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Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: A Fresh Look at Healthy Goals in the New Year
Heading into a new year, it feels like a great time to mix things up. So, after several years interviewing leaders in health and medicine to get their insight for this column, I thought it seemed only fair to turn the tables and have a colleague interview me. The result was a great discussion that […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Genetic Testing for Cancer Is Becoming More Common. What Should We Know?
Of the many advances in science and technology over the past 25 years, genetic testing is arguably one of the most notable. Once a rare part of health care, it is now becoming much more common. And it’s possible that someone you know — or maybe even you — has had it done. Most often, […]
Clinical, Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource
Gentle Vaginal Dryness Moisturizers to Use After Cancer
If you’re facing vaginal dryness, painful sex or low libido after cancer treatment, please know this: you’re not alone and there is help. Many women treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or hormone therapy (like tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors) experience changes that make intimacy uncomfortable and painful, and understandably lower interest in sex, too. There are many […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: How Sleep and Exercise Can Help Kids’ Health and Grades
Now that kids are back in school, families are settling into their new routines after a long summer break. It can certainly be a busy time for everyone. But this transition can also be a great opportunity to help our kids — and our households — build healthy behaviors that can carry through the year, […]
Health & Wellness, In the Media
It’s Never Too Late for Those With Cancer To Quit Smoking
Smoking cessation program developed by WashU Medicine researchers at Siteman Cancer Center is more effective at prolonging life than some chemotherapies Around 25% of people with cancer in the U.S. are active smokers when they are diagnosed, and studies have found that many of them continue to smoke during treatment. This may be due in […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: 15 Small Steps With Big Rewards
Surveys show that most of us place a high priority on our health and wellness. That’s probably not surprising to hear. But as common a goal as improving health is, it can sometimes feel like a mystery how we can actually work toward it, with busy days filled with work, family and other important activities. […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Should You Sip or Skip Your Favorite Summer Drink?
For something so simple, there can be something surprisingly enjoyable about a cold drink on a hot day. It can quench our thirst, cool us down and just taste great. And during these warm months when we need to drink more than usual to stay hydrated, it’s important to choose drinks that we like, but […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Staying Cool and Sun-Safe This Summer
Food sizzling on the grill is one of the classic sounds of summer — right up there with kids splashing in sprinklers and the crack of a bat at the ballpark. That sizzling can also be a good stand-in for how we might feel outside on a sweltering day. With a little planning, though, we […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Make Wellness Part of Spring Cleaning
There’s always the same 24 hours in a day, but somehow when we hit spring, it can seem like we get some extra time. With more daylight and warmer weather, the days can just feel like they’re expanding. And with that shift can come a boost in our energy and motivation to tackle lingering projects […]
Health & Wellness, Patient Education Resource, Prevention
For Your Health: Move More, Live Better
It’s likely no surprise to read that physical activity is good for us. In fact, it may be hard to go a full day without seeing something positive about exercise and physical activity on the news or social media. What can sometimes get lost in all that, though, is how wide-ranging the benefits of physical […]