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  • Less-Invasive Weight-Loss Surgery Choices Coming

     

  • HPV Vaccination: What You Need To Know

    The most recent version of the HPV vaccine has been a game-changer in the fight against this sexually transmitted infection (STI), but who should get it and when?

  • 8 Ways To Stay Motivated During Rehab

    If you are starting down the road to recovery after a serious injury or surgery, there may be a significant distance between where you are now and where you want to be. And with recovery timelines that can stretch across months, there may be times when you struggle to stay motivated.

  • What To Do If You Get Sick on Vacation

    Getting sick while on vacation is more than just an inconvenience — it can be a confusing and vulnerable experience. Whether you are visiting a theme park in Orlando or traveling abroad, finding yourself hundreds of miles away from your primary doctor makes navigating a medical emergency feel daunting.

  • How To Improve Blood Circulation: 6 Tips from a Vascular Surgeon

     

  • What's a Vulva?

    Episode 30 What's a Vulva?

  • Vaccinations Every Adult Should Have

    Immunizations aren’t just for preventing disease in children. Vaccinations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also can protect adults from diseases such as pneumonia, influenza and measles that cause serious illness and even death. In fact, adults who contract measles have a greater risk of death than children with measles.

  • Why Am I Coughing? It Could Be the Flu — or Vaping

    The outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries shows no sign of decreasing across the United States and, with the onset of flu season, it would be very easy to confuse the two. The symptoms are very much the same.

  • Improving the Survival Odds for ALS

    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative neuron disease of the brain and spinal cord. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS causes motor nerve cells that control muscle movements to die. These movements include the use of hands as well as walking, talking, swallowing and breathing. As the disease progresses, the muscles become paralyzed.

  • 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.