I once sent a doctor a bill for $50 after I was forced to wait for more than an hour to see him. He called and apologized and said his office would contact me if he were ever running that late again w...

When you enter a public bathroom and, on the wall, you see a dispenser filled with toilet seat covers…do you take one of them? Hamlet was wrong. To cover or not to cover—that is the question! On...

The other day, in my office, I lowered myself to a sitting position on the floor and then stood back up—trying to do all of this smoothly and without touching my knees, arms or hands to the floor. ...

One minute you’re fine—and the next, yelp! You have a cramp in your foot that’s so painful you don’t know what to do with yourself. (If you’re like me, you start hopping up and down on it in...

For such a little gland, the butterfly-shaped thyroid has some mighty big effects on every aspect of your metabolism. So when thyroid function is off-kilter, the consequences can be major. In fact, th...

It's scary to think about having your chest cut open and your heart operated on. But someday you may find yourself in that situation, given that cardiac surgery is among the most common surgical proce...

Want to make sure that you get the best care possible during your hospital stay? Get on your nurse’s good side. A recent study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia fou...

When it comes to your cardiovascular health, you might think that if you don’t have any typical risk factors for heart attack or coronary artery disease, such as obesity, high blood pressure or high...

Unfortunately, only about 20% to 30% of them go to the ER… Few people in their 40s or 50s can imagine having a stroke, particularly if they are generally healthy. But the risk is higher than you mi...

We all have occasions when we stay up late because we're too busy for bed…or when we toss and turn, unable to drop off or to sleep through the night. And of course, we expect to feel tired and crank...