Psychiatric Conditions

Insomnia

Overview and Risk Factors Insomnia is characterized by difficulties in initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or feeling restored after sleep. It is the most common sleep disorder in the United States, affecting about one-third of adults at some point in their lives. Approximately 10% of those with...

Oncology

Prostate Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Prostate cancer is the second most common malignancy in men in the United States; only skin cancer occurs more frequently. Although most cases progress slowly and may never become clinically apparent, the disease is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and the...

Infectious Diseases

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Overview and Risk Factors Worldwide, more than 40 million people are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). About 40,000 new infections occur yearly in the United States. HIV is a retrovirus that infects and destroys cells containing the CD4+ antigen, particularly CD4+ T–helper cells....

Psychiatric Conditions

Eating Disorders

Overview and Risk Factors Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are the most well known eating disorders. Up to 3% of American women meet diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder, and up to 20% of college–aged women engage in some form of binging and purging behavior.1 Anorexia...

Oncology

Diet during Cancer Treatment

There are no current evidence-based recommendations for diet therapy during cancer treatment, due in part to the heterogeneous nature of this disease. Because of the frequency of loss of appetite and severe weight loss (cachexia) in many cancer patients, clinical efforts often focus on increasing...

Renal and Genitourinary

Erectile Dysfunction

Overview and Risk Factors Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to acquire or sustain an erection of sufficient rigidity for sexual intercourse. The condition affects 15 million to 30 million men in the United States. Most cases of ED consist of impotence, the inability to achieve or sustain...

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Overview and Risk Factors Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a syndrome of inappropriate backflow of gastric acid into the esophagus, which can result in inflammation and erosion of the esophageal mucosa. It is the most common upper-gastrointestinal disorder in Western nations, affecting...

Oncology, Oncology

Stomach Cancer in China

While all cancer rates are generally very low in China, stomach cancer leaps out as a glaring exception. Figured at a population base of 100,000, the incidence in the U.S. is just 6.5, contrasted with a 90.9 incidence for China. What's going on here?

Three main factors appear to be...

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