General Health (Page 55)

A pacemaker is a surgically implanted device that sends out an electric pulse, prompting your heart to beat. Pacemakers are used in people who have abnormally slow heart rates.

Caregivers, family members, and friends of cancer patients spend a lot of time in hospitals. Finding quick meal ideas and healthy snacks you can keep on hand is important, but it's also a good idea to see what healthy choices are available at the cancer center cafe or hospital cafeteria.

Do you know the most depressed country? Or why we don't have insane asylums anymore? Why do people go off their meds? We answer these and other questions about modern psychiatry, so you have the facts.

Many people who seek help for depression don't respond to standard treatments. For them, transcranial magnetic stimulation may be a good option.

Going through cancer treatment can feel stressful. You might want to drink alcohol to manage. But will drinking hurt your chances to heal? Find out the risks.

Nobody knows quite what to do or what to say when they’ve just found out a dear friend has cancer. I wouldn’t know how to help a friend with cancer if I hadn’t had it, but because I have, I can tell you the best ways you can support your…

Bedsores, or pressure ulcers, may develop when a cancer patient is bedridden or confined to a wheelchair. Because bedsores can become infected and lead to complications, patients and caregivers should know the signs as well as how to prevent them.

If you don't treat peripheral arterial disease, it can lead to gangrene, and you may even need to have the affected limb amputated. Listen to this week's podcast for information about PAD treatments.

Jersey finger isn't a common injury, but if you play football or soccer you might know someone who's had it. "It's when an individual player is trying to tackle another player, and the finger gets caught on the jersey and then gets hyperextended at the most distal joint," explains hand surgeon…

Spinal cord injuries happen suddenly. A car crash. A skiing mishap. A fall in the home. One devastating moment can change someone's life forever. Spinal cord injuries include: Quadriplegia, or paralysis of both arms and both legs, which occurs as a result of injuries to the upper part of the…