Your hormones play a huge role in your body weight, which is why hormonal imbalances can lead to weight gain or loss. In this blog, let's talk more about this relationship. We'll also discuss how your hormones change over time. Finally, we'll explore what this means for the amount of body fat you carry.

Every male makes prostate specific antigen (PSA). PSA is a protein produced by the prostate gland. The amount you're producing is one variable healthcare providers consider when evaluating your overall health. In particular, a PSA test is one of the most common methods for prostate cancer screening.

Maybe you're actively trying to get pregnant. Or perhaps, you just had a missed period. You decide to take a home pregnancy test that involves using a test strip in the bathroom. While these are quick and convenient, they also leave room for error. In particular, you might receive a false-positive or false-negative pregnancy test result.

The American Cancer Society says that in 2025, there will be approximately 313,780 new cases of prostate cancer and 35,770 deaths from it. Prostate cancer is one of the most treatable types of cancer, leading many of us to ask: Can you cure prostate cancer? This blog will answer that question and more. Learn about the various stages of this cancer, methods to diagnose it, and what treatment can look like.

The thyroid gland lives in your neck and plays a huge role in hormone production—and hormone production is crucial to nearly every bodily process. What you consume can affect thyroid function for better or worse, so in this blog, we're talking about certain foods that may support thyroid health and boost your overall wellness.

Gluten has received a lot of hate from the media, and misinformation has been abundant. This has led to many individuals opting for a gluten-free diet, even if they don't have the whole story quite yet. In this blog, we're going to discuss whether or not eating gluten truly is bad for the body, what celiac disease is, how it differs from gluten sensitivity, gluten-free foods, and more.

Our hormones change throughout the course of our lives. Women experience fluctuations due to their menstrual cycle, and then again when they begin their menopausal transition, also called perimenopause. When you start to experience the symptoms of menopause, what's going on in your body? What are your hormones doing?

When you're trying to get pregnant, there's a list of things that healthcare providers recommend you don't consume (or consume minimally), one of which is caffeine. But how exactly does caffeine affect fertility? If you're trying to become pregnant, why should you watch your daily caffeine intake and maybe forgo another cup of coffee? Importantly, what is a safe daily caffeine intake if you're trying to get pregnant?

When we think about the damage that alcohol intake causes to the body, our minds often go to the liver. But did you know that there's a connection between alcohol and heart disease?

You don't need us to tell you that smoking is bad for you. It causes tremendous damage to your lungs and heart, and cigarette smoke is also dangerous for the people around you. But what's the connection between smoking and reproductive health, specifically? If you're a smoker but quit before trying to get pregnant, can you still experience fertility problems?

Have you been trying to conceive for the last several years but, frustratingly, it's not going anywhere? You and your partner may be thinking of starting fertility testing. But when is the right time? How soon is too soon? In this blog, learn more about when you might want to start considering fertility testing, how it works, what the results can tell you, and what some of your fertility treatment options are.

Does one of your parents have heart disease? Or perhaps the problem has occurred somewhere else in your family tree. Whether you have distant or immediate family members who have experienced some sort of heart disorder, you're probably wondering, "What are my chances of eventually living with hereditary heart disease?"

Maybe it's a peanut allergy that makes your face swell up. Perhaps, if you eat tree nuts, your throat starts to feel itchy. Or it could be an egg allergy that makes brunch a real drag. Are you stuck with these symptoms forever, or is it possible to outgrow allergies?

Your eating habits impact your health both mentally and physically. A healthy diet is vital for whole-body wellness. Your nutrition isn't solely about your body weight, either—what you consume affects all of your body's processes.

In a single year, about 805,000 Americans will have a heart attack. Around 200,000 of those people will have already had a heart attack in their lives. You might know that a heart attack can commonly manifest as pain in the left arm, but what else is happening at that moment?

Whether due to age or health issues, many people experience a loss of sexual desire in their lives—up to one in five men and even more so for women. A loss of libido can affect us as individuals, as well as cause significant relationship problems. In this blog, let's talk about what can lead to a low sex drive and what you can do to improve your sex drive.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection marked by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and it mostly affects the lungs. While TB isn't yet eradicated in the United States, we have one of the lowest rates of TB disease in the world. Still, that doesn't mean that TB infection isn't a threat to your health — especially if you travel to other parts of the world where it's more prominent. In this blog, learn whether or not TB disease is fully curable, how it's treated, what the recovery process looks like, and more.

Sexually transmitted infections can spread more easily than you think. You can even catch an STD from kissing! Before you engage in any sexual activity, especially if you're doing so with someone for the first time, it helps to know how you can best look after your own sexual health and that of your partner(s).

The World Health Organization says that fertility problems impact one in six people. There are many potential variables and causes of infertility. Are genes one of them? In this blog, we consider if and how genetic factors and family history affect fertility.

With 2024 quickly coming to a close, many of us are considering our resolutions for 2025. Frequently at the top of the list are health goals like losing weight, quitting smoking, and cutting back on drinking alcohol. Those are all excellent ways to improve both your mental and physical health, but we're going to suggest a few additional health goals that might be overlooked but are still equally important for your overall well-being.

There are all sorts of misconceptions and myths about STDs. A lot of people don't know that yes, you can get a sexually transmitted infection from kissing. There's also confusion about what type of protection, exactly, condoms provide. In this blog, we're answering one common question: Can you pick up an STD from a toilet seat?