Think of testosterone and almost always images of bearded, muscular men come to mind. We tend to associate it primarily as a hormone found in men.  But testosterone is an equal opportunity hormone as it is found in both men and women playing a vital role in each gender. 

 Many people with high blood pressure may have been advised to measure their blood pressure with a home monitor.  Being able to monitor blood pressure at home has numerous advantages for several reasons

Powassan is a rare virus that can cause swelling around your brain and in the membranes around your brain and spinal cord. Even though only 75 cases have been reported in the U.S. over the past decade, it has started to show up on medical radar screens of late because experts are warning the disease could start to spread faster now that it is transmitted by the deer tick.

We are all conditioned to believe that “you can't teach an old dog new tricks,” that as we get older, we can't learn new skills easily and we just won't be as sharp as we were in our callow youth.But what if that's all it was: conditioning? What if we really do continue to learn the way we did as children well into our golden years?

Now, in perhaps one of the greatest ironies in modern mental health history, new research from Oregon State University suggests that thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical health.

Not getting enough sleep? Maybe you're drinking too many sugar-sweetened drinks.

Do you find yourself craving sugar-sweetened drinks? Maybe you're not getting enough sleep.

Hemochromatosis is an inherited condition first identified in the 1800’s and by 1935 it was understood to be a hereditary disorder caused by a gene mutation.

Using a person’s spoken or written words, robots can now identify with great accuracy whether that person is suicidal, mentally ill but not suicidal, or neither.

Although there has been some research that confirmed what we all instinctively knew to be true – that men are more likely to cheat than women – there has never been any data that told us why. Until now.

If you are a man, you really can't get enough testosterone. It helps preserve your muscle strength and mass, sex drive, sperm production, bone density, red blood cell production, fat distribution and facial and body hair.

In a major offensive in medicine's war with the Zika virus, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection.

All things considered, urinary tract infections (UTIs) ought not be as prevalent as they are (about 150 million people develop UTIs each year, and they are the most common of bacterial infections).

Some people may view adolescent drinking as a rite of passage but research is showing teens overindulging with alcohol in their youthful days appear to have far greater health related issues later in life than non-drinkers.

Is legalization of marijuana in our country’s best interest?  The current Obama Administration doesn’t think so.  It continues to oppose legalization of marijuana along with other illegal drugs which are a major public health and safety threat to all of us.

A hydrocele is a fluid-filled sac that surrounds a testicle. It causes swelling, and is common (1 to 2 percent) among newborns, often disappearing without treatment within 12 months.

As we get older, our hearing gets worse, right? According to a new study, that may all depend upon what your definition of “hearing” is.

Have you measured yourself to see how tall you are lately?  Losing and inch or so in height may or may not come as a surprise as shrinking with age is a very common occurrence for most of us.

Many of us can rattle off our latest cholesterol number at the drop of a hat.  Keeping an eye on your cholesterol is important but there’s another number you also should have memorized – your triglycerides

According to a 2016 comprehensive review of global health statistics published in The Lancet, the U.S. trails behind other wealthy nations in terms of infant mortality and life expectancy. 

Major league baseball (MLB) players have expanded into a new arena – their body mass index (BMI) is increasing.

There is disturbing news in the use of opioids – more and more young adults are becoming dependent on opioids such as Vicodin and Percocet than ever before. 

One of the many dirty little secrets in the fight against clinical depression is that there is a significant number of patients who don’t adequately improve with antidepressant drugs.

Migraine headaches can be savage. Usually encompassing half of your head or more, and lasting from two hours to three days, they are also by their nature recurring.

If your kids come in from outdoors covered head to toe in dirt from playing with their dog and maybe even snuck in a bite or two of dog food, relax – their immune system loves it.

For better or for worse, psychologists have determined that we identify with the people and organization that we call “work.”

We all have a fond but bittersweet memory of That One Guy who lived about as healthy a life as he could, prided himself on his diet and exercise regimen, yet still died too young. 

It is beginning to appear as though human ave a sixth sense after all – but it has nothing to do with seeing ghosts, or into the future.