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Obesity is a serious, chronic disease that can inflict substantial harm to a person’s health. Learn about obesity causes and obesity health effects.

Keeping extra weight off needs effort and commitment, just as losing weight does.

Metabolic syndrome is a condition that includes the presence of a cluster of risk factors specific for cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome greatly raises the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, stroke, or all three.

A hip fracture is a break in the thighbone (femur) of your hip joint. Learn more about hip fractures, including the causes, who is at risk, what the symptoms are, how it's diagnosed, and how to prevent it.

Targeted therapy is the use of medicines that take aim on parts of cancer cells that make them different from healthy cells.

Radiation proctitis occurs from having radiation treatment for cancer in the pelvic area. It can cause rectal pain, bleeding, and problems with pooping (bowel movements).

After surgery for colorectal cancer, many people worry that cancer might come back. But research has shown that having chemotherapy after surgery, sometimes along with radiation therapy, may reduce the risk of cancer returning in some people. This is called adjuvant therapy.

Targeted therapy is a treatment that uses medicines to kill cancer cells or slow their growth. These medicines target certain parts of some cancer cells.

Gallbladder cancer is when cancer starts in cells that make up the gallbladder. It's not a common cancer.