HealthCentral

HealthCentral is a privately held online health platform based in the United States, established in 1999 by a doctor specializing in emergency medicine. In 2005, the company was acquired by a consortium of venture capitalists, including Polaris Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group, and Allen & Company. That same year, Christopher M. Schroeder was appointed as CEO to lead the company. In 2008, InterActiveCorp made a notable minority investment in HealthCentral, encouraging the original group of investors to reinvest in the company during this funding round.

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Dealing With the Emotional Uncertainty of Cancer

1 day ago | healthcentral.com | Lauren Paige Kennedy

Imagine that you’re in your personal and professional prime. Married with a new baby. And doing a job you worked hard to land in a big city you’d always dreamed of inhabiting back when you were a kid. Life was pretty good for editor Jonathan Gluck, a veteran of New York and Vogue—until the floor fell out. It was 2003, he was then 38, and what he’d dismissed as an injured hip was instead diagnosed as multiple myeloma (MM), a type of blood cancer with a five-year survival rate of 60%.
In Its Second Year, This Summit Caters to People Living With Hidradenitis Suppurativa

4 days ago | healthcentral.com | Danielle Gamiz

Even though hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is relatively common—up to 2% of Americans have it—one of the hardest things about living with this inflammatory skin condition is how isolated it can make you feel. That’s why the Association of Hidradenitis Suppurativa & Inflammatory Diseases (AHSID) dreamed up the I Reclaim HS Summit, set to kick off its second year this Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8 in Detroit, MI.
A Swimmer Finds Her Way With Multiple Sclerosis in the Water

5 days ago | healthcentral.com | Mary Bolster

Like many women in their thirties, Lorna Scheel had a busy life—raising a family, juggling a career, and pursuing an advanced degree. So, when she began noticing slight changes in her coordination and balance, she shrugged it off. “I was the mother of two children, working full-time, and in graduate school. I put everything down to fatigue,” she says. That was in 2006.
Meet a Top Pro Basketball Player With Crohn’s Disease

5 days ago | healthcentral.com | Matt McMillen

Growing up, Atlanta Hawks forward-center Larry Nance Jr. was on his way to following in the footsteps of his father, a 6’ 10” former pro basketball player with whom he shares not only a name but also some serious NBA-quality DNA. By his own account, Nance “2.0” was a strong, fast, and ultra-athletic child who towered over the other kids in his class—until he hit a major time out around the seventh grade.
What We Do-and Don’t-Know About Women With ATTR-CM

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Matt McMillen

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) is a potentially deadly heart condition that, experts have long believed, predominantly affects men. That view has started to shift as researchers recognize that more women may develop the disease than previously thought. What’s more, the condition, which gets worse over time and can lead heart failure, may also affect women differently—even looking different on imaging tests with different long-term outcomes, too.
Improving Your Quality of Life With ATTR-CM

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Matt McMillen

Transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) is a rare, life-threatening heart condition that can lead to heart failure. Until a few years ago, no treatments specifically targeted this disease. Since 2019, though, three different drugs—acoramidis, tafamidis, and vutrisiran—have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). They don’t cure ATTR-CM, but they significantly slow its progression. The result: You can live a longer and more active life with ATTR-CM.
Got IBD? Catching COVID May Make RSV More Likely

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Marygrace Taylor

No one wants to come down with a case of COVID, otherwise healthy or not. But when you have an inflammatory bowel disease like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, you have an additional reason to add to the list: Getting a COVID infection when you have IBD may put you at higher risk for catching another upper respiratory infection like RSV, according to a recent study published in the journal Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.
Your 10 Biggest Obstacles to IBD Treatment Success

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Marygrace Taylor

Finding a knowledgeable gastroenterologist who “gets” you. Getting on the right treatment in a timely manner. Steering clear of your triggers as much as possible. If you had to sum up inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) control in three basic steps, those would probably be it. But if you live with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis (UC), the two major types of IBD, you know that it’s not always that easy.
Symptoms, Treatment, and Management

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Christina Heiser

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD) that affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, but its severity runs the gamut from person to person. Some people may battle debilitating symptoms and serious complications, while you may experience milder manifestations that may be easier to manage with proper care. Research published in Current Gastroenterology Reports found that approximately 20% to 30% of people with Crohn’s have mild cases.
Have Researchers Discovered the Key to Preventing Crohn’s Disease?

1 week ago | healthcentral.com | Sonya Collins

Researchers at Mount Sinai have identified changes in the immune system that may sound the alarm about the coming onset of Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes painful gastrointestinal (GI) cramping and sometimes permanent damage to the GI tract. The discovery could point to new strategies for treatment and ultimately, even prevention of the disease.