To reduce your risk of coronary heart disease, just as with reducing your risk of stroke, the best...
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Question your doctor before getting arthroscopic knee surgery
If your doctor recommends you get arthroscopic knee surgery for a meniscal tear, do some homework...
No evidence oral beauty supplements improve skin
A meta-study of research on oral beauty supplements by nutrition scientists at the British...
What’s a psychiatric advance directive?
We all need advance directives—living wills and health care proxies that enable us to identify a...
To curb obesity, Chile makes it harder to buy junk...
To curb obesity, in 2016 Chile made it harder to buy junk food—psychologically, financially and...
Treating back pain: Often, hot and cold packs and time do the...
Today I’m talking back pain, one of the biggest issues my patients face. Eight out of ten of you...
Prepare for surgery, heal faster
Judith Graham Reports for Kaiser Health News on new research revealing that older adults who...
Risks of lung cancer screening may outweigh benefits
Health News Review explains why you may want to avoid a lung cancer screening. The risk of harm...
Are you eating too much junk food?
Julia Belluz reports for Vox that it might be time for the government to step in, tax junk food...
If you’re often tired during the day, you could have sleep...
Many people suffer from sleep apnea, particularly older adults. Sleep apnea is a pausing of...