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• Portfolio Diet: Lower Your Cholesterol One Bite at a Time with Plant-Based Eating

  What if you could lower your cholesterol without remaking your entire approach to eating by simply incorporating more plants and fewer animal products in your diet? A long-term study of nearly 200,000 people interviewed every four years suggests it’s possible. 

• The New Year’s Resolution Solution: Take It One Step at A Time

  For this blog post, which is probably the umpteenth one you’ll see on the topic of New Year’s Resolutions this month, I’m going to make it easy on you. I mean that literally. The elusive solution to all those ambitious resolutions, which almost always trail off by February and never really happen, is to make them “easy on you.”

• Vaping: A Safe or Dangerous Alternative to Smoking?

  E-cigarettes are the most common tobacco product used by today’s youth. In 2016, two million middle and high school students in the U.S. said they had used e-cigarettes in the past 60 days. But it’s not just a youth habit. In 2014,12.6 percent of adults had tried an e-cigarette, with 3.7 percent of adults using e-cigarettes regularly.

• Kidney Stones Are a Pain, But Minimally Invasive Treatments Can Help

  Kidney stones. Even the name sounds painful, and the idea of a hard, rock-like substance passing through the body isn’t pleasant. Climate and diet put Southerners more at risk of developing kidney stones . Fortunately, kidney stones rarely cause permanent damage when treated by a medical professional, and there are several minimally invasive treatments available to speed up resolution and recovery.

• Bladder Leaks: To Cut Back Fluids or Not to Cut Back Fluids. That Is the Question.

  If you experience bladder leaks, your first instinct might be to drink less fluid. Because more fluid leads to more leaks, right? Not always.

• What Happens When the Limb Is Gone, but the Pain Remains?

  Losing a limb can deliver a one-two punch. First there’s the physical and mental trauma of an amputation. Then, for more than 80 percent of amputees, comes the chronic pain that can be nearly as debilitating as their original injury.

• One Healthy Habit Can Help You Lose Weight and Save Time and Money

  Whether you’re looking to lose weight, save money, find more free time, reduce food waste or all of the above, meal prep may be the one weekly habit you’ll want to start. Meal prepping refers to the act of preparing your food ahead of time. By making one large serving at once and then dividing it into appropriate breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack portions, you’ll stockpile a week’s worth of ready-to-go meals.

• Why Men Are More at Risk for Kidney Stones

  Anyone who has had a kidney stone knows that passing it can be incredibly painful. Though relatively common in both men and women, men are more likely to develop a kidney stone. In fact, nearly 11 percent of men will experience a kidney stone in their lifetime, versus just 6 percent of women. 

• Alligator Attack: ‘I Was Just in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time’

  As the emergency room doctors eased him to sleep, Carsten Kieffer was convinced he’d wake up the next morning without his right arm.

• Vaginal Rejuvenation: What Is It, and Why Women Have It Done

  “I just had plastic surgery — and not on my face,” one of your female friends might whisper. With the help of gynecologists or plastic surgeons, women are changing what their vaginal areas look like. Some involve surgery, others don’t; all come under the umbrella of “vaginal rejuvenation” or “vaginal reconstruction.”