Mercy Health

About 95 million Americans have high cholesterol, but only about 55 percent of those are being treated for it. High cholesterol raises your risk for heart disease, the nation’s number one kil...

Your digestive tract contains a metropolis of bacteria that helps digest and absorb nutrients from the food you eat. Recent research finds, however, that maintaining a proper mixture of gut microbe...

Are you exhausted from stress and pressure at work? Have you become pessimistic about your everyday? Do you feel like you just aren’t effective, no matter what you do? If you’re noddin...

For many people, eating a healthy, balanced diet is the best way to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs. But even a very healthy diet might miss out on some key nutrients. The stakes are...

Is the volume on your television steadily creeping upward? Do you find yourself saying “Would you repeat that?” frequently during conversations? These are classic signs of hearing loss,...

Have you been afflicted with adult acne and irregular periods? The problem might be polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), an endocrine system disorder caused by off-kilter reproductive hormones; it aff...

Black women face disproportionately high risks for heart disease and stroke, yet many are unaware of those risks. What's more, almost half develop these diseases at young ages—as young as...

High blood pressure can be a silent killer. You may not feel it, but it could be wreaking havoc on your heart, your veins and even your kidneys and eyes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

Salt—more specifically, sodium—is found in every food from A (anchovies) to Z (ziti). It’s essential for your body, especially your heart, but too much can raise blood pressure an...

Pancreatic cancers, which arise in the pear-shaped gland behind the stomach, are rarely detected early, difficult to treat and often come back. Some 55,000 men and women in the United States will b...

When you hear the term, “sudden cardiac arrest,” you might think “heart attack.” And while the conditions are linked, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a distinctly different e...

Today, more than one million Americans live with Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive movement disorder. It develops as nerve cells that coordinate muscle movement in the mid-brain die off, ...

When you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, you may feel like you’re all alone—but you’re not. You’ll have a team of healthcare providers (HCPs) dedicated to helping you g...

Telemedicine is a way of interacting with a physician by way of remote services such as text or video, without having to physically go into the office. Originally created for people living in "...

Your liver, the largest organ in your body, plays an outsized role in keeping you healthy. It helps your body digest food, filters toxins, stores some nutrients and helps regulate certain hormones ...