
Combat Cardiovascular Disease with Exercise
Regular physical activity is a key element of a healthy lifestyle. Exercising most days of…

Regular physical activity is a key element of a healthy lifestyle. Exercising most days of…

Most of us are familiar with the type of hearing loss that can be improved…

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An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, a bone disease that occurs when the body…

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In recent years, the number of “gluten-free” food products has grown substantially. That’s because gluten—a…

Frozen shoulder is a disease of the capsule or socket that holds your shoulder in…

Geroscience is a growing discipline that seeks to understand the relationship between aging and age-related…

An estimated 14 million people in the U.S. have knee osteoarthritis, and, among adults age…

Osteoarthritis (OA), the disease responsible for the majority of later-in-life knee pain, tends to begin…

In a 2019 poll, 86 percent of Americans surveyed said they took some kind of…

Results released in 2006 from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)—a large, randomized trial that studied…

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Exercise has the power to restore function, reduce and possibly eliminate the need for some…

PPIs are medications used to reduce stomach acid and heartburn. Heartburn is the burning pain…

We all know that calcium is good for our bones and milk is a great…

Q I have a torn rotator cuff from playing tennis. Is this serious? A Repetitive…

You may have read about a condition called estrogen dominance. This theory, proposed in a…

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What is a “mild heart attack”? You may have heard the expression and wondered exactly…

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Most Shoulder Replacements Last More Than 10 Years The vast majority of shoulder replacement implants…