A woman with breast cancer who has had a lumpectomy also may have radiation to improve her odds of beating the disease. However, her heart and lungs wind up being exposed to the radiation, too, which ...

Marijuana has been gaining public acceptance as a medicinal treatment and as a “lifestyle choice” in states where its use has been decriminalized or legalized. But long-term users need to know abo...

To relieve pain, acid reflux, snoring and more. When you slip into bed at night, you probably go straight to your favorite sleep position—perhaps on your side or on your back. But sleep positions c...

When people think about Parkinson’s disease, what comes to mind are the characteristic movement problems—shakiness, rigidity, slowness. Yet even very early in the disease, Parkinson’s brings oth...

Here’s how to do it safely… It’s easy to figure out how to take a medication. You just read the instructions on the label. What’s not always clear is how to stop. Many drugs are “on-off”...

After bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in food cans and plastic containers, was linked to numerous health problems, many manufacturers replaced it with bisphenol S (BPS), a similar yet supposedly sa...

At a major hospital’s emergency department, a 60-year-old patient named May recently told a doctor that she had passed out in the gym locker room after feeling queasy and short of breath during a wo...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs have become so popular in the US—about 20% of American men over age 45 have used them—that the most obvious and safest solution to the problem is now being largely ...

Your doctor may someday suggest that you get a heart-regulating medical device called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placed in your chest. And you might be tempted to agree right away...

Easy ways to bounce back quickly… Most adults are familiar with that woozy state that occurs after undergoing anesthesia for surgery or even a screening procedure such as colonoscopy. In most cases...