Hint: Beware of Leg Pain It can happen to anyone at any age. Clots form in the deep veins, usually in the legs. Patients with this deep vein thrombosis might experience leg pain, redness or swelling…or they might have no symptoms at all. These cl

You can save hundreds, even thousands, of dollars by exchanging homes instead of staying at a hotel. Example: Seven nights at a hotel costing $150 a night is $1,050. Swapping homes costs almost nothing. Three tips for a successful swap… 1. Pay a m

Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment Women who have breast cancer are now living longer than they did only five years ago. Thanks to recent advances, there have been dramatic changes in the way doctors can treat the disease—making these treatment

Five recent advances are dramatically changing treatment approaches… Women who have breast cancer are now living longer than they did only five years ago—and not simply due to improved mammography techniques. Reason: New scientific evidence is

Hotel prices can change by the day, even by the hour. But you can game the system somewhat by using the right Web sites… 1. Air-hotel package Web sites: “Bundling” airfare and hotel can offer significant savings. That’s because travel seller

Adopting these simple solutions can put you on the right track—permanently Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), once thought to affect mainly children, is now known to occur in about 4% of adults. Latest development: Researchers are f

Incoherent or slurred speech is a well-known sign that someone may have had a stroke. But in the era of cell-phone communication, another possible sign of stroke has emerged—“dystextia,” or composing garbled text messages. This new info comes

Requesting a demotion might seem an odd career move, but if layoffs are coming, a step backward on the corporate ladder beats a kick out the door. An employee might be viewed as a prime layoff candidate in his/her current position but a valued, cost

Insomnia seems to be the granddaddy of all sleep problems. But what about people who sleep too much or those who constantly feel sleepy even when they get “normal” amounts of sleep? What’s new: Some researchers are now finding that excessive s

Is salt turning your own cells against you? Could be, according to a new study suggesting that salt may overstimulate the immune system, paving the way for autoimmune diseases. We already know that some forms of autoimmunity are associated with an o

A patient walked into the office of Dr. Luis Scott at the Mayo Clinic with a concern about the safety of his hybrid car. The patient's question: Is it possible that electromagnetic interference from the car's powerful electric motors could set off th

Burning pain, frequent trips to the toilet, urine that’s cloudy and strong-smelling—such symptoms suggest a urinary tract infection (UTI). If you’re a man, when you go to your doctor for antibiotics, there’s almost no way of knowing how many

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A top major league baseball mental-toughness trainer has devised a mental workout that helped his team clinch the World Series (twice!)—and it can help you build the brain power and mind-set you need to achieve your own ambitions, too. Yet it’s s

Women and men can take years off their looks with these simple steps. It’s a fact of life that our skin becomes more wrinkled as we age. But you may be surprised to learn that our skin starts changing as early as age 30 for both women and men. Wh

If you have a Medicare Advantage Plan or some other individual or employer-provided health insurance that requires you to pay a higher percentage of fees for a doctor or hospital that is out of your insurer’s network, this is a definite case of “

Do you dread public speaking? There’s a simple but very effective way to reduce your anxiety. It doesn't involve any drugs and it works quickly. The secret: An anxiety-reducing form of "self-talk" that makes it much easier to address a crowd withou

About 10% to 15% of diabetes patients develop a digestive complication called gastroparesis, in which food takes too long to leave the stomach—and the symptoms are nasty. But help may be on the horizon, a new study shows. The secret weapon is a sma

Combining conventional and natural therapies offers the most effective treatment Radiation, chemotherapy and surgery are widely known to be the main treatments for cancer. But to fight the disease more effectively and to maximize the odds of recover

More than 13.5 million people now use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to set aside pretax dollars for their medical expenses. But because you don’t have to use the money in an HSA by any particular deadline, HSAs also can serve as powerful savings t