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About every 40 sec­onds, some­one in the Unit­ed States has a heart attack. Despite that star­tling sta­tis­tic, the good news is that not every chest pain or dis­com­fort is a sign of a heart attack. These symp­toms could just be signs of indigestion. 

Kid­ney stones are one of those med­ical con­di­tions that you may hear about, but don’t ful­ly under­stand how they may affect you until you are expe­ri­enc­ing them your­self. They are so painful that some peo­ple even com­pare pass­ing a kid­ney stone to the pain of childbirth.

A colonoscopy is a diag­nos­tic test that allows your gas­troen­terol­o­gist to exam­ine your large intes­tine for any abnor­mal­i­ties and pre-can­cer­ous growths called polyps. Dur­ing your colonoscopy, your doc­tor can obtain tis­sue sam­ples for fur­ther test­ing and remove any polyps found before they devel­op into can­cer­ous tumors. In addi­tion to screen­ing for col­orec­tal can­cer, colono­scopies may be used to diag­nose a num­ber of gas­troin­testi­nal issues and may be rec­om­mend­ed if you are expe­ri­enc­ing symp­toms including:

Can­cer screen­ings can catch can­cers ear­ly. That’s why rou­tine can­cer screen­ings are so impor­tant. Take this quiz to test your can­cer screen­ing knowledge.

Bone min­er­al den­si­ty (BMD) scans, also known as dual-ener­gy X‑ray absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA or DXA) scans, use a very small amount of radi­a­tion to deter­mine the min­er­al con­tent in your bones and tests for osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteopenia.

Ear­wax is a key part of keep­ing your ears healthy, but build up can be annoy­ing or even painful. Learn how you can remove ear­wax safely.

The hol­i­days are a time to enjoy friends and fam­i­ly, but can also bring on sea­son­al stress. Learn strate­gies to help you cope dur­ing the sea­son so you can enjoy this time of year.

Dur­ing the cold­est peri­od of the year, you are at greater risk for dif­fer­ent win­ter injuries, and health con­di­tions than at oth­er times dur­ing the year. One aspect of your health you may want to take into con­sid­er­a­tion is how much vit­a­min D you’re getting.