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February is American Heart Month.A few weeks ago, as I was wrapping up my physical, my doctor asked, “When was the last time you had an echocardiogram...
February is American Heart Month.Almost 1 in 2 adults in the United States have high blood pressure, but only half of those people — about 1 in 4 — ha...
Protein bars have become the go-to snack for busy women trying to eat healthier. They're tucked into gym bags, desk drawers and carry-on luggage, prom...
Millions of people travel to a different country for medical care every year.My friend Ann* is one of them. My first response when I heard she wanted...
There are several types of lupus, but people often use the word “lupus” to mean systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common form of the diseas...
Author Kristin Harmel is no stranger to battles. After all, most of her novels focus on World War II. But she never thought she’d actually be fighting...
As told to Jacquelyne FroeberFebruary 4 is World Cancer Day.I’d wanted a breast reduction for pretty much my entire adult life.I often dreamed about w...
You’ve seen videos on social media or experienced it IRL: The loud crack that can happen during a chiropractic adjustment. For some people, the though...
Brittany Barreto, Ph.D., is a podcaster, an entrepreneur, and a molecular and human geneticist. (In other words, she’s really smart.) Read her column...
Primary hyperoxaluria (PH) is not just one disease but rather a group of three rare genetic disorders: PH1, PH2 and PH3. They are linked to different...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), hives (urticaria) that last 6 weeks or longer (chronic) and have an unknown cause (spontaneous), can have a signi...