June is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month.Your brain is a big deal. After all, you do use it every day. Just by simply existing, your brain uses more ...

Annie is teaching in a classroom with elementary school kids. There is a chalkboard with a container of chalk with the chalk sticking out of it.  Annie is ...

Ashley Winter, M.D., is the chief medical officer at Odela Health and a urologist and sexual medicine specialist. She uses social media (primarily Twitter) ...

It frightens me to think of all the risky things I, and many others, did in childhood. No, I'm not talking risky as in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll (let's ...

1 in 40 women will be affected by melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, in her lifetime.  What is melanoma? Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that ...

What are clinical trials? Clinical trials are studies of new treatments, procedures or ...

We should all love the skin we’re in. While many women have the same goals regarding their skincare — from finding the right moisturizer to managing common ...

Medically reviewed by Robyn Faye, M.D.March is Endometriosis Awareness Month.Endometriosis is a painful condition that affects more than 11% of women ages ...

It was the winter of 1989 when I went bald. And though I knew in advance I’d lose my hair from the chemotherapy to treat my breast cancer, nothing prepared ...

More than 7.5 million people in the United States live with psoriasis, a skin disease that causes scaly red patches all over the body — including on the ...

As told to Nicole Audrey SpectorWhen I first noticed the lump on my bikini line, my instincts told me that something wasn’t right, so I promptly made a ...

Obesity can affect our bodies differently as we age. While excess weight can negatively affect health at any age, obesity in midlife and beyond can speed up ...