How Do I Know if What I’m Feeling Is Normal Stress Or if I Have an Anxiety Disorder?
Both stress and an anxiety disorder affect your mind and body and can cause panic, excessive worry, uneasiness, tension, headaches, body pain, and loss of sleep. Stress differs from an anxiety disorder because it is a response to an outside cause such as taking a...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common – accounting for about 12% of all primary care physician visits. Women are more likely to have IBS than men. IBS constipation predominant (IBS-C), and IBS diarrhea predominant (IBS-D) are the main IBS subtypes. It is essential...
Statins May Lower the Risk of Death from COVID-19
COVID infection is associated with widespread inflammation. Statins (eg, lovastatin, simvastatin, atorvastatin) have well established activity as anti-inflammatory agents and immunomodulators which protect against cardiovascular disease. Because of these mechanisms,...
Should I Stop Taking My Heart Medications Because of COVID-19?
There is no evidence that heart medications can make COVID-19 worse, but it can be dangerous to stop heart medications without telling your healthcare provider. The American College of Cardiology recommends that people should not stop taking their blood pressure and...
Antibiotic Use Linked With Colon Cancer
Over the past 20 years, colorectal cancer has more than doubled among adults younger than 50 years old. While obesity and poor diet are likely factors, a connection to oral antibiotic use is gaining support. It is thought that changing the balance of beneficial and...
More Than Stressed Out: Addressing Anxiety and Panic
Situational anxiety is best treated through lifestyle interventions such as self-care, deep breathing, mindfulness, meditation, and exercise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), in person or digitally, is a highly effective treatment for anxiety disorders, but...
Delta Variant Raising Widespread Concern
Delta is the name for the SARSCoV- 2 variant that originated in India. Toward the end of June, Delta was responsible for more than 20% of COVID-19 cases in the US. By early August, Delta was the cause of more than 93% of cases, according to CDC estimates. The speed at...
How Is Chronic Pain Treated?
When pain becomes chronic, it is not always possible to make it go away completely. Instead, your healthcare provider will work with you to decide how low your pain needs to go in order for you to do the things that are important to you, such as your daily activities,...
Cholesterol Management
A heart healthy lifestyle should be encouraged across the lifespan for all patients. Before starting or changing therapy, a discussion with patients should include risk reduction benefit, side effects, drug interactions, and patient preferences. The LDL cholesterol...
Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
Direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are usually preferred over warfarin for prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) because they are more effective in these patients. The overall risk of bleeding is similar with DOACs and warfarin,...
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