April is Cancer Control Month, a time to stop and think about how our lifestyle choices could be putting us at risk for developing the disease.

Research now shows that like tobacco and alcohol use, many cancer-risk factors are within …

By Richard Selznick, Ph.D.

Throughout preschool and her early elementary grades, Emma was sunny, confident, and engaged in school. Now 12 and in Grade 6, her teacher’s comments paint a different picture:

Emma enters class pleasantly and she seems to

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is much more than just pins and needles. It’s sharp, radiating pain in your wrist, hand, and arm that wakes you at night. It’s tingling, numbness and weakness that doesn’t go away, even during the day. …

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis have dramatically impacted the health and quality of life for the nearly 1 million people suffering from these inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis typically strike young people, most often between the …

We always hear that we should add more fiber to our diets, but what does it really do for us?

For starters, research shows it can slow the absorption of dietary fat which can help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. It …

In the not too distant past, suffering a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital rarely included a complete recovery. Today, an innovative new treatment, called therapeutic hypothermia, offers many post-cardiac arrest patients a recovery that would have been deemed …

A concussion is a brain injury. That’s exactly what health officials want all of us to understand. From infants to young adults to seniors, anyone who appears to have sustained a concussion is advised to be medically evaluated and monitored, …

Headaches. Toothaches. Earaches. We all get them. But, when the pain is persistent and its source can’t be identified, the problem might actually be coming from your temporomandibular joints (TMJ), the structures that connect your jaw to your head. These …

If you’re like many women, you tend to think of heart disease as a condition that affects mostly men. But, the fact is, heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.

“While most women are aware that one …

Is your child a fussy eater who doesn’t usually have an appetite or can’t keep down the food he or she does eat? These could be the signs of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Here are some tips from the Children’s …