What is the Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes? You may have heard about type 2 diabetes, but you may not know much about it. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic medical condition in which the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use insulin correctly. The risk of developing type 2 diabetes … Read more
Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease You may have heard of Alzheimer’s disease before, but may not know what it is. Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that causes memory, thinking, and behavior problems. It is a progressive brain disorder, which means it slowly gets worse over time. It is estimated that over 5 million Americans … Read more
Understanding the Chances of Surviving a Heart Attack You’ve probably heard about heart attacks, but do you know the chances of surviving? Understanding the chances of surviving a heart attack is important for anyone who is at risk for having one. First, it’s important to know what a heart attack is. A heart attack occurs … Read more
“How did you sleep?” If you’ve had a rough night of tossing and turning, this seemingly innocuous question—often the first words you hear each day—can ring in the air like a cruel insult. Trouble sleeping is a common experience. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2009 Sleep in America™ poll, the odds an adult has difficulty falling asleep … Read more
We have Tiger Woods to thank for suggesting an off-label use of the prescription sleep aid Ambien®. Although there are plenty of people who would love their sex life to be more exciting (the odds a man would like his partner to be more adventurous in the bedroom are 1 in 2.08, and for a woman they’re 1 in … Read more
On the morning of June 2, 2003, Stephenie Meyer awoke from a vivid dream involving a sparkly vampire and an average teenage girl. The couple’s intense conversation, involving lust and blood but not bloodlust, lingered in Meyer’s mind as she fed and dressed her kids for their first day of swimming lessons. With her chores … Read more
Chances are most people know what pink ribbons mean. Advocates for breast cancer research, spearheaded by groups like Susan G. Komen for the Cure, have stamped the symbol into Americans’ consciousness as they combat the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women. But what about prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men? The incidence, or annual … Read more
If you have one heart attack, what are the chances you will have another? As former Vice-President Dick Cheney—who suffered his fifth heart attack this week—probably knows by now, the odds are high. And the chance you will suffer any heart attack increase with age. For someone in the age bracket from 65 to 74, … Read more
It used to be that when you said the words “gym,” “workout,” and especially “weight room,” you could practically sniff the testosterone in the air. And the mental picture? Beads of masculine sweat dropping onto filthy mats and the kind of tight muscle tees that only people on HGH favor today. That was then (the dark … Read more
Mandi Schwartz, 22, and her teammates on the Yale women’s hockey team had just celebrated a win over Brown University in December 2008 when Schwartz, who was feeling unusually fatigued, got the bad news: she had acute myeloid leukemia (AML). She returned home to undergo chemotherapy during a 130-day hospitalization. Her cancer was knocked into … Read more