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  • Is It Croup or Whooping Cough?

    It can be frightening to hear your child coughing or struggling to breathe. Both croup and whooping cough can cause these symptoms, but one of these childhood illnesses is much more serious than the other. Determining the cause can be confusing, and waiting too long to seek medical care can cause additional complications.

  • Common Cold – or Something More Serious?

    You feel it coming on: itchy eyes, runny nose, a tickle in your throat. Over the next few days, your symptoms progress to include sneezing, congestion, fatigue, cough and a sore throat. Despite your best efforts, it looks like you’ve caught the common cold, and if you’re not attentive it could get worse.

  • Probiotics: Health Hype or Everyday Essential?

    Many people don’t realize it, but there are billions of yeasts and bacteria – both good and bad – living in our bodies. Increasingly, we’re learning more about the key role these colonies play in keeping us healthy and performing at our best. 

  • Are Food Expiration Dates Science or Suggestion?

    At some point, we’ve all looked at the expiration date on a container and wondered if the food is still safe to eat.

  • Food Expiration Date: Science or Suggestion?

    At some point, we’ve all looked at the expiration date on a container and wondered if the food is still safe to eat. “Use by” and “sell by” dates are found stamped on almost everything in your refrigerator and pantry. But what do those dates mean and is the food still edible once that day has passed?

  • Do I Have a Swallowing Problem?

    It’s not uncommon to be eating a meal and suddenly find yourself thinking, “I feel like something went down the wrong way” or “I think it went down the wrong tube.” When this happens, we often wait for the feeling to pass and then continue eating. It might not happen again for several months or even years later. But what if this becomes more frequent? What if your issue with swallowing is not just a one-time ordeal? 

  • Do I Have an Anxiety Disorder?

    Everyone worries or feels stressed out on occasion. For the millions of people who live with anxiety disorders, these experiences are far more severe. That worry, stress and fear can negatively affect their work, social life, relationships or even just their ability to function. There is reason to have hope: Anxiety disorders are highly treatable through a variety of methods, including psychotherapy and medications.

  • Is it a Migraine or a Stroke?

    About 12 percent of Americans have migraines, and every year 795,000 Americans have a stroke.

  • Do You Need an OB-GYN?

    Obstetrician? Gynecologist? Primary care physician? If you’re a woman, you have a variety of doctors you can see for health care, but which one—ones?—do you really need?

  • Do You Need Surgery for Hemorrhoids?

    Hemorrhoids are simply column-shaped blood vessels lining the inner anal canal that cushion the rectum and anus during bowel movements. They get a bad rap when they become swollen and painful, a common ailment, especially among adults older than 50 and pregnant women.