Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published on May 1, 2021. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase ...

Your feet might be telling you more about your heart than you realize. While seemingly unrelated, mounting evidence suggests that foot discomfort may serve as an early warning system for ...

Cynthia Elford loves to travel and hike, but a few years ago, her Type 1 diabetes made getting around nearly impossible. By 2018, the Pennsylvania grandmother faced the possibility of losing her right ...

University of Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders gives fist bumps to cheerleaders before the Spring football game as part of Black and Gold Day on April 22, 2023. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo for ...

Dr. Sarah Burns, Optum Care Washington Podiatrist, shares why foot health matters and how to protect it. Sponsored by Optum ...

Persistent foot and ankle swelling can be an early indicator of serious health issues like heart failure, liver disease, or blood clots. Recognizing symptoms such as fluid buildup, discoloration, or ...

Cold hands and feet are not just uncomfortable—they can indicate poor circulation. Circulation is the body’s process of delivering oxygen and nutrients from the heart to muscles, skin, and organs.

A persistent cramp in the pinky toe can signal peripheral artery disease (PAD), indicating reduced blood flow to the lower extremities. This condition, caused by plaque buildup in arteries, mirrors ...

Always have cold feet? This isn't always caused by poor circulation – an underactive thyroid, anaemia or nerve damage can also be the culprit. Christin Klose/dpa Having chronically cold feet isn't ...

You probably check your feet for cuts, blisters, or fungal infections, but there’s an unusual warning sign hiding in your feet that could indicate developing diabetes long before your blood sugar ...

Leonardo Da Vinci famously said, “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” He was amazed that such a seemingly small part of the human body could carry it for an entire ...