The main distinction between nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities lies with the length of care in question, says Sue Johansen, a San Francisco-based executive vice president with A Place for Mom, a senior referral service. Care can be either short-term (temporary) or long-term (sometimes permanent). Let's start with the latter.

When the woman reached her third trimester, a midwife suggested chiropractic treatment – and referred her to Brocker. The cartilage that holds the pubic bones together, which forms a joint, had softened during pregnancy, resulting in a condition called pubic symphysis diastasis, or PSD. This allowed the joint to get stuck, which caused the woman pain during movement.

In a world where many consider contraception as solely a woman’s responsibility, it's time to shift the paradigm. Currently, there's a wide array of contraceptive options for women – intrauterine devices, implants like Nexplanon and birth control pills – but the landscape of long-acting, reversible contraceptive options for men remains mostly uncharted territory.

Your kidneys are vital for removing waste from the body. Healthy kidneys filter your blood throughout the day, and the waste is then passed into your urine and flows out of the body. Kidney disease is considered a silent disease, meaning the condition can be hard to detect until it has advanced to more serious stages, says Dr. Jamie Dwyer, a practicing clinical nephrologist and associate dean for clinical research at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City.

While you're battling strep throat or your child is getting over an ear infection, the same antibiotic that may be helping to fight back the infection may also be disrupting the ecosystem of microorganisms, collectively called the microbiota, in the gut.

Struggling to lose belly fat but not sure how? You're not alone. Stubborn belly fat often remains that final frontier in the realm of toning and weight loss, with many people struggling for years to get rid of it.Too much belly fat is associated with a variety of negative health issues. For men, that excess abdominal fat can impact urological health. For both men and women, excess abdominal fat can raise your risk for heart disease.

If you’re looking to begin a fitness routine or hoping to jumpstart your existing workout regimen, be sure to explore what’s available both locally and online. You may just find that you have access to more options than ever before.

First, to be clear: Greek and regular yogurts, in their plain, nonfat or low-fat forms, as well as the wide variety of plant-based and premium yogurts, can be part of a healthy diet. They're low in calories and packed with calcium and live bacterial cultures.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the United States. In 2020, it was responsible for about 1 in every 5 female deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.