Drugs and Medications Videos
- UC and Supplements
Should you add things like folic acid and zinc as part of your UC management?
- Hospice: Care and Comfort for the Patient and Caregiver
What does hospice entail? Is it something you and your family might consider during end-of-life care?
- Help Your Child Stop Scratching
Help your child break the itch-scratch cycle with atopic dermatitis. For starters, distractions and bedtime routines can help them resist the urge.
- Mindful Matters: Mental Health With Crohn’s
Managing Crohn's disease comes with physical and emotional challenges. Learn ways to prioritize your well-being with a chronic condition.
- Parallel Paths Kombucha for UC
For centuries, the fizzy drink has been used to support health and immunity, and recently, many people with UC have used it as a complementary treatment. How does it work?
- Caring for Yourself With UC
There are proven ways to reduce UC flares, and a little TLC can go a long way.
- Parallel Paths: Acupuncture and Crohn’s
What’s the connection between gut health and pricking pressure points with needles?
- ASH President Reflects Before Annual Meeting on Hematology
Robert Brodsky, MD, thinks back on his year as president of the American Society of Hematology and the latest advances in treating blood disorders.
- Prescription for Pain: Virtual Reality Therapy
Explore virtual reality’s role in the management of chronic pain through immersive psychological and physiological therapy.
- Caring for Someone With TD
Support can help ease the burden of your loved one’s involuntary movements. What can you do along with their doctor’s guidance?
- Disparities in PsA Treatment
There’s a long list of reasons why Black and Hispanic patients don’t receive the same care as White patients. Here’s how patients and doctors can bridge those gaps.
- Manage Your Symptoms
There are medications or lifestyle changes for any MS symptom you may have, from fatigue to brain fog.
- Now That You're Diagnosed With MS
A neurologist shares the steps to first take after a hard-to-hear diagnosis.
- Aging With MS
Debby Bird and Michael Burgio encourage each other to accept their limitations and focus on the good.
- Mindful Matters: EPI and Your Mental Health
Don’t dismiss your feelings with this uncomfortable digestive disorder. You might even find it helps to talk with others who have similar symptoms.
- Mindful Matters: Mental Health With PsA
There’s a vicious cycle of worry over losing a job due to arthritis, but needing to keep the job and therefore insurance to afford treatments.
- Maintaining Your Social Life With Crohn’s
Did you know there are apps to help you locate public restrooms? You can prepare ahead of social engagements so you’re not anxious about your Crohn’s.
- Best Foods for Crohn's
There’s no one-size-fits-all diet for Crohn’s, but learn to pinpoint which foods soothe your stomach and which ones upset it. Try this list for starters.
- Traveling With Crohn’s Disease
A little planning can make your trip with Crohn’s disease fun and flare-up free.
- Can You Help Prevent Ovarian Cancer?
The doctors behind Outsmart Ovarian Cancer say “interception” begins with the fallopian tube, not the ovary as traditionally thought.
- Helping Your Loved One With CIAS
Cognitive impairment and schizophrenia often go hand in hand. As a caregiver, you can help with daily activities and communication skills.
- Best Exercises for People With PsA
From walking to knee extensions, these moves soothe symptoms and ease pain from psoriatic arthritis.
- Tips for Daily Life With Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Living with idiopathic hypersomnia can make daily life difficult. Here are a few tips to help you through your day.
- How to Stay Social When It’s Hard to Stay Awake
IH can make keeping plans difficult. But isolation from friends can also lead to depression. Here’s how to balance sleepiness with your social life.
- Taking a Minute to Talk and Listen
When providers ask about a patient’s goals, medications, memory, and mobility, they feel heard, says nurse practitioner Sidney Hunt of MinuteClinic at CVS.
- Getting Them Back to What They Love
Arthur’s providers at the VA in Salt Lake City are working to get him back to his favorite pastime – fishing in Alaska.
- Seeing the 4Ms in Action
WebMD visits Madsen Health Center in Utah, a great example of an age-friendly care provider that considers all of the 4Ms to really understand a patient.
- Why It's Important to Talk About Death
Death can be an uncomfortable subject, says Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, but it's a part of life that needs to be talked about sooner and more often.
- When Every Day Is Different
Not knowing which RRMS symptoms to expect from day to day can be a humbling experience. Two people get real about their unpredictable disease.
- At-Home Habits for Improving Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Cut snoring and fatigue with changes to your sleep position, diet, and more.
- Support to Ease Burnout
When you're a caregiver, it's easy to get wrapped up in their day-to-day needs and to forget your own. Here are the signs and how to ask for help.
- This Disorder in Communities of Color
What needs to be done to make sure Black and Brown patients with schizophrenia get the same care as their White counterparts?
- Boots on the Ground
Armed with education, advocates can help change legislation, make meds affordable, and more, says Andrea Brown of the Black Mental Health Alliance.
- Convincing a Loved One to Get Treatment
Dana Pettaway’s son had paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations, but it took some tough love to get him treated. Several hurdles made it difficult.
- Support and Planning
Doctors not only help patients and their families understand their cancer and the treatments available, but support them through emotional distress.
- Understanding Your Treatment Options
Most cases of lung cancer are deemed inoperable. But that doesn’t mean incurable. There are many effective treatments that depend on your type of tumor.
- How Vitamins and Minerals Help With Heart Failure
Too much or too little of something like salt can affect your heart. Here are the vitamins and minerals to keep an eye on.
- How to Monitor Your Heart Failure at Home
Living with heart failure can be a challenge, but tracking things like weight and blood pressure can help you catch warning signs before it’s serious.
- Saving Spoons
Marcia Williams and Danielle Martinez share what the “new normal” looks like with MS. They dive into daily energy levels and exercise routines.
- An Extra Set of Hands With a Heart
Tom Ziegler hasn’t missed one of his wife’s oncology appointments. He’s a big help, whether it’s in the garden, the kitchen, or at an advocacy event.
- A Shift in Positivity and Perspective
Domonique Cooper and Tiffany Vinson form a friendship over stories with MS. They’ve had to slow down some, but it’s made them more present and intentional.
- What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
Watch as we break down why you have to worry about high and low blood sugar levels.
- Symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes
Be on the lookout for these signs of insulin deficiency.