Rural Living Means Planning Ahead for Your Health Care
Many of the things that make rural living appealing to some – the remoteness, the absence of crowds, the simplicity – can make...
Which Matters More for Health?
Maybe you know a smoker who never exercises and is living happily into old age. Or perhaps you read about a veggie-loving marathon...
What Trans Health Care for Minors Really Means
As of April 2022, two states have passed bills banning gender-affirming care – health care related to a transgender person’s medical transition –...
Health Care for Older Adults in the COVID-19 Era
COVID-19 has changed the way we do everything -- especially when it comes to doctor visits. Older adults have a higher risk of...
Cataract Surgery Tricky for Those With Past Radial Keratotomy
April 25, 2024 – Over 2 million people in the 1980s and 1990s had a procedure known as radial keratotomy, a vision-correcting eye...
Shop Around to Save on Drug Prices
Prices for medications may be very different from pharmacy to pharmacy, even within the same ZIP code. So you may be able to...
Easing Tamoxifen, Aromatase Inhibitors’ Side Effects for Breast Cancer Treatment
Many people who’ve had breast cancer take medications – tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors – to help prevent the cancer from coming back. Doctors...
A Carefully Considered Morning Ritual That Can Brighten Your Day
Raelle Brown is a powerful voice for many – for women of color, for women with eczema, and for anyone needing a role...
Breast Cancer Mammography vs. Thermography
Women should continue to get regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer and not turn to thermography, the FDA and other breast cancer...
Common Chemicals: Breast Cancer Link?
Every day, we encounter hundreds of chemicals from a wide variety of sources -- the food we eat, the air we breathe, the...
How to Manage Your COPD Flares
If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you’re probably no stranger to flares. These are sudden attacks where breathing and coughing symptoms...
Considering a Clinical Trial When You Have COPD
By Jean Rommes, as told to Kendall MorganI knew in 1985 that I probably had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). I first came...
