Ultrasounds are a regular part of prenatal medical care for most pregnant women, and also provide parents with their first glimpses of their developing baby. Although these photographs make for nice ...

QUINCY – Today, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) announced plans to develop a comprehensive, multi-specialty ambulatory center in Quincy. Subject to local and state regulatory approvals, ...

Your heart suddenly begins racing. You feel pain in your chest and you are short of breath. Are you having a heart attack? Or could it be a panic attack? "Any of these symptoms can be extremely ...

Hemorrhoids are among the most frequent gastrointestinal complaints in the United States, sending millions of people to clinics and emergency rooms each year and costing the health system hundreds of ...

Your body weight set point is the number on the scale your weight normally hovers around, give or take a few pounds. Your heredity and your environment-starting back at the moment of your ...

Cancer anorexia, weight loss, and cachexia are related conditions, yet quite different from one another. It is important to understand the nuances and how worried you should be about each. Anorexia ...

The foot is one of the most complex parts of the skeletal system with 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. Your foot alone contains almost 25% of all bones in your ...

BOSTON – The placebo effect is the well-known phenomenon of a person's physical or mental health improving after taking a treatment with no pharmacological therapeutic benefit – a sugar pill, or a ...

BOSTON – Although everyone can benefit from exercise, the mechanistic links between physical fitness and overall health are not fully understood, nor are the reasons why the same exercise can have ...

BOSTON — Most Americans, from pre-teens to elders, just don’t get enough sleep, a lifestyle factor that has been linked to increased risk of death, high blood pressure, heart disease, car accidents ...

Stuart J. Schnitt, MD, Appointed Chief of New Division of Cancer Pathology; Muneeb Ahmed, MD, Named Chief of New Division of Cancer Radiology BOSTON – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) ...

Testosterone linked to weight gain and higher rates of obesity among transmasculine people; physicians should monitor long term weight changes in transgender patients. BOSTON – Gender-affirming ...