While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah, saw one disturbing signal: Her blood pressure was 148/86, above normal despite her taking two medications ...
The patient initially came to see Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss.
Every few years, American politics rediscovers chronic disease. Leaders point to rising rates of diabetes, heart disease and ...
With GLP-1 use rising dramatically, much discussion has taken place around 'food noise', which the drugs are said to remove. The concept of food noise has no current clinical definition, but some ...
Biohacking’s been a thing since The Washington Post coined the term in the late 1980s. I vaguely remember hearing it as a college student but I didn’t give it much thought. At the time, it meant an ...
Chronic pancreatitis is now recognized as a complex fibroinflammatory disorder involving genetic, environmental, and metabolic factors.
Although it may be preventable, more Americans are dying from heart disease than ever before. Now, cardiologists are reconsidering how to reverse the trend.
It's 'definitely not a measure of fatness,' and it doesn't accurately define what it means to be overweight. Body mass index isn't always the best predictor of health. In the age of weight-loss drugs, ...
This three-part series reviews how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) January 2026 guidance, “General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk ...
Food regulator FSSAI weighs pictures versus labels on packaged food amid growing pressure for long-overdue health reform.
Background: Although severe maternal morbidity (SMM), such as severe hemorrhage and sepsis, can occur from conception to 6 ...