WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – Mark Goldman was a relative newcomer to yoga when he found himself teetering in standing lotus pose with an instructor barking …
Collecting blood and urine specimens can often be messy or painful for patients. And for legally sensitive tests, such as for drugs or alcohol, ensuring …
Patients are getting charged as much as $3,000 for screenings they thought would be free under a federal health care reform mandate that promises free …
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. – Tommy Mallon brought a crowd with him on his most recent trip back to his alma mater, Santa Fe Christian High …
Listen: Five-year-old Sally has long, curly, red hair, a big, gap-toothed smile and lots of friends. She ran off the kindergarten school bus recently into …
Chances are, unless you’ve been forced to pay attention by an insurance snafu or malpractice claim, you probably haven’t studied the five- to seven-digit numbers …
Most children in day care don’t get enough exercise, according to a study published recently in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. …
At school, 8-year-old Alex Karaszi couldn’t focus his attention and sit still. Soon, his grades began to suffer. At home, the Clearwater, Fla., boy had …
PITTSBURGH – Since the civil-rights era, the number of black physicians has been rising, with African-Americans now making up 4 percent of U.S. physicians overall. …
Having a baby, so the cooing commercials say, changes everything. While perhaps not changing everything, parenthood does set in motion an array of hormonal and …
NASHUA – Shannon Rice, PA-C, joined the medical staff at Immediate Care of Southern New Hampshire, 29 Northwest Boulevard. Her colleagues include Melissa Wu, MD, …
When it comes to hunger, eating too much and gaining weight, the stomach isn’t the only or even the major organ to blame. Scientists looking …
Doug State entered hospice care two years ago knowing exactly how he wanted to die: at home in Cambridge, Minn., with his wife, Carol, and …
Here are the top 10 for your health and fitness checklist: Nutrition, workout, stretch, soft-tissue work, activity, vitamins, water, goals, quiet time, rest. You must …
Ashlie Nalls knew she had found the right match when her future husband said he was interested in doing a triathlon. “We met through his …
Even though we now know summer is about the tilt of the Earth rather than the brightness of Sirius (the dog star), as ancient Romans …
Microbes are people, too. Well, not exactly. But after a century or so dedicated to trying to sanitize everything we ingest, touch or sit on, …
Breast cancer researchers say they could cut years off the time required to test new drugs for treating certain kinds of tumors under a study …
WASHINGTON – Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change …
PARENTS: Please don’t read this column – it’s for your kids’ eyes only – but please do take reasonable steps to bring it to your …
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or physically worn out by the end of the week, the aches and pains in the lower extremities catch up …
Amber cried a lot after the birth of her first child, a son. “Small things upset me – not to the angry point, but to …
With piercings, tattoos and tanning injections, we’re letting more things get under our skin – or through it – than ever before. Nearly 50 percent …
Emotion can be blinding. Sadness and anger, guilt and shame and fear, pride and even happiness, can twist reality. Strong emotion can make fiction into …
Mike Monsky was driving along one day with his son, who was eating a peanut-butter sandwich. When some of the filling spilled on a stray …