Conditions & Diseases

Menopause can accel­er­ate bone loss and increase the risk of osteope­nia, osteo­poro­sis and frac­tures. Learn why declin­ing estro­gen affects bone den­si­ty, when to con­sid­er a bone den­si­ty test, and how exer­cise, nutri­tion, screen­ing and treat­ment can help pro­tect your bones and spine as you age.

Krsti­na H. spent near­ly two years strug­gling with pain, food intol­er­ance and dif­fi­cul­ty gain­ing weight before being diag­nosed with supe­ri­or mesen­teric artery (SMA) syn­drome. With guid­ance from Duly physi­cians Elias J. Koliopou­los, MD, and Jihad Kudsi, MD, she under­went robot­ic surgery to bypass the intesti­nal com­pres­sion. Today, Krsti­na is gain­ing weight, eat­ing com­fort­ably and get­ting back to every­day life.

PCOS is now called poly­en­docrine meta­bol­ic ovar­i­an syn­drome (PMOS), a name that bet­ter reflects the condition’s hor­mon­al, meta­bol­ic and ovar­i­an effects. Learn why the name changed, what remains the same, com­mon PMOS symp­toms and how your care team can help man­age your health now and over time.

Learn 9 impor­tant facts about Via­gra® and Silde­nafil, includ­ing how and when to take it, com­mon side effects, med­ica­tion inter­ac­tions and safe­ty con­cerns. Duly physi­cians also explain why erec­tile dys­func­tion can be a sign of under­ly­ing health con­di­tions and when to talk with your doctor.

Motion sick­ness can make trav­el uncom­fort­able. Learn what caus­es it, how to ease symp­toms quick­ly, and when to talk with a health­care provider.

Learn the com­mon symp­toms of hand, foot and mouth dis­ease in kids, how to man­age HFMD at home, and when to call a pediatrician.

You have a sore throat. Is it strep throat or a virus? Learn about the dif­fer­ences, and about the types of infec­tions that can cause a sore throat.

Clum­si­ness is not always a rea­son for con­cern. But it can be a sign of cer­tain health con­di­tions. Here are 7 health prob­lems relat­ed to clumsiness.

Your doc­tor just rec­om­mend­ed hiatal her­nia surgery and you’re won­der­ing if it’s real­ly nec­es­sary or if you can wait. Here’s what actu­al­ly hap­pens when severe symp­toms go untreat­ed and why tim­ing mat­ters more than you think.

Dis­tin­guish­ing an ear infec­tion from tooth pain can be tough, but there are signs to look for. Read about both con­di­tions and how they are diagnosed.