neurologically intact and it’s a severe injury, [you] get a CT scan right away. This is the trauma protocol. [But] in the ER, there are a million other things happening. Unfortunately, things can be overlooked.” — Neel Anand, MD, MCh Orth, a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon

Patients are sharing their experiences with Gen Z doctors online, shedding light on the traits today’s patients value most in their physicians.

Patients with vulvovaginal disorders often feel dismissed by clinicians or think about stopping treatment even though they still have symptoms, according to findings in a new study in JAMA Network Open.

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“It looks like something deeper is going on,” the doctor told me. I was in my early 20s, when I still felt invincible and my spine hadn’t yet turned to stone, so this was shocking news to me. The suggestion that my eye issues were possibly the beginning of something much worse scared me.