Advanced Medical Clinic Blog

It’s the leading cause of death in the United States. More than 62 million Americans have some form of it. And to top things off, there are many different types of this disease that health care providers must contend with.

Did you know that about one in every four physician’s office visits – some 214 million in the US alone – are made to a family doctor?

Arthritis may be used to describe body pain, but the different types of arthritis can vary significantly based on the way they affect the human body. Some forms of arthritis affect strictly your bones and joints; others, may start to attack your organs and affect your immune system. These are the three most common types of arthritis, how they are diagnosed and what treatment for them may look like.

Being diagnosed as pre-diabetic may seem like a serious sentence, but it really is more of a warning that your condition need not become permanent if you are committed to making some lifestyle changes. Here is what being pre-diabetic means, and what you can do about it.

Heart disease, or cardiovascular disease, encompasses many different conditions that can lead to a heart attack. Most types of heart disease involve atherosclerosis.