Painless Slow Growing Lump Bulge in Thumb: What Is This?
Have you suddenly become aware of a bulging or lumpy area in your thumb that doesn’t hurt? […]
Can Loose Hanging Skin Affect a Blood Pressure Reading?
Have you lost weight, have a bunch of loose hanging skin and are wondering if this could throw off your blood pressure reading? […]
Ripping Chest Pain Lasting 5 Seconds: Get to the ER
Sudden ripping chest pain, even for only five seconds, can mean a life threatening situation; get to the ER as soon as possible. It occurred when she bent over, and it had spread to the [...]
Is Climbing Stairs for Exercise Safe for Heart Patients?
Heart patients may be encouraged to regularly exercise such as walking, dancing or cycling after a cardiac procedure. […]
Should Elderly People Flip Tires for Exercise?
Can you be too old to flip a tire for exercise? Is tire flipping more dangerous than beneficial for elderly people? […]
Skin Indents All Over Your Arm from a Tight Sleeve
Here’s the reason for all those indents and marks on your arm after wearing a tight sleeve or leaning your arm into something with texture. Even wrinkles or patterns from fabric will imprint into your [...]
Scheduled Colonoscopy in 3 Years: Is it Safe to Wait 4 Years?
If your doctor says to have a repeat colonoscopy in three years due to polyps, how risky is it to wait four years? Can that extra 12 months really make a difference? […]
Can Binge Eating Ever Cause Your Stomach to Rupture?
Do you ever binge on ridiculous amounts of food in one sitting, then feel like your stomach will burst? Do you worry about a fatal stomach rupture? How many times have you eaten so much [...]
Medical Conditions that Can Be Missed Due to Obesity
Obesity doesn’t just cause serious disease; it also impairs the detection of serious medical conditions. This isn’t about a physician mistakenly assuming that a patient’s symptoms are being caused by her obesity, and hence, “missing” [...]
Can a Hiatal Hernia Cause LPR?
LPR can be very bothersome and even disruptive. Is there a connection between LPR and a hiatal hernia? […]
Can a Hiatal Hernia Cause Upper Right Abdominal Pain?
Right upper abdominal pain is scary because that’s where the liver, pancreas and gallbladder are. But can a hiatal hernia cause pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen? […]
Can an Upper Endoscopy Miss a Hiatal Hernia?
A hiatal hernia can cause symptoms alarming enough to make you think you might have something much more serious. […]
Does Reflux Esophagitis Cause a Sore Throat?
Has your throat been sore or burning lately? Do you also have recurring acid reflux that has possibly led to esophagitis? How does all of this tie together? […]
Can a Groove on One Side of Your Poops Mean Colon Cancer?
Have you noticed that sometimes there’s a groove or long indent on one side of your poops? Could this mean anything significant such as colon cancer? […]
The Smallest a Colon Cancer Tumor Can Be when Found?
Colon cancer is found during a colonoscopy, when a scope enables a physician to view the colon’s interior. Just how small can a colon cancer be when visualized? […]
Should All Obese People Get Yearly Barrett’s Esophagus Screening?
Since obesity is a risk factor for esophageal cancer, and this disease usually begins as Barrett’s esophagus, should all obese people get an annual screening for this precancerous condition? […]
Can a Hiatal Hernia Cause Vomiting Blood?
The vomiting of blood, even small amounts, warrants a prompt visit to a doctor and has numerous potential causes. Can a hiatal hernia ever be one? […]
Can Obesity Make It Harder for a Colonoscopy to Find Cancer?
Obesity doesn’t just cause serious disease; it also hinders medical procedures. […]
Top Five Ways to Whiten Your Yellow Teeth
If you suffer from yellow teeth, here are the 5 best ways to help whiten them, plus what you should never do — explained by a leading dentist. […]
Can Different Brain Tumor Symptoms Come and Go?
Since a brain tumor stays fixed in place, it stands to reason that once you get symptoms, they will be constant. Or might they actually come and go? […]
How Long Can a Brain Tumor Cause ONLY Headaches?
How long can you have only headaches before you can say, “It can’t possibly be a brain tumor because so much time has gone by without any other symptoms”? […]
If an MRI Shows a Brain Tumor Are You Told Sooner?
Do the results of your MRI (brain tumor vs. normal) determine how soon you hear back from your doctor? […]
The Different Phantom Smells that a Brain Tumor Can Cause
Smelling something that isn’t there (phantosmia) can be caused by a brain tumor. There are different kinds of odors that a person may smell as a result of a brain tumor. When a person begins [...]
Can MRI Wrongly Show High Grade Glioma that’s Really Low Grade?
Did your MRI show a high grade glioma? Could it possibly be low grade? How accurate is the MRI at telling a high grade from a low grade brain tumor? A glioma type of brain [...]
Do Brain Tumors Grow Back or Were They Never All Removed?
Two of the most frightening words anyone can hear is, “It’s back.” This refers to a brain tumor that’s returned after having been surgically removed. Other treatment would have involved targeted radiation, in which a [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause Your Head to Suddenly Feel Heavy?
You’re going about your day when suddenly your head feels heavy. It doesn’t last long and then you feel perfectly normal. Could a brain tumor be the cause? “Brain tumor symptoms can vary greatly,” points [...]
5 Ways Prostate Cancer Can Cause Weight Loss
Men with prostate cancer may experience unintended and significant weight loss. There are five reasons why this can happen. […]
18 Causes of Foot Drop Including Benign and Serious like ALS
There are 11 benign causes of foot drop, but there are also more serious conditions including five that can kill you. If you've been noticing what seems to be foot drop in one of your [...]
Postmenopausal and Have Hot Flashes First Thing in the Morning?
Are you postmenopausal and seem to get a hot flash every morning the moment you get out of bed? […]
Why Does Sneezing Cause the Lower Abs to Twitch?
Do you sometimes get a twitch in your lower abdominal area right after sneezing? Sometimes it’s two or three twitches – a split second after a big sneeze. […]
Colonoscopy vs. Colposcopy: What’s the Difference?
Have you seen both “colonoscopy” and “colposcopy” in the same information about one of these procedures? If you’re confused, here’s the difference. […]
Asthma Go-Bag Helps Parents of Asthmatic Kids Be Organized
If you’re a busy, harried parent struggling to keep your child’s asthma essentials organized, the Asthma KidCare Go-Bag is just what you need. […]
Does Your Little Girl Want One Braid and One Pigtail?
Do you have a young daughter who wants a braid on one side and a pigtail on the other? Here’s what you should know if you won’t allow this. […]
Can Young Women Get Esophageal Cancer?
Esophageal cancer is associated with older men. But young women actually can develop esophageal cancer. […]
Can Esophageal Cancer Cause a Bloody Taste in the Mouth?
Do you have symptoms making you fear esophageal cancer and have recently begun tasting blood? A tumor in the esophagus is fairly close to the throat. […]
What Is Esophageal Cancer Often Misdiagnosed As?
Esophageal cancer can be misdiagnosed especially in women. And why don’t more doctors promptly order an upper endoscopy when the patient reports suspicious symptoms? […]
Why Is Cancer Scarier than Heart Disease Which Kills More People?
Why is cancer more terrifying than heart disease if heart disease kills way more people than cancer? Why is “You have cancer” more frightening than “You have heart disease”? […]
Does Your Foot Move when Your Calf Muscle Twitches?
Is it more likely a sign of a motor neuron disease if when your calf muscle twitches, your foot involuntarily moves with it? […]
Why Do Some Kids Have COVID-19 Lung Complications?
For a very small number of children, relative to total number infected, COVID-19 has caused serious lung complications. What is different about these kids? “Overall children with SARS-CoV-2 infection causing COVID-19 illness have not had [...]
Lung Cancer in Teens from Smoking: How Possible Is This?
Being that some teens who smoke took up the habit when they were only 12, or even 10, how likely could they get lung cancer while still a teen? […]
