When Obsession Becomes Compulsion

Life with OCD. You’re ready to turn in for the night, so you do your nightly routine. You walk through the house, make sure the lights are off, the doors are locked, and the alarm is on. All of these steps are completely normal ways to ensure your house is in order and your family […]

Babies and Blood Sugar

As if a healthy pregnancy wasn’t hard enough. Around week 24 of pregnancy, many women develop high blood sugar levels. When this occurs, it’s known as gestational diabetes mellitus—a.k.a. GDM. This doesn’t mean a woman had diabetes prior to pregnancy and it doesn’t mean she’ll necessarily have the disease after the baby is born. But […]

The Sport for a Lifetime

Young or old, you can enjoy tennis for the many physical, mental, and social benefits it offers. Rightly regarded by many as the “sport for a lifetime,” tennis is one of those activities anyone at almost any age or fitness level can play and enjoy. All you need is a racquet, a few tennis balls, […]

A Case of the Measles

If unvaccinated, you’re at risk too. The recent rise in measles cases traces back to a popular amusement park in California that is an international tourist attraction. Nearly every year the virus returns to the U.S. via unvaccinated travelers (foreign or American), who then spread measles to other unprotected individuals. Recent years have seen an […]

Indoor Air Pollution

Hunting down the sources of air pollution in your home and ways to improve the air quality. It’s easy to think of air pollution as an outdoor problem in big cities. When you hear about pollution, words like smog, ozone, factory emissions, or car exhaust likely come to mind. But did you know the air […]

The ABC’s of Skin Cancer

How to check your skin for melanoma. Remember back to your childhood. How many times did you get bad sunburn? Maybe you don’t have to think back that far to know you’ve gotten burned more than a few times. Having five or more sunburns when you’re young increases your risk of developing melanoma by 80 […]