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As a loving husband and devoted father, Earl always took his physical health seriously. He never smoked, scheduled annual physicals and went to the dentist regularly. He was doing everything he could ...

By Leslie Whitlinger Lakita Thomas, of Washington, D.C., is much more accustomed to providing care than receiving it. After all, she has four kids and two grandkids. But after a month of heavy bleedin...

By Patrick ZicklerAustin Thomas is young and fit and has always been careful about what she eats. She earned a master’s degree in nutrition in part to understand the digestive problems that had bother...

By Leslie Whitlinger At a standstill in bumper-to-bumper Beltway traffic, now-57-year-old Gary Silverman watched his rear view mirror in horror. A car going 60 miles per hour was about to barrel i...

When men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, their first question is usually, “Can it be cured?” Often, their second question is, “What are my treatment options?” Fortunately, research, diagnosis and ...

After the initial shock of finding out that you have prostate cancer, you will probably think of multiple questions for the surgeon. A question we are frequently asked is whether surgery is the only c...