Prevention is always better than cure, particularly with potentially life-threatening diseases. But when dealing with an ...

Prostate cancer begins in the small gland below the bladder that helps produce semen In advanced stages it can spread to other body parts most commonly the bones lymph nodes liver and lungs ...

Menopause brings hormonal shifts and bone loss. This can lead to osteoporosis, a silent disease. Fractures become a risk. Early detection and lifestyl ...

This article was reviewed by Julia Switzer, MD, FACOG. Key takeaways: Women are more likely to have osteoporosis than men, ...

Twenty-month-old Vida Rodriguez is the reason her 7-year-old sister, Alessia, is playing at home — instead of lying in a ...

Though Jessica Fulmer has beaten cancer twice, she is once again battling cancer for the third time, with her strength coming ...

While "King of Queens" star Leah Remini may be best known for her well-documented break from Scientology, the actor has endured many other setbacks in her life.

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During menopause, women often deal with biological, physical, and emotional issues — to help them lose weight, clinicians ...

Life expectancy has soared and interest in the disease is growing, but breakthrough gene therapies are extraordinarily ...

Beyond antiresorptive medications, anabolic bone-building medications, including teriparatide, abaloparatide (Tymlos), and ...

Transcending transplants A condition that could formerly only be treated with a liver transplant can now be treated with medication. After 30 years of research, Dr. Jeffrey Teckman, a professor of ...