Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center

A glass of wine and good conversation can ease your tension after a long day. But if you’re undecided about joining friends for happy hour, consider the pros and cons of moderate drinking, ac...

Of the joint replacement surgeries, shoulder replacement is performed much less often than knee or hip replacements. About 53,000 people in the United States have shoulder joint replacement surgery...

Chances are you’ve experienced back pain at some point in your life. In fact, nearly two-thirds of Americans have lower back pain, according to the American Physical Therapy Association. And ...

Every year, about 500,000 Americans become sick with Clostridium difficile (C. diff) infections, caused by bacteria that invades the colon. But the most stubborn of these infections may have met th...

You’re more likely to get nosebleeds during the cold and dry winter months. In most cases, nosebleeds aren’t anything to worry about, but they can be frightening, annoying or embarrassi...

About half of women and a quarter of men will break a bone sometime in their lives because they have osteoporosis, a condition characterized by a thinning of the bones, and other bone diseases...

Since the signs can be difficult to recognize, ovarian cancer is often diagnosed after it's already reached a late stage and has spread to other organs. Your symptoms might be vague or mimic th...

You’ve heard it before: Your weight affects your health and extra pounds can up your risk of heart disease, stroke, high cholesterol, joint pain and sleep apnea. But what about the social ris...

If you don't smoke, you might think you're off the hook when it comes to lung cancer—the leading cancer killer in the US. Unfortunately, that's a deadly myth, as studies show that...

Hemorrhoids. Not a popular topic, unless you’re desperate for a way to get rid of them. How can you find relief from painful, itchy hemorrhoids that can appear around your rectum—and pr...

Living on an island, especially with small keiki, the thought of drowning is a real and frightening prospect. In Hawaii, drowning deaths overwhelmingly happen in the ocean, making up 82 percent of ...

Cholesterol is one of the major markers of heart health. More than 73 million Americans have too much LDL cholesterol, which can lead to hardening of the arteries, raising the risk of heart attack ...

Try some honey for a cough. Gargle with salt water to relieve a sore throat. Load up on chicken soup to ease congestion. Odds are your mom suggested these home remedies at one time or another. Tur...

From the moment your first symptoms appear, until long after you reach remission, uncertainty is an almost constant feature of the cancer experience. Not knowing what the future holds can sometimes...

A low-salt diet has long been touted for lowering blood pressure and improving heart health. But one study from researchers at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada co...