For generations, America’s veterans have borne not only the visible scars of battle but also the hidden wounds of war. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, traumatic brain injury and anxiety have long haunted those who served, often with devastating effects on their quality of ...
If the aches and pains of ongoing osteoarthritis are getting to be too much for you to bear, there may be a new way to find relief. More than 32 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease caused by the gradual breakdown of cartilage. It can impact nearly any ...
During her first year of college, Elisabeth Bradley was inspired to try weightlifting after she followed a woman tracking her fitness transformation on social media, one barbell at a time. Then, Bradley found herself to be the only woman in the weight room at San Diego State University. "I ...
With March being colon cancer awareness month, it's a good time to look at some startling numbers on the disease here in the United States. Once considered only a medical concern for middle-age or older adults, colon cancer cases are on the rise in younger adults. In fact, data shows a rise in ...
Online influencers claim the secret to low-calorie rice, pasta and potatoes may be as simple as chilling out. Are they right? Not quite. But a small yet solid body of science does suggest that chilling these carbohydrate-rich foods after cooking them still could help people slim down. For ...
Doctors have a new emerging weapon in the fight against cancerous tumors: ultrasound. After a five-year study by the University of Michigan showed promising results in treating liver cancer with ultrasound, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the procedure called ...
