Vibration plates: Are there health benefits?
Plenty of fitness devices get buzz online. But it’s not often that you come across a fitness device that is, well, actually buzzy.
Enter vibration plates. These slightly elevated platforms shake rapidly as you stand or workout on them. Imagine balancing your entire body on an XL massage gun, and you get the picture.
So, how do these devices work? And, perhaps more to the point, do they work? Here, MD Anderson experts share...
Vitamin D deficiencies: What to know
Vitamin D is often associated with sunshine, but getting outside isn’t the only way to get its benefits. Vitamin D is also found in some foods...
5 questions about bone health and cancer
Losing bone density is common as you age, when cells that help rebuild bones aren’t replaced as quickly. Because of this, your bones may become...
Specialized orthopedic oncology procedures preserve patients’ active lifestyles
You’d never guess that Luke Adkins is a cancer survivor by looking at him.
But the 24-year-old paramedic had his entire left knee and part of his femur replaced with an endoprosthesis (an artificial bone and joint) in 2011 due to osteosarcoma, and MD Anderson’s Orthopaedic Oncology department has kept him active and on his feet.
“I feel very fortunate,” Luke says. “I live in Lubbock, and removal of my leg was pretty much...
HER2+ breast cancer survivor shares hope
When Dorothy Paterson discovered a lump in her right breast while showering in 1998, she didn’t believe it at first.
“I tried to wish...