Search Results

Imagine walking down the street and a cool breeze brushes your face. For most of us, that might feel refreshing, but if you have trigeminal neuralgia, that sensation can trigger excruciating, stabbing or shock-like pain.

1 ¼ cup whole oats ½ cup pumpkin puree ½ cup almond butter 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds 1/3

As many as a third or half of the adults in the United States take dietary supplements. But just because a dietary supplement is available at your local pharmacy or health food store doesn’t mean it is safe for you to take. In fact, some herbs and supplements have been associated with liver damage.

This week, we recognize National Health Education Week (NHEW), established in 1995 and celebrated during the third full week of October. It is sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), with a goal of increasing national awareness of major public health issues and promoting a better understanding of the role of health education.

About one in four American women will choose to have their tubes tied. But there are questions to consider when deciding if this type of contraception might be right for you, because tubal ligation results in permanent sterilization. 

As we age, our bodies go through lifestyle and hormonal changes that affect our mobility. Age-related muscle loss, or sarcopenia, leads the list, but it can be slowed — and even reversed — by diet and exercise. Although generally affecting seniors, sarcopenia can begin in your 30s.

Whether you’re a professional soccer player or a neighborhood kickball enthusiast, injuries are inevitable. Athletes of all kinds can feel defeated. As Orlando City Soccer Club defender Alex De John notes, there are reasons to stay positive about recovery. After seven years as a pro soccer player, he suffered his first injury this season. Here is his advice for getting back in the game.

When Tony Bennett’s family recently went public about the American singer’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, they revealed that he was actually diagnosed four years ago. Dementia, which includes Alzheimer’s, is a leading cause of death in the United States. About a third of all people 85 and older may have Alzheimer’s. 

Legendary golfer Tiger Woods’ golfing future is in question after he suffered serious leg and ankle injuries in a single-car crash in Los Angeles. The former Central Florida resident who now lives in Jupiter, Florida, had to be removed from his vehicle by first responders after the February 23 accident and then had emergency surgery.

In their interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, discussed her struggle with mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, during her first pregnancy. Whatever their circumstances, pregnant women often are overlooked when it comes to mental health struggles, yet are a clinically high-risk population for depression, anxiety and other mood disorders.