Batya Swift Yasgur

A pediatrician’s role in working with suicidal youngsters is to open the conversation, offer hope, and direct the youngster to resources that can help.

Estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects on the brain, and the reduction in endogenous estrogen after menopause increases women's risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), cerebrovascular disease, or both.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common conditions encountered by both primary care providers and gastroenterologists, with a pooled

Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has become the most common liver disease worldwide, with a global prevalence of 32.4%. Its growth over the past three decades has occurred in tandem with increasing rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes — two cornerstones of MASLD.

The “dawn phenomenon” (DP) describes a pattern in which episodes of hyperglycemia are experienced by patients with diabetes or prediabetes during

“Cortisol” has become a household word, popularized by social media and tagged in videos that garnered nearly 800 million views last year . This is

Popular videos and social media posts have identified cortisol as the main culprit behind facial puffiness, but many disorders can underlie such symptoms. Here’s how to diagnose them.

Bariatric surgery may raise the risk of developing epilepsy, new research suggests.

Diet is increasingly being researched as a potential intervention to slow, or even prevent, neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease.

Interest is growing in the role of nutrition as means of slowing, or even preventing, neurodegeneration in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).