Have you ever heard of cytokines? These signaling proteins play a role in inflammation in your body. Normally, cytokines help your immune system respond to foreign invaders. But when too many…
People who have bipolar depression face a 50% lifetime risk of attempting suicide and a 20% risk of death from suicide. Over seven million people in the U.S. are struggling…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
Written by Dr. Donna Nicholson Continued from Part One Content Warning: Suicide, Self-harm In the predawn hours of November 9, 1999, my husband traveled east from Arizona to New…
Written by Dr. Donna Nicholson Content Warning: Suicide, Self-harm In the summer of 1990, I learned that your life can change in the twinkling of an eye. Mine did…
Editor's Note: We believe that patients are a key part of developing and leading the conversation in disease communities. Patient Worthy sometimes partners with reputable agencies that wish to speak…
Did you know that there are six muscles attached to each eye which influence the way the eye moves? When these muscles are properly working, the eyes move together and…
by Lauren Taylor from In The Cloud Copy Polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS is a disorder in which women of reproductive age experience irregular menstrual cycles and/or excess androgen (a…
It's no surprise that our family can have an impact on how we grow up: our behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, values. But perhaps most importantly, our family history impacts our…
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