Treatments and Techniques

There’s good news for those of you who have taken the proactive step to make sure you’re getting enough vitamin D. Several recent studies demonstrate vitamin D can significantly lower ...

Patience is the ability to wait. If that sounds easy, then you’re fortunate. When you’re in a hurry, ...

In a study published in The Lancet Oncology, scientists analyzed the effectiveness of breast cancer screening in Great ...

The 2019 BBC documentary, “Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis,” explores the depth of the nation’s addiction to opioid painkillers ...

Breathing is universal, habitual, and nearly always automatic. However, you do have choices about the way you breathe—fast ...

Did you know that chronic lower back pain is the leading cause of disability, worldwide? Back pain can affect anyone, regardless ...

Although conventional medicine suggests there is no known cure for viral infections, there are steps you can take ...

Meditation is a practice of calming and focusing the mind. There are a variety of methods, and some ...

In the United Kingdom, it’s estimated that 86 percent of people who access treatment for alcohol use experience mental health ...

As COVID-19 took hold in March, U.S. doctors limited in-person appointments—and many patients avoided them—for fear of infection. ...

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” at least that was the philosophy of my Grandma Konchesky. ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning on Oct. 15 to health care professionals and women about the ...

As the lockdown wears on, officials and drugmakers promise that a vaccine is in sight that may finally ...

The number of cesarean sections being performed globally every year is increasing. But while cesarean sections can be lifesaving ...

One reason fruits and vegetables are so good for us is that they contain antioxidant compounds that combat the oxidant ...

Changes in sleep patterns occur as we get older, with the most common ones being more trouble staying ...

Thousands of Americans every year suffer from a disease impacting their everyday function bouncing from doctor to doctor ...

Podiatrist Dr. Mark Lewis greets his first patient of the morning in his suburban Seattle exam room and ...

My friend, Jan, has spent the entire pandemic in lockdown in San Francisco, unable to touch another human ...

Laz Versalles recently vowed to get back into shape. A former college football player, Versalles still looked strong, ...

In early January, the first genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—was released under the moniker “Wuhan-1.” ...

Natural medicine doesn't just involve "nutraceuticals," but extends to modalities such as yoga and acupuncture that an increasing ...

Taking a long soak in a hot bath may help those with Type 2 diabetes reduce risk factors ...

Water covers some 70 percent of the globe’s surface. Isak Dinesen, the author of “Out of Africa,” once ...

New studies show that treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with inexpensive steroids can cut their risk of dying ...

Researchers from Monash University in Melbourne are preparing for human clinical trials of a cortical vision device that ...

When you visit your doctor, you might assume that the treatment they prescribe has solid evidence to back ...