If you have blurry vision and eyes that are red, dry, or watery, you might suspect anything from allergies to dry eyes. Many eye-care providers...
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Dry Eye Disease
Anyone with a television has heard of dry eye, thanks to decades of commercials for prescription dry-eye treatments. The condition is very common: Up to...
New Screening Guidelines for Anxiety Disorders
In October, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new guidelines for anxiety screening in primary care. They now recommend anxiety disorder screening for...
Let’s Talk Voice Disorders
Almost everyone has experienced a bout of hoarseness after singing along at a concert or cheering on a favorite sports team. It’s also not uncommon...
Long COVID: How to Get Your Life Back
One of the newest studies on the long-term risks of COVID-19, published in Nature Communications in October 2022, says it all: Of the tens of...
Do Colonoscopies Make A Difference?
To screen or not to screen for colon cancer…. Most doctors advise their patients to begin colonoscopies starting at age 45. A recent study investigated...
Vegetarian Diets Increase Hip Fracture Risk in Women
Both vegetarian diets and hip fractures are becoming more common with women. In the U.S., about five percent of the population practices meat-free eating. Unfortunately,...
Mind-Body Practices Can Help Beat Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that limits the way your body regulates and uses sugar for energy, resulting in sugar levels in the...
What Causes Cognitive Problems in Breast Cancer Survivors?
If you’re a breast cancer survivor, your memory might not be as sharp as it used to be. Cognitive problems (not just memory loss, but...
Best Diabetes Drugs to Supplement Metformin
Up to 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes, which includes approximately 37 million Americans. Once diagnosed, these individuals have to keep...
How to Find Cancer in Dense Breasts
About four out of 10 women have dense breasts. Density has nothing to do with size—it just means that dense breasts have more connective tissue...
Beat Autoimmune Disease with This Short-Term Diet
We all know that good food is medicine and that cleaning up our diets is often a key component of improving health. But it’s not...
