Health

Doctor discusses trends in early-onset colorectal cancer

You don’t get colon cancer during your 30s or 40s, right? Wrong. Rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger generations show otherwise. This was brought home when actor James Van Der Beek died from the disease at age 48. UNDERSTANDING COLON CANCER Colorectal cancer starts in the ...

Tips for cutting back on social media before it devours life

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of ...

Olympic doctors offer wellness tips for weekend athletes

The figure skaters at the Winter Olympics make it look easy; sheer elegance on hard ice. But elite skaters also fight injuries, much like the rest of us who work out, go to the gym or swim to stay fit. “No athlete at this level is 100% fully healthy,” Gretchen Mohney, the director of ...

Expert urology care, close to home at LMH Health

For many people, talking about urologic concerns can be difficult or embarrassing. The team at LMH Health Lawrence Urology Specialists gets that. “It takes a fair amount of courage to come into the urology office. We deal with some of the most personal and intimate problems that people ...

Tips for choosing the right nursing home or care facility

NEW YORK — Sometimes it’s a fall that brings a broken hip and a loss of mobility. Or memory problems that bubble into danger. Or the death of the partner who was relied upon for care. The need to move to a nursing home, assisted living facility or another type of care setting often comes ...