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Eat more fruits and veggies, exercise, lose weight and stop smoking: You know those will help protect your heart. Here are three more strategies to consider, based on the newest research: Get your teeth cleaned.
An occasional skipped beat or racing heart is often harmless and passes quickly. But some heart rhythm problems can cause fainting, shortness of breath and chest pain, or put you at risk for heart failure and stroke.
The news for colon cancer is promising: Fewer people are dying from it, and the average number of new cases a year decreased by 66,000 over the course of four years, federal reports show.
Avid tennis players and addicted video-gamers, master carpenters and desk workers: They're all at risk for injuries that occur from repeating the same movement over and over.
Osteoporosis, a condition that causes the bones to become brittle, afflicts about 44 million Americans, and estimates suggest half of women and up to 25% of men over age 50 will break a bone because of it.
Despite its small size, the thyroid gland has a huge job: to produce hormones that regulate metabolism, or the rate at which cells convert food and other substances into energy.
It hurts when you walk or climb the stairs, slice meat or brush your teeth — that's the reality of arthritis.
The Doctors prescribe their 8 best strategies to make your resolutions reality in 2012. Plus, Jillian Michaels shares her goals for the new year.
Slow down — that's my priority, starting now. For as long as I can remember, I've been burning the candle at both ends. I'm not a person who waits for life to happen. Instead, I chase it.
One of the keys to a longer, healthier life just might be your smile. In a recent study of more than 6,000 adults over 50, scientists found that those with sunny dispositions had a significantly reduced risk of stroke.
It's that time of year, when twinkle lights make houses and trees sparkle, smiling snowmen stand proud on front lawns and everyone salesperson and random stranger wishes you a happy holiday — and yet, you feel anything but.
There's no known cause, no blood test or X-ray to diagnose it, no magic pill to cure it -- so maybe it's no surprise that fibromyalgia is a disorder that's often misunderstood and sometimes unrecognized.
Thirty years ago, a brief report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described five young men with a rare form of pneumonia usually seen in people with severely depressed immune systems — the men were previously healthy...
It's the second-most feared disease after cancer, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with it, and there's no cure: We're talking about Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that causes a steady decline in memory, thinking and behavior.
Gratitude is good for you, so for Thanksgiving our HealthSmart experts get personal about their own lives.
It harms every organ in your body. That's one reason to quit. Smoking also causes nearly one-third of all cancers, leads to heart and respiratory diseases and kills an estimated 443,000 Americans every year — those are some others.
The numbers are nuts: More than 25 million people in the United States have diabetes — and that's almost 10% of the population.
You always double-check their seat belts before pulling out of the driveway, take them to the doctor when they're under the weather, force them to wear that helmet when they ride their bikes, and you'll no doubt make a valiant effort to ration the candy.VIDEO: The Doctors on Children's Health
The controversy over mammograms continues: This past summer, results of a nearly 30-year Swedish study found that 30% fewer women die from breast cancer if screened regularly.
You can't shake that cough, maybe you're having a tougher time breathing, or you feel a little pressure in your chest. It could be a bunch of things: bronchitis, the start of pneumonia, a sign of emphysema ... or it could be asthma.
You need more sleep. Most of us do. Seven to nine solid hours is what experts recommend, yet about 60% of Americans report having sleep troubles almost every night, according to this year's National Sleep Foundation poll.
The Doctors have your prescription for taking better care of yourself and living a better life.
You thought they would be gone by now, right? But those allergies that have been torturing you since the end of summer are still around. Recently, a USDA-led study found that ragweed pollen is lingering up to 27 days longer than it did in the mid-1990s.
What is one of the most, if not the most, important things a woman can do for her health? Stop smoking. That's because smoking raises the risk of cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and Alzheimer's — those are Nos.
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis — you probably know that’s an old wives’ tale. Though it could injure ligaments around the joints and lead to weaker grips, there’s no proof every pop puts you one step closer to arthritis — specifically osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis (OA) develops when the cartilage that cushions the ends of the bones in your joints breaks down. The bones then begin to rub against one another, causing pain.
Having too much "bad" LDL cholesterol — the kind that clogs arteries — in your blood and not enough "good" HDL cholesterol can raise your risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
You opt to pop echinacea pills when you have a cold, but will it really help? Many Americans think so. Surveys show that almost 40% of adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine.
Every kid has a hard time sitting still, and it's not out of the ordinary for a child to drop a crayon midcolor when the opening music of her favorite cartoon beckons.
What you do know about birth control: Abstinence is the only surefire way to prevent pregnancy (and protect you from STDs); smoking while on the pill may increase your risk of heart attack or stroke; as long as you are still getting a period, you can get
It comes out of nowhere — while you're playing tennis, gardening, sitting on the couch or even when you're fast asleep. Suddenly a muscle gets locked in spasm, it's hard as a rock, and the pain borders on unbearable.
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