While we may pay attention to the skin on our arms, legs and face, we tend to forget about the skin on our scalp. Your scalp's overall health is as essential as the skin on the rest of your body.
It’s common knowledge that exercise benefits physical and mental health. Research shows that strength training for women, in particular, is beneficial in unique ways and doesn’t have to mean lifting heavy weights like a bodybuilder.
Lining up the walls of various supplement stories are a variety of protein powders promising to pile on muscles or squeezing that waist line. The real question is does it really work? We sit down with nutrition therapist Jacque Schwartz, RDN, LMNT, to get the big scoop on how protein powders work and what you can do with it to reach your goals.
The popularity of pre-workout supplements have increased among young men. With promises of big muscles and fat burning, these supplements have become a necessity for every workout. Are these claims fact or bust? We team up with Matt Tao, MD, and Rusty McKune, ATC, to dig into the truth behind these promises.
Everyone has 12 pairs of ribs wrapped around their chest to protect vital organs. If you think you've broken or fractured a rib, you should see a doctor for evaluation.
Nebraska Medicine surgeons are now offering rib and sternal fracture surgery that is speeding up recovery from chest wall injuries by increasing mobility, reducing pain and use of narcotics and lowering mortality.
Osteoporosis is often called the brittle bone disease. About one in two women and up to one in four men age 50 and older in the U.S. will break a bone due to osteoporosis. Learn what you can do to prevent osteoporosis.