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Benefits & Risks of Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Hormone replacement therapy is now a widely available treatment option that's growing in popularity among women over the age of 35 — specifically those who feel run-down, prone to weight gain (sometimes for the first ...

How to Help Prevent & Treat Suicidal Thoughts

Social isolation and feeling very lonely, trapped and hopeless are some of the most common warning signs that someone could be heading toward having suicidal thoughts. Every year, in the U.S. alone, there are more ...

The Importance of Pap Smear Screening in the Fight Against Cervical Cancer

The vast majority (93 percent) of American women age 18 and older report having had at least one pap smear in their lifetimes. And according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal ...

How to Get Rid of a Boil

Ever wonder if that growth is just a really bad pimple or a boil? While the two may start out similarly — as a raised, reddish spot on your skin — a boil continues to grow larger ...

MRSA Treatment: Staph Infection Prevention & Natural Treatments

About 2 percent of the population carries MRSA bacteria somewhere on the body, the same bacteria that causes over 90,000 serious staph infections in the U.S. alone every year, and is linked to serious health problems ...

Basal Metabolic Rate: What “The Biggest Loser” Can Teach Us

Anyone who’s dieted before knows the truth: it’s hard. While losing weight is often broken down into an all-too-simplistic “calories in vs. calories out,” it can often seem like no matter what you do, the ...

Enlarged Prostate Symptoms, Causes & Natural Treatments

It's perfectly normal for a man's prostate to grow throughout his adult life. For some men, this doesn't bring about any serious symptoms, but for others, an enlarged prostate can lead to issues that affect ...

Ear Infection Symptoms, Causes & Risk Factors to Avoid

Wondering if your painful symptoms are pointing to an ear infection and what you should do to help these potential ear infection symptoms go away? Symptoms of ear infections usually include earaches or throbbing pain, sometimes ...

Do Lipitor Side Effects Outweigh the Potential Benefits?

The “epidemic” of high cholesterol has taken many parts of the Western world by storm, and physicians seem to have the answer: cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor that do all the work your body apparently can’t ...

The Pros & Cons of Bariatric Surgery + Healthier Alternatives

For a country obsessed with losing weight, spending more than $60 billion a year trying to shed pounds, Americans are failing miserably. Even though we know the health risks that come with being too overweight, ...