Updated: 05/17/2013 - Good communication between patients and physicians is critical to care, but the average person remembers less than half of what doctors say during their office visits.

Updated: 05/14/2013 - Hearing loss is the third most common physical condition after heart disease and arthritis. Hearing aids used to be the only option for those with moderate to severe hearing problems, but now an invisible device is giving patients a new choice.

Updated: 05/10/2013 - Millions of women suffer from an embarrassing problem that we don't want to talk about.

Updated: 05/09/2013 - It can cause embarrassment and even pain. Thousands of children suffer with urinary incontinence every day.

Updated: 05/08/2013 - Cancer, emphysema, and heart disease, using tobacco can cause them all. In fact, the National Cancer Institute says it's the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States.

Updated: 05/06/2013 - While athletes suffer from traumatic forms of the injury, for many others age is to blame for torn rotator cuffs. It's believed millions of Americans over 60 suffer from one.

Updated: 04/26/2013 - Too many women and those who love them know all too well that aggressive breast cancer can be very hard to beat. Even if women do overcome it, there's a good chance it could come back.

Updated: 04/25/2013 - From repairing torn ligaments to rebuilding bones, stem cell procedures are helping mankind in many ways. Now, man's best friend is getting in on the action too.

Updated: 04/19/2013 - 36 million adults in the U.S. report some degree of hearing loss, but only one in five people who could benefit from a hearing aid uses one. But now there is a new mouth device of all things that could help many hear much better.

Updated: 04/17/2013 - Having a baby is one of the most exciting times in a couple's life. Even so, the thought of the actually delivery, especially for first time mom and dads can be scary.

Updated: 04/17/2013 - For 15 million Americans with food allergies, what they eat could kill them. The problem seems to be on the rise too. The CDC reports an 18 percent increase between 1997 and 2007.

Updated: 04/11/2013 - Millions of couples suffer from infertility. While many people tend to think of it as being a problem with the woman, at least 50 percent of the time it's because of the man.