Trident Medical Center

With a new school year, your kids may be excited about the start of football, soccer, or lacrosse season. But popular contact sports like these come with a very real concern: concussions. There&rs...

Asthma is a lung condition that can cause inflammation in your airways, making it difficult to breathe. If you’re having trouble getting—and keeping—your asthma under control, you...

Mention September 11 to most Hawaii residents, and the date will conjure a national tragedy. But to some, particularly on Kauai, that day is also set in memory as when the most destructive hurrican...

June 1st marks the start of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Running through November 30th, much of the Eastern U.S. spends their summer and fall on heightened alert for the formation of any tro...

It’s hard to scroll past a perfectly photographed cake or mac and cheese dish on Facebook or Instagram—but you might want to. Food porn, defined as appetizing food or cooking imagery, ...

There’s a troubling new health trend among kids, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After years of relative stability, the suicide death rate for te...

Ever had spots, specks or cobweb-like lines float across your field of vision—only to drift away when you shift your eyes to focus on them? Maybe you notice them more when you’re lookin...

More than 15% of Americans will have an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. Anxiety affects people for many reasons, but an anxiety disorder can be crippling. Benzodiazepines like Xanax,...

It can sometimes be tempting to shake off schoolyard bullying, saying, “Oh, they’re just kids, they’ll grow out of it.” But while it may be widespread, being bullied isn&rsq...

The classic image of a bully is the freckle-faced rascal teasing a smaller child on the way to school. The reality? Bullying can take many different forms, and kids are experts at hiding it from ad...

Things we don’t fully understand may seem mysterious—even frightening. If you’ve ever seen an actor pretending to have a seizure on TV, for example, you might assume that all seiz...

Vision loss can make it harder—even impossible—to do certain activities you enjoy or to perform routine tasks, such as driving. Fears of falling or having to rely on others for help mig...

Do you notice a bulge or have dull pain below the belt? You may assume that you have a pulled muscle, but your symptoms could signal a more serious problem. Normally, the muscles and tissue of you...

In the United States, upwards of 200,000 people are diagnosed annually with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This is an enlarged, weakened area in the lower part of the aorta—the main arte...