If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), your airways may be inflamed. It may be hard to take deep breaths and get enough oxygen.
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How does stress affect your body? According to the Men’s Health Foundation, high stress, poor sleep and eating habits increase the risks of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, depression, and other mental illnesses in men. It can also cause low testosterone and erectile dysfunction.
“No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That’s for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me.”
MS is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system, causing symptoms like vision problems, muscle weakness, fatigue, and cognitive impairments. Though its cause is unknown, some research points to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection as a leading candidate, with women more likely to be diagnosed than men.
Holy Cross Health, a member of Trinity Health, is proud to announce the appointment of Pierre Monice, FACHE, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 11.
Advocates across Florida are holding rallies, conferences and awareness events for Black Maternal Health Week to stop preventable deaths of babies and mothers.
A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on track to become the first new antibiotic for gonorrhea since the 1990s.
This is part four of a four-part series titled “Medically Unnecessary’’ that has examined how children with complex medical needs are faring after losing Medicaid coverage and being pushed onto state-run health insurance not designed for their needs.
Both gallstones and kidney stones can be very painful. Gallstones are deposits of digestive fluid, while kidney stones are crystals formed from chemicals in the urine. Both types of stones may pass. Gallstones may require the removal of the gallbladder.
Florida Healthy Kids doesn’t work for many medically vulnerable kids. Here’s whyThis is part three of a four-part series examining how children with complex medical needs are faring after losing Medicaid coverage and being pushed onto state-run health insurance not designed for their needs.