About four out of 10 women have dense breasts. Density has nothing to do with size—it just means that dense…
Both vegetarian diets and hip fractures are becoming more common with women. In the U.S., about five percent of the…
If you’re a breast cancer survivor, your memory might not be as sharp as it used to be. Cognitive problems…
We all know that good food is medicine and that cleaning up our diets is often a key component of…
If you are over 60, there’s a good chance you have pouches in the walls of your intestines (called diverticula).…
A decade ago, the word gluten—a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—was unfamiliar to most people. Today, 25 percent…
Got cataracts? You’re in good company. Half of all 75-year-olds have developed this vision-obscuring clouding of the lens in one…
Being diagnosed with cancer is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to advances in medicine, survival rates are on the…
Cardiovascular disease, including stroke and heart disease, is the number-one cause of death in both the U.S. and Denmark. Researchers…
If you’re trying to eat healthy, you probably know to tread cautiously in the cookies aisle and frozen foods section…
You likely experienced Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS), a complication that comes from prior infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which…
As the Omicron variants of COVID-19 have almost completely replaced the more dangerous Delta variant that drove the harrowing days…
In January, a scientific study garnered the kind of attention normally reserved for celebrity gossip. Researchers reported that multiple sclerosis…
Reading glasses are a necessity for almost everyone over age 50, but a newly approved eye drop promises to make…
In the past, cancer of the throat was mainly a disease of heavy tobacco use and drinking. Thanks to a…
