Chronic cough? It could be COPD
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You’ve dealt with your nagging cough and breathlessness for a few months, chalking it up to getting older.
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10 kidney-friendly foods for people with chronic kidney disease
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Keeping your kidneys healthy when you have chronic kidney disease can be challenging. One of the biggest ways of preserving kidney functioning as long as possible is to choose healthy foods.
Read MoreManaging and coping with peripheral neuropathy
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Every day, upwards of 20 million Americans suffer from a condition called peripheral neuropathy.
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The astonishing ways gut health impacts overall health
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The saying, “It’s all in your head,” appears to be a misnomer – more and more research is showing that many physical and mental ailments may actually be originating in your gut.
Read MoreOsteoarthritis: What it is and how to manage it
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Often referred to as “wear and tear” arthritis, osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of this condition in the United States.
Read MoreWhy cancer risk increases with age
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In fact, the National Cancer Institute states that one quarter of cancer diagnoses are in people between the ages of 65 to 74.
Read More7 best reasons not to ignore your core muscles
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Ignore your core muscles and you’ll eventually pay the price. Maybe you don’t have a six-pack but having strong core muscles are important.
Read More7 compelling reasons why you must treat sleep apnea
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Apnea means the seconds (more than 10 seconds) when breathing stops because of the obstructed movement of air while hypopnea are seconds of abnormal and decreased breathing due to obstruction.
Read MoreDoes glucosamine really help arthritis pain?
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Nearly 21 million Americans or 12.1 percent of the U.S. population age 25 and older have this crippling condition.
Read MoreF.A.S.T. thinking saves stroke victims lives
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every 40 seconds someone in the United States has a stroke and every 4 minutes, someone dies of stroke.
Read MoreWhat is pulmonary hypertension?
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All of us are familiar with hypertension or high blood pressure, a common condition of when blood pressure, the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels, is consistently high.
Read MoreTreating a torn meniscus
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The meniscus is essentially a shock absorber for the knee. Within the knee are three bones – the femur, tibia and patella.
Read MoreWhat to know about gastroparesis
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Gastroparesis, also known as delayed gastric emptying, is a condition in which the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine is slowed or stops completely.
Read More10 health habits you’ll never regret doing
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We all have regrets in life. Maybe you’ve didn’t travel as much as you would have liked or you stayed too long in a bad relationship.
Read MoreUnderstanding hydronephrosis
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This condition which can affect one or both kidneys and can happen at any age is when urine is unable to drain from the kidneys.
Read MoreStudy suggest stress may cause autoimmune diseases
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A higher incidence of autoimmune diseases appears to be more common in people who were previously diagnosed with stress-related disorders, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Read MoreProtecting yourself from tick bites and Lyme disease
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Tick season is in full swing and over 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease are estimated to occur every year in the United States.
Read More10 conditions needing a urologist to treat
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Scheduling an appointment with one can save men a lot of discomfort and pain and maybe even save their life.
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