As told to Jacquelyne Froeber January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. I was standing in the checkout line at Walmart when my phone rang. It was my gynecologist. “Karen, your Pap test came back abnormal — you need to come in for a biopsy,” she said. I sighed. Here we go again. Eighteen months earlier, I’d been diagnosed with breast cancer. Thankfully, we caught it early, but it was still cancer. I was 46 at the time and didn’t see Healthy

Español Durante su último año en la Universidad agrónoma y mecánica de Florida, Sharon Harris estudiaba a tiempo completo, tenía tres trabajos y lidiaba con los demás requerimientos de la vida universitaria cuando empezó a sentirse enferma. Visitó a un doctor y fue a la sala de emergencias por problemas gastrointestinales y los proveedores de atención médica (HCP, por sus siglas en inglés) pensaban que era posible que tenga la enfermedad de Crohn. El medicamento que recibió no fue útil, Healthy

I grew up in Michigan and moved to Alabama after college. It was hard to leave my family and friends, but we promised to meet up every May in Louisville for the Kentucky Derby. I looked forward to that weekend all year. I spent months finding the perfect dress and floppy hat and made a paper chain countdown calendar that looped around my tiny kitchen (sorry to my roommates! And to all the trees — there were a lot of Healthy

In late 2011, Dana Walker knew something was wrong when she kept getting winded walking up a small hill from the parking garage to her office. She was also getting unusually exhausted after sparring during tae kwon do practices. “I would be completely out of breath, and my mouth would be very dry, so I was constantly running to get water,” Walker said. “My throat was just dry as a bone.” Walker thought she might have diabetes because of her Healthy

February 28, 2025 is Rare Disease Day. By definition, “rare” means uncommon. Unusual. Words you typically don’t think of when you’re thinking about your health. But living with a rare disease is a reality for a lot of people. Rare diseases affect 400 million people worldwide and 30 million people in the U.S. That means about 1 in 10 Americans are living with a rare disease. You’ve probably heard of some of the more well-known examples, such as cystic fibrosis Healthy

English En los últimos meses de 2011, Dana Walker sabía que algo estaba mal cuando tenía dificultades para respirar al subir una loma pequeña desde el parqueadero a su oficina. También estaba quedando inusualmente exhausta después de entrenar taekwondo. « Me quedaba completamente sin aliento y con mi boca muy seca, así que corría continuamente para tomar agua », dijo Walker. « Mi garganta se ponía tan seca como un hueso ». Walker pensó que podía tener diabetes debido a la sed continua. Le Healthy