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Your Diabetes Sick-Day Plan
When you’re sick, even with just a cold, your blood glucose level may rise. Knowing what to do if you get sick, talking to your care team and having the right supplies on hand are important. Not sure what your sick-day plan is? Be sure …
How is Colon Cancer Treated?
You’ve had your colon cancer screening. Your results just came. The news isn’t what you had hoped. You’ve been diagnosed with cancer. Now the question is how is colon cancer treated? …
What You Need to Know About Skin Tags
If you've ever run your hand over your neck or chest and encountered a wobbly bit of skin, you've probably found a skin tag. Skin tags are benign outgrowths of the skin, blood vessels and sometimes fibrous tissue that can appear anywhere on the body. Read …
12 Weeks to Better Heart Health
Heart disease is a killer, but you can do plenty to improve your heart health and prolong your life. Research shows that making lifestyle changes can lower your risk for heart disease. Try implementing weekly goals over the next 12 weeks to get on the road …
Be Still My Heart: How Heart Attacks Look Different for Women
Chances are, you’ve seen at least one dramatic movie scene in which a man suddenly clutches his chest and falls to the floor. In real life, however, the heart attack victim could just as likely be a woman as heart disease is the #1 killer …
Do Your Part, Know Your Heart
There’s no better time than during Heart Month to get to know your heart a little better (and learn a few ways to keep it healthy)! After all, it’s the only one you have. The most important step you can take to protect your heart …
Cardiovascular Fitness – A Powerful Predictor of Health and Longevity
If you’re looking to lower your risk of heart disease as you age, there is great news ahead! Research indicates you can lower your risk by improving your cardiovascular fitness, even as you age. Cardiovascular fitness is a powerful predictor of health and longevity, so …
Take a Free Heart Health Risk Assessment
The most important step you can take to protect your heart is understanding your own individual risks for heart disease. These risks differ for all of us depending on our age, diet, physical conditioning, and smoking status, just to name a few. American Heart Month …
10 Questions to Ask if You’re Thinking About Joint Replacement
Your knees ache. It’s hard to climb the stairs or exercise. The pain in your hip seems to be getting worse. If your doctor says you’re a candidate for joint surgery, you probably have many questions that will determine your decision. Joint replacement surgery is …
You’ve Been Diagnosed with Prediabetes. Now What?
A prediabetes diagnosis may come as a surprise, but it may be the wake-up call you need to change your health and lifestyle habits. Understanding prediabetes and your risk factors are important steps in staying ahead of the disease. What Is Prediabetes? Prediabetes means that …
Proper Nutrition Aids in Cancer Recovery
Guest Bloggers: Mackenzie Souza, RD, LDN, and Elizabeth Lundy, RD, LDN, Dietitians, Cancer Center Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. There’s significant emotional, as well as physical, stress that comes with managing this disease, from receiving a diagnosis, reviewing treatment options, managing medications, and …
TrueBeam Radiation Therapy System Blends Precise Cancer Treatment with Patient Comfort
Advances in radiation therapy make the treatment quicker, safer, more comfortable and more precise. …
Is Colonoscopy Prep Keeping You Away?
Guest Blogger: Benjamin Hyatt, MD, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s time to discuss an uncomfortable topic: colon health. Let’s start with the bad news: Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer in …
What Every Parent Needs to Know – The HPV Vaccine and Cancer Prevention
If you’re a parent of a preteen or teen, we know you have many questions about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. HPV causes cancer. Cancer can be prevented. The HPV vaccine is the first line of defense against several types of cancers. However, many parents …
Prenatal Care and Healthy Beginnings
Whether you're getting ready to have your first baby or your fourth, receiving regular care while pregnant is vital to your baby's health and your own. …
How Diet Affects Your Skin
Is there a connection between what we eat and the health of our skin? As with many health-related issues, the answer is: it depends. It depends on the specific food in question, your individual health situation and many other factors that are unique to you. …
Be Still My Heart: How Heart Attacks Look Different for Women
Chances are, you’ve seen at least one dramatic movie scene in which a man suddenly clutches his chest and falls to the floor. In real life, however, the heart attack victim could just as likely be a woman as heart disease is the #1 killer …
Is it Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
The birth of a baby is often a joyous event. However, it can also result in something you, as a new mom, may not expect: depression. As many as 80% of birthing people experience what’s called the “baby blues” within the first few days to …
