The good news is, if you have arthritis, you can eat lots of delicious foods to help your joints feel better. The bad news is, you must stop eating foods that worsen your disease. The best news is that eliminating those foods makes you feel better.
The body mass index (BMI) calculates weight-to-height ratio to determine whether you’re at a healthy weight. A higher BMI is associated with increased risk for serious diseases. But with all the talk of being “fat but fit,” is BMI still valid?
If you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes, you might not consider yourself lucky, but you are. Prediabetes is a condition that indicates you’re at risk for diabetes: It’s a warning, not a life sentence. Take action now to save your health.
No matter how much sleep you get, it never feels like enough. When you wake up, you’re even more tired than you were when you hit the hay. If you don’t feel energized in the morning, you could have a dangerous disorder called sleep apnea.
You’re fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. You wear masks in public and wash your hands frequently. You socially distance and, so far so good: Either you haven’t been sick, or you got over it quickly. Do you still need a flu shot? Yes.
Gout is a painful form of arthritis that may flare up at any time. You can take steps, though, to make your steps more comfortable and gout-free. Simple lifestyle changes prevent gout flares or minimize their impact and pain.
If you’ve watched older people struggle to get up from a chair or walk across the room, you know what you don’t want: Arthritis. Even though most arthritis is a wear-and-tear disease that comes with age, you can prevent or reduce its impact.
How surprised are you to learn that most calorie-restriction diets go against your body’s natural metabolism, so they’re doomed to fail? If you’ve tried one, it’s likely no surprise at all. In fact, you may be heavier than ever. There’s another way.
You’re ready to get a vaccine against COVID-19 to keep you and your loved ones safe. But now there are so many different kinds of vaccines! What’s the best one? What’s the safest one? How do you begin to choose?
Vaccines against COVID-19 are safe, effective, and necessary to keep us all safe and to stop the pandemic from getting worse. But frightening or disturbing myths may make you think twice about getting a vaccine. Here’s why they shouldn’t.
You keep hearing that you should get the vaccine that protects against COVID-19, but you're just not sure. Everything feels so rushed to you, and so uncertain. Is a vaccine really that important? Yes, it is. Here’s why.
Snoring may sound silly, but if you snore you’re not breathing well as you sleep. In fact, if you snore, you might actually stop breathing up to hundreds of times a night. Rather than silly, that’s serious. And dangerous.
If you have joint pain, you may dismiss it as age-related arthritis. Or a side effect of a too-vigorous exercise routine. But joint pain could be an early sign of an autoimmune disease called lupus. Here’s what to do.
If you have diabetes, you keep tabs on your blood sugar and your diet and exercise too. But you should also keep tabs on your stress levels. Taking time for a “chill pill” is an important part of diabetes control. Here’s why.
Whether you’ve always had headaches or they've just started, you might wonder if they’re a minor inconvenience or the sign of an underlying, more serious condition. A medical evaluation helps you find the answers and treatment you need.
You’ve heard all about the health benefits of losing weight. But did you know that achieving a healthy weight and staying fit also keeps your hormones balanced? If you’d like to improve the way you look, feel, and age, weight loss could be the key.
Your doctor delivers the news: You have diabetes. And then they say, “It’s Type 1.” Or maybe “Type 2.” What’s the difference between Type 1 and 2 diabetes? Do the differences change your treatment plan?
If you got your information solely from movies, plays, and books, you’d think the only people in the world who get gout are wealthy, obese, white men. Not true. Anyone can develop gout, especially as they age. Are you at risk for painful gout?
You snore. You snort. You wake yourself up. It’s no wonder you never feel rested. You do an internet search and realize that you might have sleep apnea. But there’s more than one type. So how do you know which type applies to you?
You try every calorie-reducing diet that comes along, and you run the treadmill for hours. So how come your bulges don’t budge? Why can’t you lose weight so you can be healthy and fit? Sounds like you need some help.
For all of the muscles you can build up in your body, the one that absolutely needs to be strong is your heart. But when heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the United States, how do you know if your heart is at risk?
Maybe you remember getting lots of earaches as a child, but it may take you by surprise when you or a family member gets one as an adolescent or adult. What causes earaches, anyway? And how can you prevent them?
When arthritis makes your joints stiff and painful, your first thought may be to reach for medication. But just making a few changes in your lifestyle could bring you relief, too — and without the side effects.
Sunny days make you feel fine … unless you have lupus. Both sunshine and the heat it brings can cause a disease flare. That doesn’t mean you have to stay indoors. Take precautions, and you’ll have a happy, healthy summer.
Losing weight is the easy part. “What?” you say, erupting in protest. “Losing weight isn’t easy at all!” You’re right, of course. It’s not easy (with traditional diets). But keeping the weight from coming back is even harder. Here’s how to do both.
Your partner jostles you awake. Again. “You’re snoring. Again!” they complain. “Put in some earplugs and ignore it,” you tell them. Actually, they shouldn’t ignore your snoring. And neither should you.
Gout was once regarded as almost a “joke” condition, reserved for obese, wealthy old men who over-indulged in decadent foods and alcohol. But gout is no laughing matter: Almost 4% of US adults have this painful malady, and the number is rising.
You’re tired of a world that demands you look a certain way … and be a certain weight. But if you’re overweight, those extra pounds don’t just affect how others see you: They affect your health, too. Is it even possible to be “fat but fit”?
You just came down with the flu. Or you have a headache that’s so bad you had to call in sick to work. If you have an immediate health need that’s not life-threatening or an emergency, you should get to urgent care ASAP.
It’s not a happy day when your doctor tells you that you’re prediabetic. But it’s the day when you can start to take control of your health, reverse your prediabetes, and stop full-blown diabetes from ever being part of your life.
When you have lupus, you may hear or read things about the disease that are upsetting and just plain untrue. Understanding the nature of your disease helps you separate myth from fact so you can have the active, fulfilling life you deserve.
Having stiff, painful joints may seem like a perfect excuse to enjoy some couch-potato time. But if you want your joints to feel better, you’ve got to get off that couch. Staying active is one of the most important things you can do for arthritis.
If you have obstructive sleep apnea and you’re overweight, your doctor may have told you to lose those extra pounds to improve your nighttime breathing. But did you know that sleep apnea may make it harder to lose weight?
Whether you’ve just discovered you have lupus or you’ve been living with it for awhile, merely thinking about the autoimmune disease is likely enough to make you feel stressed. But staying calm and caring for your body helps you manage your symptoms.
When you have chronic arthritis pain, you may wonder how you’re supposed to get through your day. Your stiff, inflamed joints are difficult to move and, when you do move them, they hurt. Here’s how to manage pain so you can do the things you love.
The No. 1 cause of diabetes is obesity, not genetics. So if you’re thinking you’re doomed to live with diabetes because it’s in your family history, that’s not necessarily so. Losing weight puts you in control of your blood sugar again.
The first time you felt it, you knew you never wanted to feel it again. That stabbing, aching throb in your joint, like someone is jabbing you with needles. If you have gout and want to avoid another painful attack, here’s what to do!
When you have a goal, you know how much inspiration, wisdom, and support you get from your team — friends, family, or co-workers. Why not apply that same mastermind strategy to your weight loss and fitness goals by adding a physician to your team?
Spring is here, and the air is filled with the sweet smell of flowers … and their pollen. If you have asthma, springtime can be extra challenging. But with a little preparation, you can enjoy the spring sights and scents all season long.
You’ve been on more diets than you can count. But no matter what you do, you can’t get to the svelte, fit figure you know is inside you. Well, the good news is that it’s not your fault. There’s better news, too: You can get help.
You keep breaking out in odd-looking rashes, your joints hurt, or you’re just tired all the time. These are but a few of the symptoms of a serious autoimmune disease called lupus. Are you at risk?
High Blood Pressure is one of the major factors of Heart Disease, and the number one killer worldwide. It is the leading risk factor of women's death in the United States, and second for men. Learn about the role sodium plays for High Blood Pressure.
If you don’t feel rested when you wake up in the morning, you may have sleep apnea, a condition that makes you stop breathing perhaps thousands of time per night. It doesn’t sound healthy, does it?
Your mother has arthritis, and your grandmother did, too. As you grow older, are painful, arthritic joints an inevitable part of your future? Or can you prevent arthritis tomorrow by changing your lifestyle today?
Your heart has been skipping beats lately, or you have chest pain or feel dizzy. To be sure that your heart and circulatory system are healthy, your doctor orders an EKG. Does that mean you should you be worried? Take a moment to learn more.
Prediabetes is a call to get healthy. Lifestyle changes treat this condition before it becomes type 2 diabetes.
Physician-supervised weight loss plans are by far the most effective way to shed pounds and keep them off for good. Find out how these programs can help you reach your weight loss and health goals.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. An estimated 44 million women in the U.S. are affected by cardiovascular diseases. 80% of heart disease may be prevented by lifestyle changes and education. Read More...