Batya Swift Yasgur

“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).

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

Kidneys may not be the first organs that come to mind when patients present with seemingly unrelated symptoms. What rare conditions might warrant a further renal workup?

An old adage physicians are taught is that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think of “horses,” not “zebras.” Instead of an unusual explanation for the symptoms, it's preferable to consider more run-of-the-mill conditions.

Cultural competency is one of the most important values in the practice of medicine. Defined as the “ability to collaborate effectively with

Cultural competency is one of the central tenets of medical practice, but each patient within a given culture is also an individual.