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4 Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Take Prescription Pain Medication
Prescription drugs for chronic pain are meant to help patients better manage pain and reduce the impact this pain may have on their daily lives.
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How to Take Care of Yourself During the Holidays
Women are more likely to have depression than men. They’re also more likely to experience depression because of seasonal affective disorder, a condition that occurs when there are reduced hours of daylight.
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How Sugar Can Harm Your Liver
Sugar is everywhere. You’ll find it in packaged goods and desserts, in candy and soda. It’s even hidden in pasta sauce and other foods you wouldn’t expect.
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5 Myths About Mental Illness — and What You Really Need to Know
Despite increased focus on the importance of mental health, many myths still exist about what mental illness is and what it looks like.
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Why Your Car’s Technology Could Increase Distracted Driving
Every day, nine people are killed and more than 1,000 people are injured because of distracted driving.
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Study: Chronic Illness May Increase Suicide Risk
There may be a link between chronic illness and the risk of suicide, according to a study published rel="noopener noreferrer" in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM).
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Weight Loss Surgery May be More Effective Depending on Your BMI
About 36.5 percent of American adults are obese. Weight loss surgery can help many people achieve a healthy weight, but one recent study finds that the best time to have this surgery may be before someone becomes morbidly obese.
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New Study Shows That Breastfeeding Reduces the Risk of Endometriosis
It’s no secret that breastfeeding your newborn has many health benefits for both the baby and the mother. For the baby, nourishing your baby with breast milk for as long as possible, instead of switching to formula or solid foods, helps the baby’s immune system become stronger and reduces the likelihood that stomach viruses, lower respiratory illnesses, meningitis and ear infections will occur. For mom, breastfeeding reduces the risk of developing postmenopausal osteoporosis, as well as the likelihood of heart attacks and obesity.
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Top 6 Men’s Health Tips
With so much going on around us, it becomes hard to maintain some of our routines. Even as a doctor, I too have recently lagged on workouts, my diet and health checkups. Our health is important, but many men place it on the backburner until a more serious health issue surfaces. This is the wrong approach to good health. Believe it or not, men are likely to live five years less than women. Plus, men are 100 percent less likely to go see a doctor when needed.
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Poor Diet Tied to Half of U.S. Deaths From Heart Disease
As Americans, we do not consume enough of the foods that reduce our risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke and we are taking in too many foods that increase our risk. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that 45.4% of cardiometabolic deaths in 2012 were related to less than adequate dietary habits.
