Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

Heads up Broncos and Panthers fans! You might want to load up on the vitamin C and hand sanitizer.

One of the main concerns tied to prescription painkillers is their addictive properties. But those worries may be put to rest with the development of a new drug that provides the same relief without the side effects.

Mattel has announced a new plus-sized Barbie line. What does that say about attitudes toward obesity? Psychologists weigh in.

It’s prime time for runny noses, sore throats, and just overall not feeling well. But if you’re taking medicine for a pesky cough, do not take Licorice Coughing Liquid.

Although children are also sufferers of chronic pain, the vast majority of research on treatment and just the condition in general is focused on adults. But a pain-relieving technique that has already proven its efficacy in the older population appears to be beneficial in the younger as well.

Health care providers and consumers can have the most up-to-date human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) information in the palm of their hands with the new AIDSinfo application.

A three-pronged approach against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can prevent thousands of new infections in men who have sex with men, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

A drug trial in France has officially gone from bad to worse.

Men better start loading up on vitamin C because new research says that women are already naturally protected against the flu.

If you were perplexed when you found out that former Two and Half Men star Charlie Sheen was teaming up with Dr. Oz to find the cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), you were not alone. But let’s be honest, you’re curious about what actually happened during The Dr. Oz Show two-part interview, and we got all the details.

Not only have researchers found that chronic pain remodels the region of the brain that controls emotions, but they also revealed a new combination treatment that uses drugs that are already on the market.

One of the men is a heart surgeon and television host and the other is working to kick his drugs-and-prostitutes image; although an unlikely duo, they have a common goal in mind.

While it’s been observed that medical marijuana helps reduce intensity in painful conditions, the benefits may have some limitations.

Have you ever heard of a hydrogel condom? The answer is most likely ‘no’ since it’s a new material. But you may want to have it on your radar because it seems that it may better protect against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

An estimated 20% to 35% of children worldwide suffer from chronic pain, according to the American Pain Society, but treating the condition has added challenges for the younger population.

You’ve heard of the nicotine patches that help people quit smoking, and recently a patch to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exercise was introduced. Now the world’s first ibuprofen patch to provide pain relief has made its way on the scene.

A new treatment option for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) was recently introduced, but it looks like old habits die hard when it comes to prescriptions.

Romiplostim has been indicated for adults with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), but what about for kids? A phase three study examined the notion during a presentation at the 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (ASH 2015) in Orlando, Florida.

Migraines affect about 12% of the US population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and another condition could indicate that the painful disorder will become chronic.

The recent Escherichia coli (E. coli) outbreak associated with Chipotle has yet to be contained as it continues to move between the coasts.

Former Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen divulged on the TODAY show Tuesday morning that he is infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). And while it can impact everyday life, it is not the be-all and end-all disease that it once was in the 80's.

The Fat Fibre Sodium Score was created using the top three most predictable cardiovascular risk-reducing food categories and offers a quick, easy way to evaluate nutrition changes during post-cardiac rehabilitation.

While clinicians should always encourage their patients to follow their medication schedules, it proved not to be a significant factor in the outcomes in patients with asthma taking omalizumab, according to a poster session at the 2015 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (ACAAI 2015) in San Antonio, Texas.

Asthma presents its own set of challenges, as does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). When characteristics from both merge together it causes asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS).

Atopic dermatitis, sometimes referred to as baby eczema, affects more than three million infants in the United States every year. While there are no established preventive measures, researchers have been making strides in coming up with effective treatment strategies.

If one child is allergic to a specific food, then their brother or sister is probably going to have the intolerance as well, right? Not necessarily.

The first final guidance in over 13 years for the development of new antiretroviral drugs for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been released by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Healthcare providers are supposed to be one of the top advocates for no smoking, right? Well the amount of physicians still lighting up cigarettes is prevalent.

Hyperkalemia can be fatal and there is a serious need to provide improved treatment options.

For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), disturbances in the thermoregulation can result in episodic hypothermia. It's believed that this is caused by hypothalamic lesions from the disease, however, the specifics are not fully understood. M. Toledano and colleagues from the University of Utah set out to uncover more in a poster session that will be presented at the 31st Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS 2015) in Barcelona, Spain.