It’s Your Life, Speak for Yourself with Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning is the process of deciding and documenting what types of health care you’d like to receive if illness or injury leaves you unable to speak for yourself. The best time to start the process is long before you need it. Still, as long as you can communicate your wishes, it’s never too late to start planning.
COPD and Exercise: How to Benefit from Staying Active
Engaging in regular physical activity may seem like a strange thing to do when chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can make breathing difficult. With proper precautions, however, exercise can reduce symptoms and boost your quality of life.
Anxiety Affects Men, Too, But It Doesn’t Always Look the Same
Although women are statistically more likely to suffer from anxiety, the mental health disorder also affects many men. But symptoms of anxiety may present differently in men, leading to underdiagnosis and lack of treatment.
UTIs in Kids: What You Need to Know About a Common Condition
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can affect anyone at any age, including children. Learn what causes them, how to recognize the signs and what to do if you suspect your child has a UTI.
Strength Training for Weight Loss: Gaining Muscle and Losing Fat
If you think lifting weights or doing squats or pushups is simply a path to a more sculpted physique, you’re selling strength training short. Strength training can also help you achieve weight loss for better health.
Women and Clinical Trials: Closing the Gaps
Clinical trials are a vital part of high-quality health care. In the past, women were often excluded from research studies, causing gaps in knowledge and less-than-ideal care. Learn how we can make a change.
What You Need to Know About Living with HIV
When acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, first made headlines in the early 1980s, it was a medical mystery. At that time, people with this condition almost always had a significantly shortened lifespan. Now, more than 40 years later, AIDS and the virus that causes it, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are well understood. People with HIV can now live long, healthy lives with proper treatment.
Aromatherapy’s Health Benefits
Have you ever tried aromatherapy? It can benefit both your emotional and physical health. Learn when to use essential oils and how to do so safely.
Adult-Onset Asthma: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Did you know asthma can develop at any age? Learn the causes of adult-onset asthma, symptoms to look out for, when to see a pulmonologist and how the condition is treated.
Meals for Picky Eaters: Help Your Kids Enjoy Nutritious Food
When your child refuses to eat the same foods the rest of the family usually eats, you might have a picky eater on your hands. Here are some nutritious meals for picky eaters that could become new family favorites.