Health

It’s normal to have periods of feeling down about your body image. It’s also normal for your weight to fluctuate and to eat more and less throughout certain periods of the year. But if you suspect you’re developing an unhealthy relationship with food or have lost or gained a significant amount of weight in a short time, you may have an eating disorder. Here’s how you can tell the difference between a healthy relationship with food and an eating disorder....

Nutrition is vital to our overall health, and it is now common knowledge that certain foods promote well-being while others can cause disease and illness. We all try to eat well more often than not, but when it comes to our vision, we must make the best food choices we can. To help, there's also Eylea, a drug used to treat wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Some foods support the healthy aging of our eyes and are relatively easy to...

As the name suggests, prostate cancer impacts the prostate gland and is the second most common form of cancer in men after skin cancer. Roughly 1 in 8 men will develop prostate cancer throughout their lifetime. In 2023 the American Cancer Society estimates that there will be roughly 288 300 new diagnoses and 34 700 deaths from the disease. While it is the second leading cause of cancer death, with 1 in 41 men dying, earlier screening and better treatment...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects roughly one million Americans, with rates expected to climb to 1.3 million by 2030. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s; approximately 90 000 people are diagnosed yearly. While there currently isn’t a cure for this condition, medications and other interventions can help to manage or slow its progression. This article will outline Parkinson’s disease, Parkinson’s symptoms to look for, and the current best treatments. As mentioned above,...