Slowly and steadily, we have been making strides in breast cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. Between 1989 and 2015, the overall breast cancer death rate has declined by 39%,1 and while…
Helen M. Widzer, M.D., M.S., FACOGOctober 16, 2018
Osteoporosis has long been thought of as a disease that affects older women. Not so, says Independence Medical Director Karen Jackson-White, MD. Both men and women — starting younger than…
Rebecca FinkelJuly 10, 2018
One of the best advances in medicine over the past 100 years is our ability to provide state-of-the-art technologic procedures and treatments that improve people’s lives and longevity. For some,…
Dr. Heidi J. SyropoulosFebruary 7, 2018
Runny nose, coughing, sneezing, sore throat...we've all been laid up with the common cold. Luckily, there are easy steps you can take to reduce your chances of catching one. Most…
Philly VoiceJanuary 29, 2018
“Are you feeling more stress than normal?” My doctor asked me this question at my last check-up. Like most men, I’m pretty good at internalizing and suppressing the things that…
Shawn MahoneyOctober 10, 2017
When it comes to heart health, one of the best things you can do is to get a cholesterol screening to measure your levels of cholesterol. But like many others,…
Susan RossmanSeptember 25, 2017
If you’ve ever experienced food poisoning, you know that it changes you. One moment you’re a happy-go-lucky innocent in the buffet line…the next you’re a heaving, sweating, shivering, dehydrated mess.…
Jennifer TafeAugust 31, 2017
You installed the stair gates, put child locks on the cabinets, and someday you’ll figure out how to keep your kid from eating from the dog's bowl. In our efforts…
Rebecca FinkelJuly 20, 2017
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