The words "palliative care" get mixed up with "hospice," but they're not the same thing. Palliative care providers work alongside other doctors to treat side effects of serious illnesses, including cancer, heart disease and emphysema.
Mark Miller, MD, discusses alternatives to knee replacements, including arthroscopy, steroid injections and high tibial osteotomy for people in their late 30s to late 50s who are living with pain, arthritis, and damaged knees.
April is National Donate Life Month. Currently, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Get the facts about organ donation in this week's podcast.
A pacemaker is a surgically implanted device that sends out an electric pulse, prompting your heart to beat. Pacemakers are used in people who have abnormally slow heart rates.
Do you know the most depressed country? Or why we don't have insane asylums anymore? Why do people go off their meds? We answer these and other questions about modern psychiatry, so you have the facts.
Many people who seek help for depression don't respond to standard treatments. For them, transcranial magnetic stimulation may be a good option.
If you don't treat peripheral arterial disease, it can lead to gangrene, and you may even need to have the affected limb amputated. Listen to this week's podcast for information about PAD treatments.
Jersey finger isn't a common injury, but if you play football or soccer you might know someone who's had it. "It's when an individual player is trying to tackle another player, and the finger gets caught on the jersey and then gets hyperextended at the most distal joint," explains hand surgeon…
Spinal cord injuries happen suddenly. A car crash. A skiing mishap. A fall in the home. One devastating moment can change someone's life forever. Spinal cord injuries include: Quadriplegia, or paralysis of both arms and both legs, which occurs as a result of injuries to the upper part of the…
If you have coronary artery disease, that means an artery that supplies blood to your heart has plaque in it, which can obstruct or limit blood flow. With chronic total occlusion (CTO), a form of coronary artery disease, an artery in the heart becomes completely blocked. [caption id="attachment_10966" align="alignright" width="350"] Smoking is…
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