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Managing Your Weight the Healthy Way

The best way to take control of your weight is to shift your lifestyle habits to center on sound nutrition and sensible practices. Focus on your overall health and not exclusively on weight loss. You may be able to prevent or reverse heart disease. Read More

Understanding the Basics of Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is often seen as a catch-all term that centers on surgical solutions for altering one鈥檚 physical appearance. However, it鈥檚 important to know the different areas within plastic surgery, and how they apply to the purpose you may be pursuing when considering such a procedure. Read More

Diversity in Clinical Trials: Preparing Physicians to Make a Difference

The U.S. has become increasingly diverse, yet that diversity is not reflected in the clinical trials that play a key role in which new medicines are approved and, ultimately, prescribed to the general public. Read More

That Gut Feeling: Tips for Improving Digestive Health

A healthy gut plays a big role in supporting heart health, brain health, and the immune system, and may also help prevent some cancers. Read More

Understanding the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit

Taking steps to maintain all-around good health is important for preventing serious or chronic disease. One of the best ways to better understand your overall health is to have an annual wellness exam that enables you to identify any potential health risks. Read More

Global Health Equity: Envisioning the Future

MSM鈥檚 newly established Office of Global Health Equity (OGHE) hosted its inaugural symposium on November 28th, 2018. Over 300 international and domestic global health and development experts, researchers, advocates, community leaders and students, joined us in imagining a way forward in the pursuit of global health equity. Read More