Health

Women What seems like a simple question baffles a billion people with low vitamin D and doctors who treat them.

Nutritional Food Many fish oil products are rancid before consumers get them home. Weigh risks and benefits of fish oil supplements.

Women One problem with fad diets is the imbalance of nutrition. I’m losing more than a pound per week without dieting. Find out how.

Patient-Friendly Pancreatic adenocarcinoma cancer has a one-year relative survival rate of 20 percent. Pancreatic neuro­endo­crine five-year survival rate is about 60 percent.

Educational When a doctor looks at your hands, he may see more than what you care to admit. That seemingly insignificant white crescent shape on your fingernails has an important function....

Women Ninety percent of colorectal polyps occur after age 50. Nearly all colon cancers develop from polyps, but polyps grow slowly. Some are more prone to be cancerous than others.

Recipe Unfortunately, what we put into our bodies is not always motivated by healthy logic. If that were the case, there would be no ice cream parlors or candy shops.

Educational There are clinically adverse physical and emotional effects of prolonged shift work. Don’t kill yourself by trying to stay up. Find a balance between necessities of good health and earning...

Patient-Friendly From a medical health perspec­tive, learn how to recognize, prevent and possibly reverse fatty liver disease. What is the relation­ship between it and cysts or cirrhosis? The majority of cysts are...

Women With many varia­tions in location and manifesta­tion, healthcare physi­cians and patients need to be diligent for early diagnosis, using multi­disciplinary medical treat­ment of blood cancers affecting the lymphatic system.