Living with a Colostomy

If you get a colostomy, your medical team will talk to you while you’re still in the hospital after the surgery about how to take care of it and wi...

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Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy (koh-luh-NAH-skuh-pee) lets the physician look inside your entire large intestine, from the lowest part, the rectum, all the way up thr...

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What Causes The Flu?

The virus enters your body when you touch your hands to your nose, eyes, or mouth. You can spread the flu 7 days after symptoms start. The CDC make...

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Vitamin C for The Common Cold

At the very first sign of cold symptoms, many people reach for Vitamin C, whether in supplements, juices, cough drops, tea, or other forms. In 2010...

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Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever?

If you cook them, use as little liquid as possible to keep the nutrients in the food. Foods rich in beta carotene and other carotenoids include: Ap...

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