The Unexpected Rewards of Geocaching

The health benefits you’ll enjoy when searching for hidden “treasures” are just icing on the cake.

5 Tips to Help You Sleep Better Naturally

A good night’s sleep is good for your heart. Here are 5 strategies to sleep better.

12 Good Reasons to Reduce Stress This Year

We hate being stressed and it’s not good for our health, so here’s how to cope with it better.

Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) occurs when arteries in the legs become narrowed or dogged with plaque (cholesterol) – referred to as atherosclerosis – reducing blood flow to the legs. PVD can lead to leg pain when walking (claudication), disability, and even amputation. Blocked leg arteries can be a red flag that other arteries, including those…

Making, Keeping, and (Sometimes), Breaking New Year’s Resolutions

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Lung volume reduction surgery is used to improve breathing in some patients with severe emphysema, a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). During surgery, small wedges of damaged lung tissue are removed to allow the remaining tissue to function better.

Pulmonary Resections

Pulmonary resection is a minimally-invasive thoracic surgery procedure to remove part or the entire lung. Types of resection include: Wedge Resection – surgery to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue Segmentectomy – surgery to remove a section of a lobe of lung Lobectomy – surgery to remove one lobe of the lung Bilobectomy – surgery…

Thoracic (Lung) Surgery

Lung surgery is surgery done to repair or remove lung tissue. There are many common lung surgeries, including: Biopsy of an unknown growth Lobectomy, to remove one or more lobes of a lung Pneumonectomy, to remove a lung Surgery to prevent the buildup or return of fluid to the chest (pleurodesis) Surgery to remove an…

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Surgery (VATS)

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a minimally-invasive surgical technique used to diagnose and treat problems in the chest. During a VATS procedure, a thoracoscope and surgical instruments are inserted into the patient’s chest through one or more small incisions in the chest wall. The thoracoscope transmits images of the inside of the chest onto a video…

Interesting Spices from Around the Globe

Spice up your meals without salt by trying some of these exotic spices and spice blends.