Health Blogs

Angelina Jolie announced on Sunday, via a piece in the New York Times, that she has undergone double mastectomy surgery as a preventative measure against breast cancer. Her decision to ... Read More »

Statin users in my generation are the first to be on this drug for a lifetime, and we are still uncertain about long-term. I want to know each and every side effect or related health issue it may ... Read More »

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see a parent grab a pacifier from the floor that had fallen from their child’s mouth, suck on it for a second or two to clean it off, and then plop it right ... Read More »

What do you need to know about your doctor before you and your family decide that this is the person for you? Most of you have a choice in who your primary care doctor or specialist is, and this ... Read More »

It is an amazing story and one that has kept most of us glued to the media over the last several days. Three women, who had been abducted as teenagers in 2002, 2003, and 2004, were all found alive ... Read More »

For most of us, public tragedies—like the recent attacks at the Boston Marathon—bring up feelings of fear and uncertainty: uncertainty about the state of humanity, about life and death, and, if ... Read More »

Medications used to treat migraines show no real difference in effectiveness. Those were the findings from a recent large review of previous studies. This is important to you if you are paying a ton ... Read More »

Anyone with children in middle school or above surely have dealt with head lice in their own household or received that once or twice a year note from the school nurse stating lice “has been found ... Read More »

I am the youngest of 3 children and I have two of my own kids. No study can provide me with better evidence of the powerful influence older siblings have on younger ones than my own life. I ... Read More »