All Wellness Q&A

First, you need to find a good pulmonologist. These doctors specialize in respiratory diseases. Ask your general physician for a referral and ask about the pulmonologists based at hospitals near where you live. Also read up on the condition to learn more about adult-onset asthma symptoms, read more...

High blood glucose causes poor blood flow to the legs and feet, so if you have a sore or infection, you need to monitor it closely and tell your physician, because it won't heal as easily as it would if you didn't have diabetes. Elevated blood glucose levels can also lead to nerve damage, which read more...

Yes, hypertension (high blood pressure) damages blood vessels, which can include those in your kidneys. If this happens, it can prevent waste and fluid removal from the body. And according to the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, "High blood pressure is one of read more...

Some simple activities to try -- and are easy to incorporate into a day -- are yoga and walking. If you're the type who would like to do it at home, there are lots of yoga books and DVDs available. But if you're looking for more instruction, look in the yellow pages for private centers in your read more...

At the risk of missing out on scintillating conversation, you know you have to get a hearing aid. Luckily, there are hearing devices today that can be concealed in the ear canal. They include the "in-the-canal" (ITC) and the "completely-in-canal" (CIC) hearing aids. The latter read more...

According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), blood pressure may rise in some women receiving estrogen therapy. However, a recent study found that there isn't a significant rise in blood pressure in most women undergoing HRT. To learn more about preventing, detecting, and read more...

They actually mean the same thing -- you're visiting a licensed dentist. Technically, DMD stands for Doctor of Dental Medicine and DDS stands for Doctor of Dental Surgery. The reason for the difference in suffix is that most dental schools offer the DDS degree, but others give out the DMD read more...

I certainly sympathize. Hay fever is uncomfortable, making it hard to concentrate and function properly. It seems that when you're packing for a trip, you have one extra thing to -- check out the pollen counts for the area you're traveling to. You can easily do that by visiting the American Academy read more...

I had to deal with a similar situation with my own parents, and you're right to be concerned. Elderly people -- with or without dementia -- won't remember if they took their pills and accidentally take them again and overdose. It even happened to a dear friend of mine, who left new pills in the read more...

You're not alone: You're one of the over 70 million people in the United States in the “baby boomer” category that are starting to feel not so much like a “baby” but more like a "seasoned older person." You can look and feel 10 years younger just by tweaking your diet and regular read more...

Apples contain many important nutrients that help the body to stay strong and vital. Apples are a natural alkaline food, which means they act to stabilize the acid in your body and bring the chemistry of the body into balance.
As we age bowel functioning, calcium absorption, and blood pressure are read more...

About 40 percent of American men and women are concerned about their stress levels, and about 34 percent describe themselves as "routinely overwhelmed by stress," according to a survey by Mental Health America, a nonprofit organization in Alexandria, Virginia, that is dedicated to helping read more...

The pleasure of eating chocolate has always come with the guilt-ridden price of calories and fat. At the risk of sounding like junk science, I’m not saying to boot all the healthy foods out of your diet and replace them with chocolate, but I am saying the potential health benefits of dark read more...

Omega-3s are part of the polyunsaturated family of fats that are found mainly in fish and some plant sources. Why have they become so popular? Because our bodies love the health benefits they provide. There are two omega-3 fats called EPA and DHA that are good for your heart and help your blood read more...