A mammogram is imaging of the breasts using low-dose x-rays. It is the only form of diagnostic imaging proven to save lives by finding cancers early and thereby reducing deaths from breast cancer. Technology is always...
If you search for the term “self-compassion” online, you will easily receive over a million results. The concept is popular, and for good reason. Self-compassion is associated with greater psychological well-being, lower...
According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, impacting over one and a half million women each year. There are currently more than three million breast cancer survivors in...
Flu season is here. And like last year, we are facing flu and coronavirus. But this year, we have a coronavirus vaccine...
While the coronavirus vaccines have been widely distributed, there are still more than 90 million Americans who remain...
Colonoscopy is a screening tool to detect colorectal cancer (CRC), a potentially life-threatening condition. We are...
There is plenty we would all like to forget about the coronavirus pandemic. The masks, social distancing, time away from...
What is Long COVID? “Long COVID” is the term for people diagnosed with coronavirus and whose symptoms last for four...
Calling Dr. Google! Looking up your symptoms online can be helpful when in search of a diagnosis, but it can also be...
For most of us, a routine can be pleasant and especially useful to keep us grounded during a stressful time. For those...
Asthma is a common and chronic (long-term) condition. Asthma causes the airways in the lungs to become inflamed and to...
COVID-19 has brought major changes to our daily lives, with one of the biggest being the immediate shift to working from...
BMI is Body Mass Index. It is a calculation that uses a person’s height and weight to identify a weight category for...
