November is Diabetes Awareness Month, an important time to focus on how this chronic disease impacts millions of Americans daily. Diabetes affects how the body uses glucose (sugar) for energy. This ...

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May is lupus awareness month. Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack its own otherwise healthy tissues and organs. Lupus may affect the ...

Picture this: You're out for your afternoon walk when a sudden cramp seizes your calf. You stop, shake it off and keep going. But the next day, it happens again. And the day after that. You might ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The hands and feet are complicated parts of the body. A ...

If you want to take a step toward better health, see a foot doctor. You might learn something about a totally different (and seemingly unrelated) part of your body. Sometimes, “your feet are the first ...