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• Behavioral Counseling Can Help Healthy People Lower Their Heart Disease Risk, Too

  Heart disease is responsible for 1 out of every 3 deaths in the U.S., making it the leading cause of death in the country.

• How Weight and Height Can Affect Your Prostate Cancer Risk

  Height and weight may be linked to a man’s risk of getting and dying from prostate cancer, a recent study finds.

• Why You Need to Eat Breakfast

  There’s a good reason we call breakfast the most important meal of the day, and now a recent study is providing further evidence of why this is so true.

• Binge-Watching Could be Bad for Your Sleep

  If you love watching TV shows for hours on end, it may affect your sleep, according to one recent survey.

• How Heat Can Trigger Asthma Symptoms

  Nearly 25 million American adults and children currently have asthma, a condition that causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways. 

• Can’t Live Without Your Cell? Being Too Attached to Your Smartphone is a Real Thing

  Have you ever fallen asleep with your smartphone clenched in your hand — and woke up with it still there?

• 5 Things Your Radiologist Wants You to Know About Medical Imaging 

  Medical imaging is critical in the diagnostic and treatment process. Imaging studies including X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, PET scans, nuclear medicine and ultrasounds use various technologies to see below the skin's surface. These technologies are an important part of disease detection, monitoring existing conditions and determining treatment response.

• Sprain, Strain or Tear — What’s the Difference?

  If you exercise regularly or if your job includes lots of physical activity, you may have had an ache or injury that could be a sprain, strain or tear.

• Why Choosing the Right Surgeon is Critical for Breast Reconstruction

  This year, there will be an estimated 252,710 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed in the U.S.  Many of these women will undergo mastectomies. Among the women being treated with mastectomy for breast cancer are women of different body types, lifestyles and goals for reconstruction. Breast reconstruction after a mastectomy should be tailored to the needs of each patient. That is why patient-specific breast reconstruction is gaining more traction among surgeons across the country. With this approach, we can fine-tune the breast reconstruction modality to each patient, depending on her case.

• Why Fasting Every Other Day May Not Lead to Long-Term Weight Loss

  It sounds like a dieter’s dream. You eat whatever you want one day and then fast the next.