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  • Yes, You Can Hold It In. Here Are the Tricks

    One day you’re heading for the bathroom and, before you get through the door, urine pours out. Then it begins to happen periodically. Or maybe you just leak small amounts when you cough, laugh or sneeze, or for no obvious reason at all … five times a day.

  • Postpartum PTSD: What Is It and How To Recover

    If you’re a new mom, you’ve probably heard of – or even experienced – postpartum depression. That’s when you think you should be happy, but you feel anxious, irritable and sad.

  • Don’t Ignore Pain in Your Abdomen: It Might Be Gallstones

    If you’re experiencing anything from mild discomfort to sharp pain in the upper right side of your abdomen, don’t ignore it.

  • It’s Not Your Heart—But It Is Heartburn

    If you’ve ever had a burning feeling in your chest that wakes you up at night or a bitter taste in your mouth after lying down, you’ve probably experienced heartburn. Although it doesn’t involve the heart, that painful feeling in the chest area can make you think your heart is on fire.

  • Gut Health: Why It Matters

    Did you know that gut health affects literally everything in your body? The gastrointestinal system is the main “portal” for taking in and processing nutrients, but it also serves a communication center and disease fighter. From your nervous and immune systems to your mental health and digestive function, a healthy gut plays a pivotal role in your overall well-being.

  • Telemedicine in Critical Care: the Doctor is Always In

    More than half of all U.S. hospitals use some form of telemedicine, according to the American Telemedicine Association, with each specialty applying its benefits in their own way. The development of Tele-ICUs has been an especially important innovation in critical care, as it helps us address the shortage of intensivists (doctors who work in the ICU) nationwide. While telemedicine isn’t meant to replace bedside doctors, it does help fill the gap at facilities that cannot support a doctor or intensivist during certain times of the day. Instead of one intensivist at one critical care facility, telemedicine allows one physician to work across multiple facilities, using secure telecommunication technologies and mobile robots to remotely deliver health care. The physician works with the care team at the hospital to ensure patients receive the best of care, using one of two models for a Tele-ICU.

    Two Models of Telemedicine

  • What It Takes to Actually Lose Weight

    Perhaps the biggest challenge for those of us wanting to drop pounds is coming to grips with the fact that it requires more than simply changing eating habits. Efforts to achieve meaningful weight loss need to address underlying hidden barriers, including physiological, behavioral and psychological factors.

  • Keep Eating Kale — Just Clean It First

    The superfood kale is often on the list of top foods to eat. But it recently made the Dirty Dozen list of produce with the most pesticide residue, according to the Environmental Working Group. That doesn’t mean you should stop eating kale. Instead, learn the best ways to clean it so you can enjoy the benefits of this nutritious vegetable.

  • Whole Body Cryotherapy — Does it Actually Work?

    NBA star Steph Curry has done it. So have boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.

  • The truth about heels: It hurts

    Always choose fashion over comfort, right? Well, not always. Studies suggest that those sky-high heels that many women love to wear could be the cause of the aches and pains that plague the fashion forward.