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Arthritis uptick sparks concern about joint protection during youth 05/26/2015 05:17pm • WASHINGTON -- The United States is heading for an explosion in the number of adults with arthritis. The primary culprit is osteoarthritis, which is caused by wear and tear on the joints. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 52.5 million Americans over the age of 18 were diagnose How to Manage Medicare's Out-of-Pocket Costs 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Medicare beneficiaries need to pay for a sometimes significant portion of their health care costs. Just like private health insurance, Medicare requires beneficiaries to pay premiums, deductibles and coinsurance. But there's a lot you can do to keep these costs manageable. Here are some steps to mi My Medications Aren't Stopping My Seizures: What's Next? 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disease, currently affecting at least 2.3 million adults and nearly 500,000 children in the U.S. Each year, another 150,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy. The disorder affects both males and females and can develop at any age. Epileptic seizures Surgery to Prevent Breast Cancer: When and Why 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Few events in life are scarier or more stressful than major surgery. Even tougher may be the decision to go under the knife preventively, before a diagnosis is made. When actress Angelina Jolie told the world two years ago that she'd had preventive surgery to remove her breasts, she received an ou What You Should Know Before Restricting Food Groups 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Mike Hopson of St. Louis doesn't have celiac disease, and he's not allergic to dairy products. But when January rolled round, he was determined to find a diet that would help him lose weight and "feel better," he says. That's when he started the Bulletproof Diet -- one that omits gluten, sugar, addi You've Got Medicaid -- Why Can't You See the Doctor? 05/25/2015 08:00pm • Medicaid insures more than 70.5 million Americans, according to the most recent report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Largely low-income health care consumers, these patients have had a notoriously difficult time finding physicians to treat them, and in a reasonable amount of Acne: More Than a Cosmetic Problem 05/24/2015 08:00pm • Your skin is covered with many tiny holes, commonly referred to as hair follicles or pores, which contain oil glands that help keep skin and hair moisturized. During puberty, hormones can cause the skin to make too much oil, resulting in clogged pores, also known as pimples. If the top of a pimple i Sunglasses a crucial part of sun safety -- and they don't have to be expensive 05/22/2015 04:54am • WASHINGTON -- Sunglasses are more than a fashion accessory; they're a major element of sun safety. "Sunglasses are crucially important for preventing a number of different eye conditions -- certainly cataracts and eye cancers are high up on the list," says Dr. Thomas Yau, an ophthalmologist in Si Va. cop who tased, pepper sprayed man with medical emergency resigns 05/21/2015 03:04pm • WASHINGTON -- A Fredericksburg police officer has resigned after attempting to tase and then using his pepper spray on a 34-year-old man who was suffering from a medical emergency during a traffic stop. The Fredericksburg Police Department said Thursday that the incident occurred on May 4, near To screen or not to screen: What's the right answer? 05/21/2015 09:00am • Megan received a birthday card from her younger sister, reminding her she's turning 40 in few weeks. Megan's sister always likes to rub in another birthday. A mother of three, Megan works for an advertising agency, exercises regularly and has been a strict vegetarian for the past 10 years. Always Unsafe Injections Put Patients in Peril 05/20/2015 08:00pm • Far from a healthy shot in the arm, some injections carry more than medicine into the veins and bodies of patients. To date, more than 150,000 people have received letters after going to outpatient centers and other health care providers notifying them they were potentially exposed to unsafe injec New Blood Tests Diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome 05/20/2015 08:00pm • An accurate irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis may now be possible by having two blood tests. Since there's no conclusive way to diagnose IBS, doctors typically do via X-rays and procedures like colonoscopies to rule out other diseases that mirror irritable bowel syndrome. Until now, however, no tes COPD, asthma and the environment 05/20/2015 11:00am • Smoking is the culprit of chronic obstructive lung disease -- everybody knows that. Except when it isn't. While smoking remains the major cause of COPD -- the combined term for emphysema, bronchitis and some forms of asthma -- about one-quarter of people affected are nonsmokers. Some have a genetic Local docs apply Henry Ford-like efficiency to stroke treatment 05/20/2015 05:00am • WASHINGTON — Precious moments count when someone has a stroke, and two hospitals in the D.C. area say they have come up with a way to get a better diagnosis in time to administer effective treatment. Stroke teams at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Suburban Hospital have been using MRIs t No Dental Insurance? Don't Wait for Something to Go Wrong 05/19/2015 08:00pm • The national debate over health insurance largely overlooked dental coverage. But many of the problems in the health care industry -- lack of access, high costs and poor health outcomes -- afflict dental coverage, too. With far fewer Americans having dental than medical insurance, and poor dental h