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What Is the Connection Between Gastroparesis and Diabetes? 08/23/2017 08:00pm • Many people with diabetes experience a well-known condition called diabetic neuropathy, which affects the nerves and causes numbness and tingling in the feet. Yet you might not know that a digestive disorder called gastroparesis is another form of neuropathy that can affect you when you have diabet Medical records: Diplomats to Havana suffered TBI, damage to nervous system 08/23/2017 11:55am • WASHINGTON — CBS News is reporting that some U.S. and Canadian diplomats working in Cuba suffered injuries as serious as mild traumatic brain injury and likely damage to the central nervous system, according to medical records. The diplomats were examined by a U.S. doctor after they complained Lab-made "mini organs" helping doctors treat cystic fibrosis 08/23/2017 03:31am • UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus. Despite taking more than a dozen pills and inhalers a day, the 53-year-old had to stop working and scale back doing the thing she loved best Life After Cancer: the Importance of the Survivorship Movement 08/22/2017 08:00pm • Anne Macy, 51, has been battling cancer for almost half of her life. Diagnosed at age 28 with Hodgkin's lymphoma, the real estate broker from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, has been hit with two other cancers since that first one was cured. What has helped her cope with all the turmoil with her sanity inta If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis, You May Become Anemic 08/22/2017 08:00pm • If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you may be used to feeling tired and weak much of the time, and you might think your symptoms are just part and parcel of the disease. You could be right -- RA is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder most commonly associated with pain and disfigurement of the joints, 4 People to Tap for Strong Medical School Recommendations 08/21/2017 08:00pm • When medical schools evaluate applicants, one of the fundamental questions they ask is what qualities set you apart. While it may be challenging for you to list your own strengths without sounding conceited, individuals who have supervised or taught you in different capacities can comment on your a 3 Benefits of International Student Ambassadors 08/21/2017 08:00pm • On a typical day as an international student ambassador, Korean national Jun Hyuk Lee fields questions from prospective international students on everything from scholarships to academic life at the University of Michigan--Flint. International student ambassadors provide a free service to prospecti What Is a Liquid Biopsy for Lung Cancer? 08/21/2017 08:00pm • The pace of advancements in lung cancer diagnosis and treatment is encouraging for patients and the doctors who treat them. One such recent advancement is providing a new way for oncologists to learn more about individual tumors. Liquid biopsies -- while still largely experimental and of limited cl Here Are the Eye Problems That Affect You When You Have Diabetes 08/21/2017 08:00pm • If your diabetes is uncontrolled for a long period, you could develop eye conditions that can lead to blindness. That's because diabetes -- both Type 1 and Type 2 -- can cause damage to your eyes over the long term. "The excess sugar in the blood affects the walls of blood vessels throughout the bo How Insurer Denials Hurt Patients and Industry 08/21/2017 08:00pm • To reduce costs and maximize profits, insurance companies are increasingly denying coverage to patients treating chronic or persistent illnesses -- such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. But for the chronically ill in particular, trying 5 Tips for Traveling With a Chronically Ill Friend or Relative 08/20/2017 08:00pm • As any jet-setter with a chronic illness can attest, crisscrossing the globe with an underlying condition can quickly turn into a nightmare. Mustering up the courage to endure the potential nausea, dizziness and unexpected flare-ups or side effects is enough to make anyone with a serious medical co Nuremberg Code at 70: Are the Ethics Principles That Protected Patients Failing Them? 08/19/2017 08:00pm • This month marks the 70th anniversary of the writing of the Nuremberg Code, a set of medical research ethics principles laid down by American judges during the 1947 Doctors' Trial, in which 16 Nazi physicians were found guilty for crimes against humanity. The Code has since informed modern ethical Trump not first president to vacation in New Jersey 08/19/2017 11:28am • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is not the first president to vacation in New Jersey. But unlike Trump, who spent most of his "working vacation" at his private golf club in Bedminster, his 19th century predecessors sought relief along the New Jersey shore from Washington's swamp-lik Nationals owner Mark Lerner had cancer, leg amputated 08/18/2017 12:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner said Thursday night in a letter to a Washington Post columnist that he had cancer and had his left leg amputated. In the letter to columnist Barry Svrluga, the 63-year-old Lerner wrote: "Thanks very much for your concern and good wishe What Are the Best Strategies for Living With COPD? 08/17/2017 08:00pm • If you've recently been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, you probably already know that it's an incurable lung condition that progressively makes breathing more difficult. As time goes on, your lung function may deteriorate, and many patients find that completing everyday tasks