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How Can You Adjust to the Fall Time Change?
Clocks shifting back an hour can temporarily disrupt your sleep, mood, energy, and your own internal clock. Our doctors offer tips on how to adjust and feel better.
Dear Dartmouth Health: What Does 'Hormonal Imbalance' Mean?
You may have seen chatter on social media about hormonal imbalance during perimenopause. Ignore the hearsay and find out what really happens during this time of hormonal variation.
How to Decide on Care, Treatment, and Advance Directives for Serious Illness
Here's what to think about when doing advance care planning around what medical interventions you might or might not want if you get seriously ill.
What Are Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that causes involuntary movements, stiffness, and balance problems. Symptoms can start long before you think it's anything serious.
Using AI for Your Health? Here's What to Watch Out For
AI technology can be a useful tool to help better understand your symptoms and treatment. Just be careful what you share with an AI chatbot.
What Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and What Conditions Does It Treat?
Hyperbaric oxygen chambers treat a growing number of conditions, including decompression sickness or the bends. Make sure the treatment you're getting is medically proven to help.
Is That Pain in Your Foot Plantar Fasciitis?
When you get out of bed in the morning, you might feel a sudden, stabbing pain in your heel, almost like stepping on a Lego. Those first few uncomfortable steps are a classic sign of plantar fasciitis, the most common cause of heel pain.
How to Lower Suicide Risk
Suicide rates may have been climbing in recent years. But communities, schools, healthcare systems, and families are now engaging on how to help, as quickly and appropriately as they can.
Do You Need a Bone Density Scan?
A bone density scan, also called a DXA or DEXA scan, measures how much mineral is in certain bones. The results reveal whether your bone density is normal, a bit low (osteopenia), or low enough to be called osteoporosis.
Confused About Whether to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
There is an uptick of COVID-19 in some areas. Find out about the 2026-2027 guidelines on whether to get vaccinated.