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What Causes Cognitive Problems in Breast Cancer Survivors?
If you’re a breast cancer survivor, your memory might not be as sharp as it used to be. Cognitive problems (not just memory loss, but...
Best Diabetes Drugs to Supplement Metformin
Up to 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which includes approximately 37 million Americans. Once diagnosed, these individuals have to keep...
How to Find Cancer in Dense Breasts
About four out of 10 women have dense breasts. Density has nothing to do with size—it just means that dense breasts have more connective tissue...
Beat Autoimmune Disease with This Short-Term Diet
We all know that good food is medicine and that cleaning up our diets is often a key component of improving health. But it’s not...
Diverticular Disease
If you are over 60, there’s a good chance you have pouches in the walls of your intestines (called diverticula). These pouches develop where the...
Hidden Celiac Disease
A decade ago, the word gluten—a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—was unfamiliar to most people. Today, 25 percent or more of the U.S....
New Treatments for Cataracts
Got cataracts? You’re in good company. Half of all 75-year-olds have developed this vision-obscuring clouding of the lens in one or both eyes…and by age...
Troubling Statistic: Early-Onset Cancers On The Rise
Being diagnosed with cancer is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to advances in medicine, survival rates are on the rise. In fact, the National...
Screening for Heart Disease in Symptom-Free Men Saves Lives
Cardiovascular disease, including stroke and heart disease, is the number-one cause of death in both the U.S. and Denmark. Researchers from Odense University Hospital and...
Ultra-Processed Foods Increase Colon Cancer Risk in Men
If you’re trying to eat healthy, you probably know to tread cautiously in the cookies aisle and frozen foods section at the grocery store. But...
Is This Normal?
You likely experienced Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS), a complication that comes from prior infection with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which also causes chicken pox and...
