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  • Can’t Sleep? Menopause May Be the Culprit.

    If you find yourself tossing and turning throughout the night, only to wake up drenched in sweat, you’re not alone. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 61 percent of perimenopausal and postmenopausal women report frequent bouts of insomnia, often caused by hot flashes. Add next-day fatigue, irritability, anxiousness and concentration difficulties, and your chance for a good night’s sleep grows even dimmer.

  • Do You Have Back Pain? Why Yoga May Help

    If you have back problems, should you only do physical therapy? 

  • Is My Leg Pain Peripheral Arterial Disease?

    Pain in the legs that gets better with rest as well as non-healing wounds on the lower extremities or cold legs or feet could be signs of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a serious, chronic disease. Similar to coronary artery disease, PAD is caused by the buildup of plaque (which is mostly fat and cholesterol) in the arteries. With that buildup, arteries become narrow or blocked and the legs are starved of blood and oxygen, resulting in pain.

  • How NanoKnife is Giving Patients More Cancer Treatment Options

    Learn more about this new treatment type: what it is, why it is so effective, who are candidates for the procedure and survivorship information.

  • Painful, Long and Heavy Periods Might Be Endometriosis

    Woman have symptoms of endometriosis for an average of six to ten years before getting diagnosed. Actress Julianne Hough, wants to help women become more aware of endometriosis through the SpeakEndo campaign. Hough, who first had symptoms of endometriosis when she was sixteen, but wasn’t diagnosed for four years, says in an interview that she initially didn’t want to complain about her symptoms. “I’m a tough cookie. I’m hardworking. I could deal with it on my own.” But eventually, after continued severe pain and bleeding, she sought help. 

  • In the Future, Hepatitis B and C May Be Less of Public Health Problem

    As many as six million Americans have chronic hepatitis B and C, two viral infections that affect the liver.

  • How Stress May Impact Fertility

    If you experience stress during ovulation, you’re 40 percent less likely to get pregnant, according to one recent study’s findings.

  • It Sounds Like Good News, but Alex Trebek’s ‘Near Remission’ for Pancreatic Cancer Isn’t Typical

    UPDATE: Alex Trebek died November 8, 2020, more than a year after he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. He was 80.

  • Ways to Reduce Menopause Symptoms—Naturally

    Menopause is a natural process, but for some women, the transition can be difficult physically and emotionally. When menopause occurs, your ovaries stop producing eggs, which means you can no longer get pregnant naturally. You’re considered to be in menopause when you haven’t had a period in a year and your periods have permanently stopped. Women can enter menopause from age 45 to 60, but the average age to reach menopause is 52.

  • TAVR Heart Valve Replacement Benefits Younger, Healthier Patients Too

    Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been used since 2011 for patients with a narrowing of the aortic valve opening (aortic stenosis), whose age or poor health made it unlikely they could survive traditional open-heart surgery. But two new clinical trials indicate that TAVR also can be used in younger, healthier patients.  These results will significantly change how doctors treat patients who have failing aortic valves.