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Pros, Cons of Declaring a Specialty as a Medical School Applicant 08/13/2018 08:00pm • Choosing a specialty is one of the most exciting yet difficult tasks for medical students. With more than 120 specialties and subspecialties, future physicians have a wide range of options to choose from and many factors to consider when making their final decision. Some premedical students have a 29 Hospitals With Top Ratings in 9 Procedures and Conditions 08/13/2018 08:00pm • As part of the Best Hospitals rankings and ratings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals for their handling of two chronic conditions -- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure -- and seven surgical procedures: colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, heart bypass surgery, A Guide to Borrowing Money From Friends and Family 08/13/2018 08:00pm • Asking to borrow money from a family member or friend can be a difficult and awkward conversation. The reality is nobody likes being asked to part with their money. And when you make an arrangement to borrow cash from a friend or family member, you put yourself at risk of creating a strain in your r 8 ways to reduce hospital readmissions 08/13/2018 08:00pm • It's the return visit nobody wants. Patients are happy to stay away from hospitals as much as possible. Hospitals face financial penalties for excessive readmissions. Even so, many people with challenging health conditions leave the hospital only to reappear in the emergency room, sicker than ev 4 Signs You Should Be Readmitted to the Hospital 08/13/2018 08:00pm • Hospital readmissions are, by and large, a bad thing. For patients, they can waste time, suck up energy that would be better dedicated to healing and bring on avoidable medical bills. For hospitals, they can indicate preventable expenses for the health care system, backlogs in emergency departments What to do if you feel the hospital is discharging you too soon 08/13/2018 08:00pm • For the most part, long hospital stays are a thing of the past. Factors such as pressure from insurers to keep costs down, advances in care that speed recovery, more procedures and tests done on an outpatient basis, and the serious concern a longer stay could increase patient risk -- for instance th Left-Handers Day: A time to celebrate the left stuff 08/13/2018 05:05am • WASHINGTON — Monday is a day to celebrate all that’s left with the world: It’s Left-Handers Day, intended to recognize those who come at the world from a different angle, but often get to places right-handers don’t. “Overall, it’s a good thing to be a left-handed person,” said Dr. G How Can I Find the Best Spinal Surgeon? 08/12/2018 08:00pm • The human spine is a marvelous structure, consisting of 33 bones stacked neatly one atop the other. It provides a flexible yet strong scaffolding for the body, allowing you to stand upright, bend and twist all while also protecting your spinal cord -- the communications highway that threads a huge n What Do NFL Players Eat? 08/12/2018 08:00pm • For 28 years, I've worked as the sports dietitian for NFL teams -- first with the Pittsburgh Steelers and now with the Kansas City Chiefs -- and boy, how athletes' nutrition has changed. What used to be diets heavy on meats and fried foods are now meals focused around plants -- think stir fries, com Police chief: 1 killed after officer opens fire in Prince George's Co. 08/10/2018 02:16am • WASHINGTON — A man is dead after police said an officer shot and hit the person Thursday night in the Landover, Maryland, area. Update in Thursday's PGPD officer involved shooting on Sheriff Road. Despite life saving medical measures, doctors have pronounced the adult male suspect dead at the h Coping With Stress When You're in the Sandwich Generation 08/09/2018 08:00pm • You're working a full-time job, managing your home and raising your kids. And if you're like millions of middle-aged adults in U.S., you're also taking care of your aging parents. Without much warning, you've become part of the sandwich generation, squeezed between the needs of your kids and your o Lipoprotein(a): the Other 'Bad' Cholesterol 08/09/2018 08:00pm • You've probably heard about low-density lipoprotein, or "bad cholesterol," but did you know there's another cholesterol that may be equally bad? Called lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a) -- L-p-little-a -- for short, it's a cause of heart attacks, strokes, aortic valve disease, peripheral vascular disease an Why Measles Protection Absolutely Still Matters 08/09/2018 08:00pm • You've seen the images: hundreds of tiny red dots clumped so closely on the skin that they merge into blazing swaths on a child's face, back, torso and limbs. Although startling, these photos of measles may seem almost retro, like illustrations from a 1950s medical textbook. In 2000, health official What Are Breast Calcifications? 08/09/2018 08:00pm • Many women, once they reach a certain age, begin having mammograms on a regular schedule -- usually either annually or biannually starting at age 40, 45 or 50 -- to look for signs of breast cancer. This routine screening is something of a rite of passage for many women: The National Cancer Institut Beyond the Wrist: Rethinking Wearable Technology for Mental Health 08/09/2018 08:00pm • You may not remember 2014 as a particularly revolutionary year, but in the digital world, it was. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show that year, the smartwatch made its breakthrough, to the extent that there was a special Wrist Revolution section showcasing watches with the power and capacity of