Category: Prevention

You may be outside even more than usual this summer. Although outdoor activities are great for de-stressing and exercise, they do come with a risk: tick-borne illness.

There’s a lot of misinformation surrounding weight loss and obesity. To clear this up, we turned to Catherine Varney, DO, family medicine doctor who is also board-certified in obesity medicine.

You don't have to go very far or very fast to get the health benefits of running. Start slowly and work your way up to 20-30 minutes a day.

UVA experts help set the record straight on some of the most common misconceptions about colon cancer risk factors, prevention, screening, and more.

Getting a mammogram is not fun. It's a pain. Frankly, I avoided going for a long time. But I finally did. Not only did I have a great experience. I felt profound gratitude for being alive, whatever happened.

As stay-at-home orders begin to ease, you should be thinking about more than going to your favorite restaurant. Now is the time to also reschedule medical care you may have postponed.

Prediabetes is a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes. Take the quiz to see how you can lower your risk and prevent diabetes.

Smoking has been attributed to a variety of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. But smoking also may put you at increased risk for complications of coronavirus.

As someone whose home office is currently their kitchen, the struggle to not snack all day is real. What’s the secret to keeping off the “quarantine 15” weight gain?

How are the guidelines of social distancing determined? William Petri, MD, speaks to the science behind how the coronavirus spreads from person to person.