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Hospital Ratings: Behind the Numbers

With their wealth of statistics and unfamiliar terms, hospital ratings can be a complicated web for healthcare consumers to untangle. So, when it’s time to decide where you want to have a non-emergency surgery or treatment performed, you might be inclined to simply go wherever your doctor recommends. However, depending on your health insurance, you may have multiple hospitals to choose from.

Breast Cancer Return Risk Can Still Last for Decades; But Extending Treatment Can Help

It’s information that’s hard to hear, but it is important to know: women who were cancer-free after five years of hormone blocking therapy may still develop recurrence up to two decades after treatment.

Love Your Heart: Eat Breakfast

If you’re trying to lose weight and think skipping breakfast is a good start, think again. Breakfast is often considered the most important meal for good reason, and when you skip it, either to reduce calories or because you’re in a rush, you may actually end up gaining more weight. 

Painful Intercourse May be Due to One of These Reasons

Sex is supposed to be pleasurable, but research has found that anywhere from 10 percent to 30 percent of women experience pain during sex. 

Feeling “Spaced Out?” You May Need More Sleep

Why Losing Weight is Harder Than You Think

An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet every year. Yolanda Sanchez was one of them.

Can You Be Addicted to Lip Balm?

Have you ever been out to dinner with friends or in a meeting with colleagues and watched as someone constantly reached into his or her pocket or purse to repeatedly apply lip balm?

Lisa Cooper: My Breast Cancer Survival Story

Most of us have been touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly. Pink October is a reminder to remember those lost to breast cancer, to encourage those still fighting, to celebrate the survivors and to prevent future cases. A year ago, I had my own battle with breast cancer. As a health care practitioner working in prevention and wellness, I felt almost immune to the possibility of developing cancer. I was healthy, I ate right, and I thought I knew the risk factors. In hindsight, I had more risks than I wanted to admit. With 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer, the likelihood that many of us will be touched personally is high.

Cancer & Parenting

A cancer diagnosis affects entire families, especially when a parent learns he or she has cancer.

Herpes is a Lot More Common Than You Think

3.7 billion people across the world have herpes.