G-Free Diet & Elisabeth Hasselbeck

You, or someone you know, is probably gluten intolerant but doesn’t know it. So, how do you stop eating gluten? It is in just about everything!

G6PD Deficiency

Quite likely the single biggest piece of good news about G6PD deficiency is that it is widely understood to confer protection against malaria, in particular the most deadly form of that disease - Randall Amster

GABA

Our mental state is governed in large part by a unique cocktail of neurotransmitter chemicals in the brain—one of which is GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). GABA is essentially your body's "calm down" signal, pumping the brakes on overexcited neurons, contributing to an overall relaxing effect - Stephanie Eckelkamp

Gabapentinoids

Gabapentinoid drugs—specifically gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica)—are increasingly being prescribed for pain because physicians and patients seek alternatives to opioids in the midst of the opioid crisis. However, such widespread and often indiscriminate prescribing of gabapentinoids is not supported by robust evidence - Christopher W, Goodman MD

Gadolinium

One of the biggest concerns in radiology in recent years is the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - Dave Fornell

Gain of Function

Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one - B. David Zarley

Galactose

Galactose is a simple sugar that is normally transformed in the liver before being used up as energy. This sugar is quite abundant in human diets and helps in a number of functions. - IDF

Galactosemia

Long-term outcomes of classic galactosemia (GAL) remain disappointing. It is unclear if the complications result mainly from prenatal-neonatal toxicity or persistent glycoprotein and glycolipid synthesis abnormalities - David J Coman

Gallbladder Cancer

Most of the cancers known to mankind tend to be relatively uniformly distributed across countries and continents. In contrast, gallbladder cancer incidence is increased in geographically distinct locations of the world. - Rama Gullapalli & Ursa Brown-Glaberman

Gallstones

When you hear the word “gallstone,” you probably think it is a problem only senior citizens deal with. But gallstones can afflict anyone regardless of age. And no matter who you are, a gallstone attack is painful - Debra Bell

Gambling Addiction

Gambling is a drug-free addiction. Yet despite the fact that there is no external chemical at work on the brain, the neurological and physiological reactions to the stimulus are similar to those of drug or alcohol addicts - John Rosengren |

Game of Thrones

The human race is making progress. Maybe very painfully slow, but in the long view, you can see it ― George R.R. Martin

Games

We are moving into a future where games train our doctors, monitor our health, and treat our illnesses - Noah Falstein

Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery

The Gamma Knife Perfexion is not exactly a knife. It’s a scalpel-like surgical instrument that uses 192 intersecting beams of high-intensity gamma radiation waves for the surgical treatment of brain tumors, tremors, and the chronic pain of brain and vascular diseases - Christopher Duma MD

Garcinia Cambogia

“Miracle” supplements like garcinia combogia that make extravagant claims like rapid weight loss are nothing more than gimmicks that prey on our insecurities and self-doubt - Matthew Lovitt

Gardening

Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years - Unknown

Gardening & Exercise

Gardening is, in fact, a legit physical activity. Sweet - Annie Daly

Garlic

Garlic is not merely an ingredient to a dish. Since ancient times, garlic has been recognized by many diverse civilizations for its variety of medicinal properties - AllicinFacts

Gary Moore

His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, OC Weekly, Daily Kos, the Long Beach Post, Random Lengths News, The District Weekly, GreaterLongBeach.com, and a variety of academic and literary journals

Gas Stoves

Your gas stove is always polluting, even when it’s turned off - Rebecca Leber

Gaslighting

It hasn’t just seeped into our lexicon. It is now part of how we acquire information - Robin Stern

Gasoline & Pollution

Everyone deserves clean air, a livable planet, and affordable mobility. We can get these things by making a rapid shift from gasoline to cleaner alternatives - Coltura

Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass was introduced in the 1960s. As use of the procedure has increased, so too has its safety—thanks to the advent and refinement of laparoscopic techniques - Leslie Garisto Pfaff

Gastric Lavage

Gastric lavage should not be performed routinely, if at all, for the treatment of poisoned patients - Bryan Hayes PharmD

Gastric Sleeve

This surgery won't guarantee long-term weight loss. It will merely provide a tool—shrinking my stomach, reducing the amount of food I can ingest and removing the "hunger" hormone = Elizabeth A. Johnson

Gastrin

There is, however, a great deal of versatility in the spectrum of activity of gastrin as compared to the dedicated but limited action of the other gut peptides, such as secretin or cholecystokinin - J. McManus

Gastritis

Just as there are foods that can foster the sad state of gastritis, there are foods that can heal and regenerate a proper balance within the stomach - Heather Denniston

Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease

Most people often dismiss heartburn as common and trivial, an ailment to be treated with a grimace and a glug of thick, chalky pink liquid. But, while acid reflux is very common, it is far from insignificant - Glenn D Braunstein MD

Gastrocnemius Tear

Often those experiencing a calf strain will feel a sudden pain during activity but sometimes there may not be a pop or tear, it may just gradually feel “tight” or sore during or after an activity. The pain is often aggravated by raising up on the tiptoes - Luke Nelson

Gastroenteritis

It comes on quickly and you run to the bathroom. But is it something you ate, or is it a virus - Andrea Atkins

Gastroenteritis in Children

Worldwide, gastroenteritis is a major reason for childhood deaths, primarily in developing nations where sanitation and health care are poor. Most of these children die from extreme dehydration - Harvard Health

Gastroenteritis in Children Management

Oral rehydration continues to be underused, particularly in the United States. Probiotic use remains uncommon, while ondansetron administration has become routine. Children frequently receive IV rehydration, with the rate and volume administered being greater in the United States - Stephen B. Freedman MD

Gastroenteritis Management

Acute gastroenteritis is a common complaint in the ED, and we know that in 79% of the cases, a causative organism is never found. Neither patients nor emergency clinicians want unnecessary testing or antibiotics. Nonetheless, there are certain conditions and circumstances that warrant more than just reassurance and advice to drink more fluids - Brian Geyer MD PhD MPH

Gastroenterologists

The intellectual aspect of diagnosing and treating GI problems is an enduring challenge that will not depart from me even if colonoscopy becomes an obsolete test, or my hands become too weak to hold an endoscope - David Sack MD

Gastroenterology

The convergence of telemedicine, artificial intelligence, and third-space endoscopy is transforming gastroenterology. These pillars promise to revolutionize patient care, diagnostics, and procedures - José C. Marín-Gabriel MD

Gastrointestinal Cancer

GI cancers do not discriminate between men and women - GI Cancer Institute

Gastrointestinal Challeges

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion - Robert Louis Stevenson

Gastroparesis

If you meet someone with gastroparesis, please be kind. We are all fighting a battle to stay alive, not to starve to death, and to try to be as normal as possible - Emily Scherer

Gastroschisis

Gastroschisis is one of the more visceral birth defects in the world... The medical community does not know what causes the abdominal wall to not close down completely around the umbilical cord as it should in normal development. The survival rate is 80-90%, with about 40% experiencing long-term complications across a spectrum - Meghan Hall

Gatherings & Covid-19

While the likelihood of any individual coming into contact with someone with the disease at such events is small, it’s difficult to protect people in large crowds and to identify those who may have been exposed - Gerard Fitzgerald

Gaucher Disease

Gaucher Disease was the first lysosomal disease to be successfully treated with a protein replacement product, modified glucocerebrosidase - Children’s Gaucher Research Fund

Gay Men's Health

If we continue to offer safe sex messages without acknowledging that there are other health areas the community lives with, we are doing a huge disservice to our people - The Healthy Bear

Gaza Crisis

Everyone in Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger. It’s entirely preventable - Ellen Ioanes and Nicole Narea

Gaza Protests

The rhetoric that comes out of the mouths of politicians – and I’m not saying that some of it isn’t sincere in the wish to defend reproductive justice, or for trans and queer people, or even for citizens on the ground in Gaza – but rhetoric does not stop the bombs from falling - Linda Loew

GBS

GBS is a condition where the antibodies in the immune system forget to switch off after curing an infection and start to attack the nervous system of the body with a vengeance. This is a nightmare, nasty condition that is thankfully very rare - gbsyndrome

GBS & Covid -19

There are indications that SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations can be complicated by impairment of the Central or Peripheral Nervous System. One of the most frequent PNS complications of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations is Guillain-Barre syndrome - Josef Finsterer

GC

We think of gonorrhea as a funny infection—the clap...But the consequences of untreated gonorrhea are quite serious; infertility, increased risk of HIV, and a big impact on our national wallet…nothing to clap about there - Deborah Arrindell

GCA

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis in adults - EyeWiki

Gender Affirming Care

Gender affirming therapy is part of all therapeutic care. Every human has a gender identity. Every human has a sexuality. Gender affirming care recognizes that exploring gender and sexuality are healthy parts of the journey in learning about ourselves - Kelly Darke and Shannon Scott-Miller

Gender Affirming Care & Minors (Children)

The policies of the Europeans are much more aligned with the evidence than are the Americans - Dr. Gordon Guyatt

Gender Affirming Care & Teens (Adolescents)

The explosive growth of the population of young people who identify as transgender in recent years is unprecedented, as is the use of “gender affirmation” therapy and gender transition surgery - Samantha Stephenson

Gender Detransition

Gender detransition is a complex, heterogeneous, under-researched, and poorly understood reality - Pablo Expósito-Campos

Gender Discrimination in Healthcare

Mentally, physically and biologically, men and women are simply not built the same way. It sounds obvious, but we have only really begun to understand why - Kelly Burrowes

Gender Discrimination in Organized Medicine

Women make better doctors—but they face discrimination and burnout - Diana Tourjée

Gender Dysphoria (Gender Identity Disorder)

Gender dysphoria is not a choice, but acceptance and understanding is - Unknown

Gender Health

Sex is a biological term. It refers to the reproductive and genetic pieces an organism has. Gender is an identity, something a person defines internally and, often, in response to cultural cues, as well. (Yes, it can get even more complicated than that, too.) - Rose Eveleth

Gender Identity

The large generational difference in gender identity suggests an intensifying need for empathy, understanding, and communication across the generations in the years to come - Jean M. Twenge

Gender Inequality

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance - Kofi Annan

Gender Medicine

The concept of gender-specific medicine is traditionally linked to Bernadine Healy’s article The Yentl Syndrome - Donatella Lippi

Gender Reassignment (Gender Affirmation Surgery)

I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life - Alison Goodman

Gender Selection

Choosing the sex of your baby has become a multimillion-dollar industry - Jasmeet Sidhu

Gender Transition

Transitioning is when a person decides to start presenting and living as their authentic gender identity, rather than what they were prescribed physically at birth. It's a conflicting time in transgender people's lives, as they experience the euphoria of finally getting to be themselves, along with the negative social and financial impacts of the process - Marceline Cook

Gender-Based Discrimination

Women have been fighting against sexism for a long time. If men can learn from them, it will be to everyone's benefit - Noah Berlatsky

Gene Therapy

Gene therapy might be a miracle, but it is not a cure. The best way to describe gene therapy is that it slams the brakes on diseases to prevent patients from getting sick or to mute the impact of the disease - Maria Kefalas

Genealogy

From origin stories to blood-purity statutes, we have long enlisted genealogy to serve our own purposes - Maya Jasanoff

General Anesthesia

General anesthesia is likely what you’re thinking of when you picture surgical anesthesia. It is technically a medically induced coma, with the drugs being administered through an IV or a mask - Ada McVean BSc

General Surgeon Blogs

A surgeon should give as little pain as possible while he is treating the patient, and no pain at all when he charges his fee - Anonymous

General Surgeon Journals

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently - Wernher von Braun

General Surgeon Organizations

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared - Honoré de Balzac

General Surgeons

As surgeons, there's instant gratification. Often times, you can fix whatever is wrong - Sareh Parangi MD

General Surgery

This is not a sovereign profession anymore. We have to be accountable for our actions - Thomas R. Russell MD

General Surgery CME

There is no better surgeon than a man with many scars - Spanish Poverb

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

People who experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) exhibit excessive concern about multiple events or activities most days of the week. While it is not unusual for people to experience some stress as they go about their daily lives, GAD sufferers rarely get a break from worrying - Kim Ann Zimmermann

Generics

Here's the truth: Generic drugs are not inferior to brand-name drugs. They are just less expensive — so don't worry about being cheap - Lauren F Friedman

Genes

We are a product of genes and the influence of life - Tamerlan Kuzgov

Genetic Cancer Screening

The tests, which look for minuscule shards of cancer DNA or proteins, are a new frontier in screening. Companies developing them say they can find dozens of cancers. While standard screening tests are commonly used to detect cancer of the breast, colon, cervix and prostate, 73 percent of people who die of cancer had cancers that are not detected by standard tests - Gina Kolata

Genetic Conditions

Genomics makes the diagnosis of such diseases, especially the rare ones, easier and more precise, and it has revealed what is going on in some of them in useful ways. It has not yet, though, provided much by way of cures. Now this is beginning to change - The Economist

Genetic Engineering

Whether it’s emergent cloning technologies or advanced gene therapy, we’re quickly approaching a world in which humans can — and will — change the way they live and die - Sean Illing

Genetic Engineering and Eugenics: Unsavory Echoes From the Past

Despite the signs that the uglier aspects of Eugenics are popping up with greater frequency on the dark web and even in posts and blogs on some of the more benign sites of assorted social networks, it appears extremely dubious that it can once again capture the notoriety it grabbed within the scientific community almost a century ago - Shilo Zylbergold

Genetic Screening

We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information - Anne Wojcicki

Genetic Testing

Genetic testing is useful in a breadth of ways, many of which are helping to bring us closer to personalized medicine - Holly Large

Genetic Testing Think Before You Spit

Do you really understand what you’re getting yourself into when you send in your sample? Probably not

Genetic Tests

As the field of genomics advances, genetic and genomic tests are becoming more common in, and out of, the clinic. Yet most genetic tests today are not regulated, meaning that they go to market without any independent analysis to verify the claims of the seller. - National Human Genome Research Institute

Genetic Tests To a Healthier Life, Maybe

Genetic testing is emerging as a new trend in personal healthcare, where people can order the test online, know about their propensity for various diseases, and prepare for disease prevention. Then, again, maybe you don't want to know!

Geneticist Journals

It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way - Lewis Thomas

Geneticist Organizations

The genes are the atoms of heredity - Seymour Benzer

Genetics

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will - Aidan Quinn

Genetics & Cancer

The understanding that genetic mutations are linked to cancer is decades-old; the first human oncogenes (genes that trigger cancer) were found in the early 1980s. The exponential growth of cancer genomics is the legacy of the Human Genome Project and spin-off projects like the Cancer Genome Atlas, a publicly funded, collaborative project to parse the genetic underpinnings of cancer, as well as technological advances that allow rapid extraction of genetic information - Jessica Wapner

Geneva Score

Like the Wells score, each characteristic is assigned a point value, and the cumulative score stratifies patients into different risk categories - Pete Yunyongying MD

Genital Health

Various studies over the years has shown that sexual activity can: Reduce stress and lower blood pressure, Boost immunity, Burn calories, Improve heart health, Increase self-esteem, Decrease the incidence of prostate cancer, And provide better sleep

Genital Infections

If you are worried because you have noticed a genital symptom, you need to see your doctor or go to a sexual health clinic - EmbarrassingProblems.com

Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it - Waris Dirie

Genital Tract

Of the body’s major systems, the reproductive system is the one that differs most between sexes, and the only system that does not function until puberty - University of Cincinnati

Genital Warts

While everyone by now knows the relationship between HPV and cervical cancer, most of the world is unaware of the increasing incidence of HPV related head and neck cancer

Genital Warts (Condyloma Acuminata)

The HPV types that cause warts are known as “low risk” because they are almost never found with genital or anal cancers - American Sexual Health Association

GenitoUrinary Cancer

One of the simplest things you can do to address the risk of urinary system cancer is increase the amount of water you drink each day - ShareCare

Genitourinary Challenges

When the patient dies the kidneys may go to the pathologist, but while he lives the urine is ours. It can provide us day by day, month by month, and year by year, with a serial story of the major events going on within the kidney - Thomas Addis

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause

e. GSM more accurately describes the postmenopausal hypoestrogenic state of the genitourinary tract in peri and postmenopausal women - British Society for Sexual Medicine

Genocide

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history - James Lovelock

Genocide Why There Should Never Be Another Columbus Day

By all historical accounts, Christopher Columbus was a father of genocide. So why does the United States still have a national holiday to honor him?

Genome Sequencing

Rapid advances in genetic sequencing over the past few decades have opened up a whole new window into the past - George Busby

Genomic Medicine

Improving human health on a large scale will be a long, hard slog, as will countering unrealistic expectations of miracle cures based on genetic information - James Evans

Genomic Medicine (Geneticists)

Resources for the specialty of genetics

Genomic Surveillance

Genomic surveillance involves sequencing the genetic material of pathogens and identifying changes linked to the origins or characteristics of a disease. - Valerie Vancollie

Genomic Surveillance Covid-19

You can’t fix what you don’t measure” is a maxim in the business world. And it holds true in the world of public health as well - Alexander Sundermann

Genomics Business

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood - Alexander McQueen

Geodon (Ziprasidone)

As it's not a conventional antipsychotic like haloperidol (Haldol), it doesn't function solely through dopamine antagonism but also affects serotonin pathways. This varying mode of action means its side-effect profile differs from typical antipsychotics, particularly in that it's less likely to cause extrapyramidal symptoms such as tremors or stiffness - common side effects with drugs like Haldol - Power

Geoengineering

As the threat of global warming grows more urgent, a few scientists are considering radical—and possibly extremely dangerous—schemes for reengineering the climate by brute force - Graeme Wood

GeoMedicine

GeoMedicine will probably serve as a catalyst for future human migration from one part of the globe to another in the quest for minimizing personal health risks. And, it may be sooner than you think - HWN

GeoMedicine - OK, Maybe We Should Move

GeoMedicine will probably serve as a catalyst for future human migration from one part of the globe to another in the quest for minimizing personal health risks. And, it may be sooner than you think!

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal electricity generation might not have the high-tech flashiness of solar, or the romance of wind and wave, but it’s the solid, steady workhorse of the renewable energy race - Bianca Nogrady

Gepants {CGRP receptor antagonists)

The CGRP-blockers appear to be an improvement over existing preventive treatments, which were developed for other disorders. The newer drugs were designed specifically to target one of the mechanisms that researchers think leads to the painful episodes - Karen J. Bannan

Gepotidacin/Blujepa (Triazaacenaphthylenes}

Blujepa, created by pharmaceutical company GSK, is part of a new class of antibiotics called triazaacenaphthylenes (yes, that’s a real word). Triazaacenaphthylenes break down bacteria like E. Coli by throwing hands at two of the main enzymes bacteria need to keep growing - Marissa Dow

GERD

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts - Satchel Paige

Geriatric Emergencies

Look for atypical presentations of common medical conditions - Alexander X. Lo MD PhD

Geriatric Trauma

Older patients are more likely to experience trauma and to have worse outcomes after a trauma - Winny Li

Geriatricians

Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges - Pat Conroy

Germany Healthcare

All things considered, it’s good to be a sick German. There are no network limitations, so people can see any doctor they want. There are no deductibles, so Germans have no fear of spending hundreds before their insurance ever kicks in - Olga Khazan

Germs

It’s the start of a new era, when people are finally ready to embrace the microbial world - Ed Yong

Gerontology (Geriatric Medicine)

One would never put up a cardiology clinic, or a pulmonology clinic without a cardiologist or pulmonologist. Yet it has been commonplace to set up clinics and programs for ‘older adults’ without explicit input from geriatricians - Carla Perissinotto MD

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes should be seen as an opportunity to identify families at higher risk of metabolic problems and take action - Allison Sigmund et al

Gestational Hypertension

Gestational hypertension is the development of hypertension at or after 20 weeks gestation, in the absence of other features of pre-eclampsia - Amanda Beech and George Mangos

Get More Than Sushi With Your Sushi

Eating sushi can be hazardous, but then again so can eating healthy. I don't eat sushi. I don't like it for one, but the thought of eating raw fish really does turn my stomach. And to top it off in 2012 there was an outbreak of salmonellosis

Getting Pregnant

In a nutshell about the egg, there is a lot to learn and know about once you plan a child - Map My Genome

GFree Diet

There is a saying, diets don't work. But the G-Free diet makes it possible for people with gluten intolerance to finally live a normal life

GHB

GHB, due to its high likelihood of leading to overdose, is one of the most deleterious drugs to ever reach the party scene - Joseph Palamar

Ghee

Ghee is often marketed as a “health food” but even the healthiest of foods can be overdone. After all, it’s still a form of butter, and butter is a ‘use in proper portion’ kind of fat - Nutritious Life

Ghrelin

It’s a hormone with a somewhat scary sounding name, but it is all too fitting. Ghrelin, known as the “hunger hormone,” can act as a real gremlin to your weight loss efforts - The Center for Medical Weight Loss

GI Bleed

Active bleeding is obviously worrisome. Hematemesis is more worrisome than hematochezia, because upper GI bleeding carries a higher mortality than lower GI bleeding - Josh Farkas

GI Decontamination

Despite its widespread use, gastrointestinal decontamination has not been demonstrated to be beneficial and is generally indicated only in specific circumstances - Lilia Reyes MD

GI Emergencies

Symptoms that suggest an underlying GI problem can include: abdominal pain; nausea; vomiting; diarrhoea; melaena; haematemesis; constipation; jaundice; and abdominal distension. Abdominal pain is a common ED presentation and can be the cause of a wide variety of GI problems - Robert Crouch OBE

GI Infections

Most gut infections are short-lived & tend to resolve on their own allowing us to continue our normal lives. But there is a darker side to these maladies...research has shown there may be more difficult times down the road - Jason Tetro

Giant Cell Arteritis

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis in adults - EyeWiki

Giardiasis

Giardia is one of the most common causes of water-borne diarrhea outbreaks. Sources of contaminated water include public facilities that improperly filter and treat water, water in developing countries, or rivers and lakes used by hikers - eMedicineHealth

Gingivitis

If your gums are swelling, bleeding, discolored (think: red, blue, or dark red instead of pink), receding, or have changed from a firm to spongy texture — these are all signs (along with bad breath!) that you could be experiencing gingivitis - Lauren Pardee

Ginkgo biloba

In the end – all the ancient wisdom, small studies, and putative mechanisms meant nothing. They were all trumped by a large and impeccably designed study that shows Gingko biloba is of no measurable benefit for cognitive function - Steven Novella

Ginseng

From energy drinks to traditional medicine, it feels like you can't go anywhere these days without running into ginseng - Kirsten Schofield

GIP (Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide)

GIP is a hormone released from the enteroendocrine cells in the small intestine early during meal ingestion. Together with GLP-1, these two incretin hormones serve an important role in priming the β-cells of the pancreas to augment insulin secretion to regulate postprandial glucose levels - Matthew R. Hayes

Giving Is Good, But It’s Best When Targeted Wisely

Tis the season of giving. But regardless of the time of year, the best donations to charity are the ones that are well informed.

Glasses

Some ten percent of the world's population are vision-impaired, and eyeglasses could correct the vision problems of virtually all of them -- sometimes making an enormous difference in their lives - Vision Aid Overseas

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a thief of sight. Each day it steals from you precious memories - not of what was, but of what's to come - Jeremiah Lim

Gleevec (Imatinib)

Imatinib is proof of principle that rationally designed, molecularly targeted therapy works - Michael Deininger

GlideScope

The GlideScope video laryngoscope, by virtue of providing a glottic view superior to direct laryngoscopy, has had a profound impact on clinical airway management and airway safety. That said, mastering the use of the GlideScope and other videolaryngoscopes requires knowledge of a number of special tips and tricks to ensure success - D. John Doyle

Glinides Prandin Starlix

These meds are cousins of sulfonylureas, and they’re often called “nonsulfonylurea secretagogues” (try out that term at the next family reunion!) or “glinides.” Like sulfonylureas, these meds increase insulin secretion from the pancreas - Amy Campbell MS RD

Glioblastoma

Glioblastomas are characterized by extreme genomic instability, even by the standards of cancer cells, meaning that what appears to be a single tumor is almost certainly a large collection of different cell types using different mechanisms to grow and survive. That explains why no single therapy has had much success in the field - Derek Lowe

Gliptins DiPeptidyl Peptidase-4,Inhibitors

Gliptins are accepted as a standard therapy for diabetes mellitus today. By inhibition of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4), gliptins prolong the GLP1-dependent insulin secretion in the pancreatic β-cells - Friederike Remm

Glitazones

Even though longer-term studies did not show that there was a definite risk of heart attack or cancer, these drugs became unpopular and fell into disuse - Lori Wiviott Tischler MD

Global Health

One person can make a difference and everyone should try - John F Kennedy

Global Warming

There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it - David Attenborough

Global Water Crisis

Water is essential for human life, but in many parts of the world water supplies are under threat from more extreme, less predictable weather conditions due to climate change - Susan Conlon & Kevin Lane

Glomerulonephritis

GN is a common cause of CKD and a threat to public health due to its increasing incidence, poor outcomes, and high associated costs - Jihan Khan PhD

GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1)

The incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) promotes satiety and potentiates insulin release and suppression of glucagon release in response to the ingestion of nutrients - Andreas Andersen

GLP-1 Drugs

GLP-1 agonists are used to lower blood sugar levels to treat diabetes type 2 by releasing more insulin into the bloodstream

Glucagon

Glucagon is a fascinating hormone with powerful influences on several areas of interest, including types 1 and 2 diabetes, fat loss, appetite regulation and more - Clinical Applications of Scientific Innovation

Glucometers

There are more than 30 different glucometers available from more than a dozen manufacturers. And they're all typically frustrating to use, unforgiving, and clumsily designed - Thomas Goetz

Glucophage

It was discovered, forgotten, rediscovered, repurposed, rejected, rescued, exonerated and may have further secrets to reveal - Clifford J. Bailey

Glucosamine

Most studies assessing their effectiveness show modest to no improvement compared with placebo in either pain relief or joint damage - Arthritis.org

Glucosamine The Bubble is Burst... Maybe...

Just about everyone you know who exercises or has joint pain has taken glucosamine at one time or another and most people swear by it. Recently several studies have demonstrated that the benefits of glucosamine are overrated. Are you wasting your money?

Glucose (Dextrose)

It is a monosaccharide (simple sugar) naturally present in all living beings on Earth and is their most important source of energy - Alimentarium

Glue Sniffing

Adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 are more likely to abuse inhalants than any other age group. Females are more likely to experiment with inhalants than males - Inhalation Addiction Treatment

Glutamate

Glutamate is critical for maintenance of ideal energy levels, necessary for most CNS functions, and neuroplasticity, which is critical for adaptation to changes in the environment. Rather than being delegated as a sidenote as in the past, glutamate is deserving of a main focus in future neuroscience research and clinical studies - Mia Michaela Pal

Glutamine

Glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in the body. Although it’s commonly used as a bodybuilding supplement, studies don’t support its efficacy for muscle building. It is also being researched for its effects on leaky gut, immune function, and muscle wasting in sick people - Ana Aleksic

Glutathione

It’s the most important molecule you need to stay healthy and prevent disease — yet you’ve probably never heard of it - Mark Hyman, MD

Glutathione Therapy

It is important to note that no research has supported the claim IV therapy with glutathione slows down ageing or reduces oxidative damage - Emily Burch & Lauren Ball

Gluten

Gluten is the name for the protein in grains. All grains contain protein that is theoretically gluten but people with celiac disease and most other gluten allergies only react to the form of gluten found in wheat (including spelt, kamut, triticale and all varieties of wheat), barley, and rye - Sarah Moulton

Gluten Free

When you or someone you know is diagnosed with celiac disease or a gluten intolerance you might think that life as you know it is over. There is a saying, diets don't work but the Gluten-Free diet may - Stacy Matson

Gluten Free Grains

Lingering confusion surrounding these grains may stem from outdated information still available on the web and in cookbooks written several years ago. While the grains millet, sorghum, amaranth, buckwheat, and quinoa are now generally accepted as safe for persons with celiac disease, this hasn’t always been the case - Tricia Thompson MS RD

Gluten Grains

Luckily, however, only a few grains are truly glutinous: wheat, spelt, rye, barley, and, in some cases oats, due to agricultural cross-contamination - Sara Moulton

Gluten Intolerance

There’s been public debate as to whether or not gluten sensitivity is a real condition or just some sort of uniform delusion manifested in hypochondriacs and picky eaters - Samantha Olson

Glyburide Glimepiride(Amaryl) Glipizide(Glucotrol)

Sulfonylureas for patients with Type 2 diabetes: still an option. Glimepiride, in particular, does not appear to confer excess risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes.- Allan S. Brett, MD

Glycemic Index

The glycemic index has crept upon our food experience. Once a term used by people in white lab coats, reserved to diabetes clinics, it’s now part of popular weight-loss programs (South Beach, Zone) and disease prevention plans - Ayala Laufer-Cahana MD

Glycine

Colorless and odorless, glycine (or aminoacetic acid) is the simplest amino acid found in nature because of its single hydrogen side chain. But its functions are anything but simple - Jamie Witherby

Glycogen

Glycogen is glucose molecules bound together and packaged up. When the body starts getting low on available blood sugar, glycogen is at hand, ready to get chopped up into glucose to provide the necessary fuel in the face of a looming shortage - Rise Rafferty RDN

Glycogen Storage Diseases

Glycogen storage diseases (GSDs) (glycogenoses) are inborn metabolic disorders characterized by defects in enzymes or transport proteins that affect glycogen metabolism. The glycogen found in these disorders is abnormal in quantity, quality, or both - Kishnani Priya MD

GMOs

It’s not just about whether genetically-modified organisms are safe to eat. We need to know if they can help fix our failing food system - Joseph Erbentraut

GMOs Benefits and Risks

GM Foods seem to be in the best position to address the world's food shortages but the long-term benefits and adverse effects remain speculative. Don't you want to know what's in your food?

Go Red For Women

Did you know you can help fight women's heart disease with something as simple as your outfit choice - Tracey Lomrantz Lester

Goat Cheese

We know nutrition isn’t the first thing on your mind when you spread creamy, tangy goat cheese on a hot piece of toast. But though it is indulgent, it’s not as bad as you think - Kristin Kirkpatrick

Goat Milk

Nutritionally, goat milk is similar to cow milk, and most of what differences there are seem to favor goat milk - James Heffley PhD

Goji Berry

Look at the Goji berry not as a solution to all your health problems – and instead scoop up Goji berries as part of a healthy diet just as you would any other berries - Worker Bee

Golf

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness - William Wordsworth

Golf Apps

A good golf app is an added weapon, like a skilled caddie or a (legal) 15th club. Name your need -- swing tips, clubfitting, rules clarification -- and there's an app for it. But not all are created equal...Golf.com

Golfer's Elbow

The best exercise for golfers is golfing - Bobby Jones

Golo Diet

If you already know how to eat less and exercise more, signing yourself up for the GOLO Metabolic Plan is essentially just signing yourself up for a supplement delivery service - Ian Lecklitner

Gonorrhea (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

We think of gonorrhea as a funny infection—the clap...But the consequences of untreated gonorrhea are quite serious; infertility, increased risk of HIV, and a big impact on our national wallet…nothing to clap about there - Deborah Arrindell

Gonorrhea Treatment Guidelines

Monotherapy with IM ceftriaxone is recommended for all patients with gonorrhea, including pregnant patients. If co-infection with chlamydia has not been excluded, add doxycycline 100 mg po bid x 7 d for non-pregnant persons or azithromycin 1 g po x 1 dose for pregnant persons - CDPH

Good Cholesterol

Good” cholesterol might be in for a name change - Damian Garde

Goodpasture syndrome

The discovery of clusters that occurred within a short time period as well as those seen within particular geographic regions suggests that there is an environmental trigger that prompts the onset of Goodpasture Syndrome - GSA

Google Geeks take on the Flu

The Google geeks are at it again and it's not just driverless cars!

Google Health

With 7% of Google searches – or 70,000 per minute – being health-related, it was only a matter of time before the search giant aimed to be a healthcare giant - The Medical Futurist

goop

One of the things that attracts people to the alternative health practices pushed by entities like Goop is frustration with the impact of private industry and the profit motive — particularly in the context of the pharmaceutical industry — on the conventional health-care system - Timothy Caulfield

Got Postpartum Depression? Now There's a Drug for That...Which Could Be a Good or Bad Thing

For the first time ever, a drug specifically to treat postpartum depression is slated to hit the market. But there's more to "the baby blues" than the biological.

Gout

Henry the Eighth had gout. Maybe if he had known that a diet consisting of forty litres of sour cherry juice a day would make you forget you ever had gout in the first place, there wouldn't have been all those beheadings!

Gout & Jim Belushi

Gout, the disease of kings, has the distinction of being one of the most recorded medical illnesses throughout history

Gout Why Nobody Ever Talks About Henry the Ninth

Henry the Eighth had gout. Maybe if he had known that a diet consisting of forty litres of sour cherry juice a day would make you forget you ever had gout in the first place, there wouldn't have been all those beheadings!

Government

A good health policy is based on three principles. Unfortunately, nobody knows them - Gerhard Kocher

Government Agencies

Pandemics, vaccinations, disease outbreaks, food safety...there is never a dull moment when it comes to public health - HWN

Grain Free Pet Foods

There is increasing concern among veterinarians that certain grain-free diets pose specific health risks to dogs, especially when they consume such a diet long-term - Matt Miller

Grains

Grains are simply the hard, edible seeds of grass-like plants. There are many varieties and the most common are wheat, corn, oats and rice. They are one of the most-consumed foods worldwide and the primary source of nutrition and energy for many populations around the world - Katie Wells

Grains & Carbohydrates

“Nobody should eat grains; they all have a high glycemic index, especially pasta.” If you’ve heard — and believed —statements like these, the truth may surprise you: many grains have a very low glycemic index – including pasta. And a large body of research ties whole grain consumption to reduced risk of diabetes and inflammation - Oldways

Gram Negative Bacteria

Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are among the world's most significant public health problems due to their high resistance to antibiotics - Junio Oliveira

Gram Positive & Gram Negative Bacteria

In microbiology, Gram positive and Gram negative are two broad classes of bacteria. The classification comes from the results of the Gram stain test, which in turn, depends on the nature of the bacterial cell wall - Anne Helmenstine

Gram Positive Bacteria

Gram-positive bacteria constitute a fascinating and diverse group of microorganisms with significant implications for human health, agriculture, industry, and the environment - Marco Bizzarri

Gram Stain

What is more emblematic of our science than the Gram stain... It conveniently places most bacteria into one of two groups, the Gram-positives or the Gram-negatives. Gram staining is cheap, effective, quick, and relatively easy to interpret. Its most useful application is in the clinical setting -Elio

Granola

Granola is commonly found on lists of "healthy" foods that aren't really healthy, and it's easy to see why. This whole-grain snack is traditionally made by covering oats and other ingredients in a blend of sugar, oil, and spices and then baked until crispy. It makes for a perfectly crunchy yogurt topping or more flavorful cereal, but it does come at a cost. Some store-bought granolas can contain as much as 13 grams of sugar per serving—the same as what's in two packs of Smarties Candy - Olivia Tarantino

Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors (G-CSF)

G-CSF has been reproduced by recombinant DNA technology and is believed to have similar activity to that of endogenous G-CSF. Clinically, it has been shown to reduce the incidence and duration of febrile neutropenia. It has been used for many indications, but most frequently in the prevention of febrile neutropenia following myelosuppressive chemotherapy, including both primary and secondary prophylaxis - Andrew Lane Ilersich

Granuloma Inguinale

Recent headlines may have you wondering if your genitals are at risk of rotting off. That’s okay—it’s perfectly natural to feel confused by reports of a “flesh-eating” sexually transmitted infection. But before you freak out, take a deep breath and look at the facts - Rachel Feltman

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA)

Wegener's is often extremely difficult to diagnose because its symptoms are initially difficult to distinguish from the symptoms of many other common diseases. It is generally only diagnosed after treatment is ineffective...WegenersDisease.org

Graphite

Like with all battery materials, the production of natural and synthetic graphite can have a wide range of environmental impacts depending on the source of the raw material - Robert Pell

Grass Fed Beef

Grass-fed beef is clearly a nutritional improvement over conventional grain-finished beef. But we don’t have any studies that have demonstrated positive health effects from eating it over time. And we know that, like grain-fed beef, it’s still high in saturated fat - Ocean Robbins

Grass Milk

Grass-fed dairy is more nutritious than grain-fed dairy - not simply because of the absence of antibiotics, but the increased presence of omega-3’s, beta carotene and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). But beyond being good for us, it’s simply the right thing to do - Vasudha Viswanath

Graves Disease: Missy Elliott Got Her Graves On

Missy Elliott has been battling Graves’ disease, an autoimmune illness that affects the thyroid. As far as illnesses go Graves' disease is rarely life-threatening, it’s easily controlled, and treatment is almost always successful

Graves' Disease

Graves Disease is like having PMS, menopause, dementia, bipolar and ADHD all rolled into one. It's emotional roller coaster of anger, fatigue, anxiety, crying over silly things, insomnia, hot flashes, mood swings, low/high libido...Thyroid HUG

Great American Smokeout

The Great American Smokeout, an initiative by ACS, has been encouraging smokers to make a plan to quit for over four decades. The event not only promotes a smoke-free day, but also supports the longer journey towards a smoke-free life - Robert Suhoza

Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is just one of five major convergences that occur around the world where ocean currents create higher concentrations of trash. These so-called garbage patches don’t have clearly defined borders - Catharine Smith

Green Coffee Bean Extract

Green coffee bean supplements have the characteristics of a bogus weight loss product. The supplement lacks plausibility, the only published clinical trial is tiny, and it appears to have have some serious methodological problems - Scott Gavura

Green Economy

We cannot continue to close our eyes to the fact that we have to truly embrace green jobs, new technologies and alternative sources of energy - Luis Fortuno

Green Energy

The fuel in the earth will be exhausted in a thousand or more years, and its mineral wealth, but man will find substitutes for these in the winds, the waves, the sun's heat, and so forth. (1916) - John Burroughs

Green Hydrogen

After decades of development, hydrogen and renewable electricity are poised to revolutionize the global energy system, enabling climate-friendly solutions - Walter Mérida

Green Living

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man - Stewart Udall

Green Living a Healthier Heart (and We're Not Talking about Just Your Diet)

The benefits of green space have long been hypothesized as wide-ranging. Now a new study homes in on how green living may benefit your health at the very heart of things.

Green Tech Greening the Workplace as a Means to Increased Profit

Over the last century workplace designs have moved away from nature. But contemporary evidence suggests that reversing this trend would benefit employee well-being and the financial bottom line.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions - James Hansen

Grey Water

Recycling your household water is smart and often surprisingly simple. Find out how you can embrace this “new” source of water - Laura Allen and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine

Grief

For some, grief is a dull and unrelenting ache that fades—or doesn't. But for many of us, grief is something else. Grief is resilience - Derek Thompson

Griseofulvin

Griseofulvin is effective against dermatophytic infections, including tinea corporis, tinea pedis, and tinea cruris owing to its accumulation in keratin-rich tissues. It acts by binding to fungal cell microtubules, leading to a halt in mitosis. However, it can cause adverse effects, including activation of the cytochrome P-450 system of the liver - Sketchy

Groceries

It’s no longer an optional perk but a must-have for retailers. The days of being a stand-alone grocery retailer like Kroger are coming to an end - Brittain Ladd

Groceries & Meals

Order groceries, meals or your favorite foods or drinks. Then again you may just want takeout or find a restaurant

Groin Hernia

Around one in ten of us will get a hernia of some description, and an inguinal hernia is by far the most common - Lesley Dobson

Groin Injuries

There are many types of groin injury, some of which can occur together. In fact, as many as 90 percent of athletes experiencing groin pain have multiple types of groin injuries simultaneously - Shane Nho MD

Groin Pain

Groin pain is sporting population is common and often misdiagnosed as a groin strain or groin pull. The most common cause is pubic overload but other conditions need to be kept in mind such as hernia, hip arthritis and endometriosis - Lorenzo Masci

Groin Strain

A pulled groin muscle is a muscle injury in the front hip region that involves the primary hip flexor muscles (iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fascia latae, and sartorius) and/or the hip adductor muscle group (group of five muscles that contract to bring the leg in and across the body including the pectineus, gracilis, and adductor magnus, longus, and brevis) - Terry Zeigler EdD ATC

Grounding & Earthing

Earthing (also called grounding) can be a controversial topic. Many people report amazing benefits, while critics point out the lack of solid scientific studies supporting this practice - WellnessMama

Group A Streptococcus (GAS)

The group A streptococcal infections can range from mild and uncomplicated such as acute GAS pharyngitis to life threating invasive GAS infections such as STSS - National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases

Group B Streptococcus (GBS)

Group B Strep is a type of bacteria that can exist in the female reproductive tract without causing symptoms. Up to 30% of healthy women can carry Group B Strep, which usually does not cause problems - ISSAD

Group Therapy

People need people - for initial and continued survival, for socialization, for the pursuit of satisfaction. No one - not the dying, not the outcast, not the mighty - transcends the need for human contact - Irvin D. Yalom

GU issues

It’s the invention of clothes, not nature, that made “private parts” private - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

GU Trauma

Gross hematuria is the best indicator of injury, but its absence does not rule out injury; in penetrating trauma, there is no correlation between the amount or even presence of hematuria and the degree of injury - EB Medicine

Guarana

Very generally speaking, whenever you see both guarana and caffeine on an ingredients list, you can read guarana as even more caffeine - Luke Yoquinto

Guide Dogs

A service dog provides hope and encouragement to accept our illness, and fight it together as we walk hand in leash through life’s journey - Stuart Sherman

Guillain-Barré Syndrome

GBS is a condition where the antibodies in the immune system forget to switch off after curing an infection and start to attack the nervous system of the body with a vengeance. This is a nightmare, nasty condition that is thankfully very rare - gbsyndrome

Guinea Worm & Dracunculiasis

Guinea worm is a truly horrendous disease, causing unimaginable pain and suffering. The fact that we are now so close to eradicating it is one of the great public health success stories of modern times - Nick Hurd (2016)

Gulf War Syndrome

We were inhaling all that crap, a lot of us are dying off. And they are doing the same things in the newer wars that they were doing in the Gulf War - U.S. Army Spc Candy Lovett

Gun Control

We have to do this ourselves because, frankly, no one’s going to do this for us - Catherine Silva, #NeverAgain

Gun Control When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough. You Need a Revolution

Policy makers, lobbyists, and big business should be afraid. These kids are the future. Future consumers, future voters, future politicians, future parents, future constituents, and they will not be dismissed - Stacy Matson

Gun Violence

Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution - DaShanne Stokes

Guns - Is Ownership Good for Your Health?

Gun advocates say that not only doesn't gun ownership correlate with violence, but that guns are a means to greater safety. But how healthy is it for society to buy in to such an argument?

Gut (GI) Hormones

GI hormones are a large family of peptides and are secreted by endocrine cells that are widely distributed throughout the GI mucosa and pancreas. Gastrin, secretin, and cholecystokinin (CCK) were the first discovered gut hormones, and as of today, there are more than 50 gut hormone genes and a multitude of bioactive peptides, which makes the gut as the largest endocrine organ of the body - Rao JN, Wang

Gut Bacteria

Revelations about microbes in the gut are shaking the foundations of medicine and nutrition - Scientific American

Gut Health

There is a long way to go before we can say there is an optimal diet to boost gut health. But the basic building blocks are there to build a diet that at least gives you a good chance of a healthy, diverse microbiome - Martha Henriques

Gut Microbiome

Revelations about microbes in the gut are shaking the foundations of medicine and nutrition - Scientific American

Gut-Brain Connection

It had been suspected that what happens in the gut could have an impact on the brain. Now we have found too many correlations to ignore the gut-to-brain connection - Akshat Rathi

Gym Equipment

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Gymnastics

The trials and triumphs of elite sporting don't come without cost - effects on the body can persist even decades after retirement - Shami Sivasubramanian

Gyms

Get in Shape with Fitness Clubs and Programs!

Gyn Emergencies

Acute abdominal pain related to the gynecological tract is a common occurrence. One of the challenges physicians face is the wide range of differential diagnoses that must be considered when assessing the problem - Dr. Óran Roche

Gyn Laparoscopy

When it comes to minimally invasive gyn surgery, laparoscopic surgery is preferred worldwide. And there appears to be no significant advantage with robotic over traditional laparoscopic surgery - Matthew Ong

Gynecological Cancer

Uterine cancer is the most common of all gynecologic cancers. However there IS an "up side": most uterine cancer has an obvious warning sign - abnormal bleeding

Gynecomastia

Increased awareness of gynecomastia within our communities will empower afflicted men and boys to seek out treatment - Robert Tornambe MD