Health A-Z Features

It can be a challenge to socialize with a physical disability, but it’s important to maintain relationships. Find out how to boost your social life while living with a disability.

Learn more about how racial disparities in health care affect Black people and other people of color with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).

Climate change helps drive the spread of deadly new organisms.

A growing number see organized labor as a path to improved working conditions – and better care for their patients.

Get information on DNA ancestry tests and other genealogy tips.

Audiologists, even those who generally support the idea of non-prescription hearing aids, worry that without an initial evaluation and ongoing care, people will buy the devices without understanding how to use or adjust them.

Hearing loss can be stressful, but hearing aids can help. Here’s how.

Uncorrected hearing loss can lead to depression, isolation, and even cognitive decline.

The corporate takeover of health care and why it matters.

Mattiedna Johnson was a Black American nurse who may have played a key role in the search for a scarlet fever cure.

Older Asian Americans face a number of health disparities. Here are the biggest health concerns for aging Asian Americans.

How the field of legal epidemiology uses rigorous scientific methods to investigate the link between policy and public health.

Thinking of starting or contributing to a health care crowdfunding campaign? Keep these pointers in mind.

What does it look like to care for someone with C3 glomerulopathy? Learn about challenges of the condition, what to expect, and how to care for yourself, too.

Survival reality TV tests the mettle of contestants to see who can last the longest in a challenging environment and win a pile of cash. But the health risks are as real as the rewards.

Graphic medicine, at the intersection between comics and health care, offers patients something that’s often missing in a formal medical setting: the feeling that their voice is being heard.

Artificial Intelligence may spell the end of the control group.

IgA nephropathy can raise your chances of depression, anxiety, and stress. Here are some steps you can take to manage your mental and kidney health.

Learn how to take steps to stay connected to your community when dealing with this disease.

Non-prescription hearing aids have many great benefits such as reducing costs and stigma, but some audiologists are concerned that people will buy them without knowing why they need them or how to use or adjust them properly.

A one-year “look-back window” for survivors to file lawsuits against abusers and institutions gives New Yorkers a chance to heal

Leeching was once quackery of the worst sort. But the leech has been quietly making a comeback in the field of reconstructive microsurgery

Tips on why self-advocacy is important.

Facts to consider when buying compression socks.

Discussion of accommodations for those with illnesses.

Receiving news from your doctor and choosing what to do next.

A good pillow can help to alleviate or prevent neck pain. Learn what makes a good pillow and how best to use it to manage neck pain.

Fatigue can be a side effect of certain treatment options or come from something else. Learn how to beat fatigue and stay active all day.

Stomach sounds are a normal part of hunger and digestion. Here’s what’s going on in there and why.

Learn how you can reach out and help people who live without shelter in a safe and useful way.

Kidney care in the U.S. is at a watershed moment of moving past a deeply entrenched, institutionally racist equation.

Scheele’s Green, named for the Swedish chemist who invented it in 1778, was everywhere in Victorian England, from the walls of Buckingham Palace to the factories where child laborers painted the leaves of fake foliage. And it was deadly.

Readers weighed in on Best Doctor, Best Medical Film, and other categories in our inaugural movie awards.

The basic principles of origami have changed the way biomedical engineers look at their work.

Surprising technologies could help provide access to clean water and solve the worldwide water crisis.

More and more people are victims of fires. Are they getting the long-term care they need?

There’s evidence that the steadily expanding scale, environmental footprint, and sheer expense of this gargantuan global sporting celebration can have alarming human costs.

Learn how some U.S. hospitals are giving patients’ food an upgrade from local farms.

Blockchain is the technology behind cryptocurrency and NFTs, and proponents claim it will revolutionize the health care industry. Will it be able to deliver?

If you have hyperkalemia, or a high blood potassium level, it’s very important to work with a nutritionist to get it under control.

How you can balance diet and medication to treat and manage hyperkalemia, or high potassium.

If you have autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), you may need dialysis at some point. Here’s what to expect.

Getting a kidney transplant: How long it takes, how to get on the kidney donor list, and what happens during and after a kidney transplant.

ADPKD in Children: What You Need to Know. Find out what symptoms to look for in your kids.

Take these four steps to avoid becoming a superspreader of online misinformation.

Clear communication with your doctor is critical to making the best decisions for your health. Here’s how to hold clear conversations.

Misinformation and disinformation are commonplace on the internet. Use these techniques to judge the reliability of what you read.

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Learn four ways to deal with side effects of radiation treatment.