While the mustache gave out its mightiest cry this millennia with the dawning of the worldwide Movember movement, its history reaches back much farther. The first...
Are you looking for ways to lower the amount of fat you consume? Here are four ways to make healthy meals without using butter or oil....
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Although people tend to use the terms interchangeably, palliative care and hospice care are in fact two different...
The Movember Foundation encourages men to attend to their health, not only this November, but throughout the year. Here are some of the best ways men...
Butternut, pumpkin, spaghetti, kabocha, acorn — winter squashes are abundant at this time of year. Unlike summer varieties that are picked when they’re young and tender,...
Since 1983, November has been designated by presidential proclamation to be National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. The disease is characterized by a type of dementia that...
After a prolonged standstill in glaucoma treatment, a new drug has been released that has been shown to dramatically improve treatment, according to The Glaucoma Research...
A popular oral medicine used to treat type 2 diabetes shows promise in the treatment — and even reversal — of pulmonary fibrosis, according to Pulmonary...
Good news older adults! If you are doing a complicated task and want to do your best, put a spoonful of sugar in your coffee. Or...
Once depressed, always depressed? Two researchers say, while that might be the message of the mental health discipline, it isn’t really true. Jonathan Rottenberg, Professor of...
Bad digestion, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis — all painful conditions with one thing in common: They can be treated with hypnosis. At...
Cancer is not a modern disease. Imhotep, a great Egyptian physician, wrote about breast tumors in 2600 BC. Greek historian Herodotus described cancer in 400 BC....
As more and more states are loosening their laws concerning the recreational or medical use of marijuana, statistics are showing that it is easier for teens...
Several medical companies are developing different methods of using umbilical cord blood as a more effective and safer replacement for the traditional bone marrow transplant, according...
The rate of doctors in the United States that are experiencing signs of burnout has been increasing in recent years, and more than half are now...
Positive tests for illicit drugs among workers are at their highest level in more than 10 years. That was the finding of lab services provider Quest...
Patients who have a specific kind of cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have been shown to have better survival rates when they paired immunotherapy drugs...
When the day is hot, it’s time to take precautions at work. Though heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable, heat led to 37 work-related deaths and...
There are a striking number of benefits for babies that breastfeed, and every expecting mother should strongly consider providing nutrition to their newborn in this way,...
Even eating 12 eggs per week doesn’t affect cardiovascular health or create risks for people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, a study has found. The...
Growing up on or near a farm, as well as merely living close to one as an adult can lower the likelihood of developing allergies, according...
Athletes suffering from chronic back pain or recovering from surgery often take ibuprofen to help them perform, but some experts think this might be a poor...
Type 1 diabetes is a disease that affects 1.25 million Americans and requires constant monitoring and treatment throughout the day, but new technology allows sufferers to...
Increased muscle mass along with decreased levels of excess fat has been shown to help improve the chances of surviving cancer, according to a recent study...
Concierge healthcare is merely an agreement between a patient and a primary care doctor, or group of doctors, that a monthly or annual fee will be...
Shingrix, a newly approved shingles vaccine, is recommended for all healthy adults age 50 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even...
Cataracts, a clouding of the eye lens, have been known and diagnosed since at least 29 AD, but the treatments, until the 1940s or so, have...
When you read aloud and play with your children, you are helping them control their behavior, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal...
Debt and retirement equals a serious problem Debt is more acceptable these days, but it is becoming a drag on retirement, especially when the unexpected happens....
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) like ibuprofen were shown to work better than opioid-based medications at treating chronic back pain, according to research by the Minneapolis VA...