New Developments in Cholesterol Treatment

By Joyce Oen-Hsiao, as told to Keri Wiginton Joyce Oen-Hsiao, MD, FACC, director of clinical cardiology, Yale Medicine, New Haven, CT Right now, cholesterol treatment is more about finding ways to combine current cholesterol drugs a little bit differently and target treatment based on the person themselves. It’s not just standardized — giving everyone a statin …

New Developments for Ankylosing Spondylitis

By Kathryn Dao, MD as told to Kara Mayer Robinson  In recent decades, major advancements have been made in our understanding of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We now know how to diagnose it and how to manage it better.   Better Diagnosis We can now diagnose AS earlier because of improved technologies.  Sixty years ago, we …