More than 96 million American adults—more than one in three of us—have prediabetes: blood sugar levels that are lower than…
Upper-respiratory tract infections usually pass within a week or two—but the annoying coughing sometimes persists much longer. Good news: That…
Do-it-yourself genetic modifications might sound like science fiction, but it turns out that we do have considerable control over our…
Plenty of people who wouldn’t dream of delaying a doctor’s appointment or missing a dose of medicine are more than…
Bite into a Red Delicious apple and you’ve bitten into a juicy universe of health and healing. The apple is…
No one wants to get sick while on a long-awaited vacation. Fortunately, pre-planning can help you stay well and enjoy…
If you’re taking a prescription drug, you’re taking a risk. You take a drug to solve a health problem, but…
When the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he has frontotemporal dementia (FTD), many Americans learned for the first…
Few things are as frustrating as an annoying sound that won’t stop…or as disturbing as the realization that the sound…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It’s the most common diagnosis made by…
Shortly after tennis champion Serena Williams gave birth, she started having trouble breathing. She worried it might be a pulmonary…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive illness that can cause wheezing, coughing, excess phlegm, shortness of breath, and chest…
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway that runs from the wrist (the carpus) to the hand. Its bottom and…
This year, 127,000 Americans will die of lung cancer, making it the most deadly cancer by far and the second…
There’s an old axiom that the most dangerous place to be when you are sick is in a hospital. Hospitals…
