Keeping Your Memory? Eat the Good Fat

If you're craving fatty food, it makes a difference whether you reach for red meat sauteed in butter or chicken sizzling in olive oil. The difference is your memory.

Taking Care of Diabetic Feet

As the number of Americans with type 2 diabetes continues to grow, more and more patients are suffering from complications like foot infections. Fortunately, proper care can reduce these complications.

Preventing Migraines by Lowering Risk

Migraines can produce debilitating pain. The key to management goes beyond medications. Managing risk factors can reduce the number of migraines. The key is identifying those triggers.

Alzheimer’s Gene Linked to Blood Flow

A gene, termed ApoE4, has been linked to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). New research begins to uncover why this gene may put people at a higher risk.

Diabetes Linked to Low Testosterone

If you are a man with diabetes, you are twice as likely as other men to suffer from low testosterone. But does it work the other way around? Can low testosterone boost your risk for diabetes?

Dementia may Increase Risk of Hospitalization

People with dementia are more likely to be hospitalized for minor medical conditions, which may be linked to less effective preventative care for people with dementia.

Bipolar Teens may Have Mania but no Depression

Bipolar disorder is usually thought of cycling between highs and lows.  A new study shows that teens may be at risk for having mania without the depression, and this might hinder detection of the disorder.

A Rainy Forecast for Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most serious health issues in the United States. Current trends suggest that the medical and social costs of diabetes will be huge in just 10 years. Healthy choices can change this trend.

Living with OCD

Most people occasionally get a little obsessive about double-checking - how many times do you check for your ticket on the way to the airport?

However, when this behavior goes from occasional and preventative to extreme and disruptive, it could be obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Heart Risk Often Overlooked in RA Patients

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, yet not all doctors are considering the added heart risk, a new study reveals.

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