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• Best Apps to Monitor Your Heart Health

  If you want to monitor your heart health between doctor visits, consider using a mobile app. Whether you want to monitor your heart rate or blood pressure, several apps, many of them free, will give you accurate results right at home. But remember: These apps are meant to provide you with information that you can share with your doctor to inform health decisions and not to replace visits to your doctor.

• What is the Difference Between a Heart Attack and Stroke?

  A heart attack happens when blood gets cut off to part of the heart; a stroke occurs when blood gets cut off from the brain. Although they have similar risk factors, they have different symptoms and treatment options. Here, we explain some of the similarities and differences.

• Back-to-School Health Tips for your Family

  As kids are getting back into the swing of school and homework, parents and caregivers have a little homework themselves. This time of year is a good time to anticipate children’s annual medical visits, as well as to reinforce healthy habits and prepare for the year ahead. Here is a little homework to set your child up for success – and good health – as they return to school.

• Non-smokers Can Get Lung Cancer, Too: Important Facts to Know

  Lung cancer does not only happen to smokers. Non-smokers are also at risk for lung cancer. In addition to second-hand smoke, non-smokers can get lung cancer from other contributing factors such as asbestos, radon and air pollution. Luckily, there are innovations in screenings and treatments that are moving the field of lung cancer forward and improving patient outcomes.

• How to Tell the Difference Between a Sore Throat and Strep Throat

  You wake up with a scratchy throat. But what do you do next? Do you reach for hot tea or call a doctor? It depends. If a sore throat is caused by a cold or flu, you may be able to wait it out and treat it at home. If it’s caused by strep throat, however, you’ll need to go to a doctor to get antibiotics. Here are ways to tell the difference between the two, and why those differences are so important. But be careful: It can be difficult to tell a sore throat and strep throat apart, so a visit to a doctor for a definite diagnosis is often the right move.

• The Connection Between Breast Rash and Cancer

  Almost always, a rash on the breast is due to a minor and treatable condition, such as an infection or allergy. Rarely, though, it can be due to something more severe like inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). This is a type of breast cancer that develops quite differently than most breast cancers. Instead of lumps, inflammatory breast cancer can appear with a rash.