You’re cancer free – 9 ways to keep the odds in your favor
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The chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, a stem cell transplant or whatever else it took to get in remission, is a tough road to follow.
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Your gallstone prevention checklist
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Tucked away on the right side of the abdomen below the liver is your gallbladder. The gallbladder is a 4-inch pear-shaped sac and is one of the body’s smallest organs.
Read MoreProactive steps for preventing a blood clot
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Worried about blood clots? There are things you can do to prevent them. Blood clots can form in any deep vein of the body.
Read MoreWhat to know about gastroparesis
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Gastroparesis, also known as delayed gastric emptying, is a condition in which the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine is slowed or stops completely.
Read MoreKegels for urinary incontinence – how both men and women benefit
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Men and women suffering from urinary incontinence know very well the embarrassment and discomfort of experiencing the unintentional loss of urine.
Read MoreThree common reasons why your shoulder hurts
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You don’t realize how much you depend on healthy, pain free shoulders until they act up. From blowing your hair dry, hanging a picture on a wall, lifting a heavy box, driving a vehicle or swinging a golf club, chronic shoulder pain can slow you down on performing some of life’s simplest tasks.
Read MoreImportant facts on urinary tract infections in the elderly
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To avoid serious complications, at the first sign of a UTI in an elderly person, they should see a doctor right away. If UTIs are caught early, a simple course of antibiotics typically clears up the infection in no time.
Your top 17 health questions answered
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It’s good to have questions and Americans have a lot of them when it comes to their health. Up to 80% of adults living in the U.S. have at one time or another conducted an online internet search for health information.
Read MoreAnswers to questions you have about heart murmurs
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A normal heartbeat makes a “lubb-dubb” sound as your heart valve closes. But sometimes a doctor may hear an additional sound of an unusual swishing or whooshing called a heart murmur.
Read More6 heart health numbers everyone should know
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As early as age 45, a man’s risk for heart disease begins to rise significantly. For a woman, risk start to increase at age 55.
Read MoreWhy melanoma kills more men than women
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According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, men have nearly twice the rates of squamous and basal cell carcinomas (non-melanoma skin cancers) than women.
Read More6 surprising ways diabetes may affect your skin
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The phrase “feeling comfortable in your own skin” is usually used figuratively to describe a level of self-confidence.
Read MoreAs temperatures rise, so does the threat of Zika
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Summer heat is already beginning to bear down on the southernmost tip of the Texas border known as the Rio Grande Valley and along with it comes mosquito season. One particular type of mosquito known as the Aedes species will be watched and tracked very closely as it is the type that spreads the virus Zika. Discovered in 1947 and named after the Zika Forest in Uganda, this virus is an infectious disease spread mainly by this mosquito but also can be transmitted through sex and from a pregnant woman to her fetus.
Read MoreProtect yourself from shingles
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The rash erupts as clusters of small red patches developing into blisters appearing similar to chickenpox. The fluid-filled blisters form a scab within seven to ten days and resolve within two to four weeks.
Read MoreBreast Cancer Survival: By The Numbers
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The survival rate for people diagnosed with breast cancer is pretty good (80 percent recover and go on to live for at least 10 years) but the ordeal can easily be overwhelming. Still, there have been steady improvements made in both longevity and quality of life for those undergoing treatment.
Read MoreUse of androgen deprivation therapy not associated with Alzheimer’s disease
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A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology is negating previous studies that suggested a possible link between use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study included almost 31,000 men whose prostate cancer had not spread but were using (ADT).
Read MoreAn overview of Hashimoto’s disease
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To understand Hashimoto’s disease, you need to understand the thyroid. The thyroid is a 2-inch long butterfly-shaped gland located in front of the neck below the larynx or voice box. It is one of the glands making up the endocrine system which produces and stores hormones releasing them into the bloodstream when needed. Hashimoto’s disease, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis or autoimmune thyroiditis, is a disorder affecting the thyroid gland and is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States.
Read MoreThe Hidden Breast Cancer
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Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is a particularly rare and particularly insidious version of breast cancer. Rare, as it affects only 1 in 10 people diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Insidious, as it can spread easily to other parts of your body like other invasive breast cancers, but ILC does all this without ever causing lumps to form. It is even more difficult to find on a mammogram!
Read MoreWho Gets Ovarian Cancer?
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Ovarian cancer is the fifth largest killer of women, with a woman having a 1 in 75 chance of contracting it and a 1 in a 100 chance of dying from it. Who contracts it – and who survives – often comes down to who has it diagnosed the earliest.
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