Is It Safe for Elderly to Submerge Sprained Ankle in Ice Water?
Being that very elderly people have such thin skin, the question comes up of whether it’s safe to submerge their sprained ankle in ice water. Read more…
Can Acid Reflux Cause Red Irritated Tonsils?
It’s not a pretty sight: peering inside your mouth to see that your tonsils are red and irritated looking. The tonsils are in the path of acid reflux that makes it into the throat. The Read more...
Can Pain in Chest Under Clavicle Be Esophageal Cancer?
Pain under one’s clavicle in the chest area can have so many causes, and for those worrying that this means esophageal cancer – unfortunately, this IS a possible cause. Read more…
Can You Prevent Type 2 Diabetes with Whole Grains?
Whole grains are good for someone with type 2 diabetes, but is it a far reach to think that whole grains can outright prevent this metabolic disease? Read more…
Arm Pain when Heart Is Racing: Heart Attack or Anxiety?
Have you been trying to convince yourself that your symptom pair of a racing heart and arm pain is anxiety rather than a heart problem? Read more…
Constant Stomach Pain that Gets Worse Eating
The patient said she had continuous stomach pain day and night that got worse eating. Her doctors could not find anything wrong. Read more…
What’s the Slowest a Heart Attack Can Occur?
Is there a such thing as a slow motion heart attack? The “Hollywood heart attack” occurs in just seconds, but can real life heart attacks take hours to unfold? Read more…
Waking up Gasping for Air: Heart Problem, Cancer or Apnea?
You abruptly wake up from sleep gasping, feeling like you haven’t taken a breath for a whole minute. Is this your heart? Could it be cancer or sleep apnea? Read more…
What’ll Happen if You Don’t Treat LPR? Can You Get Cancer?
Not treating GERD can lead to cancer, but what could happen if you neglect to treat LPR? LPR is common, and it’s common for people to seek treatment, as its symptoms are often not easy Read more...
Knee Is Swollen and Hurts 8 Weeks After Replacement Surgery?
You had your knee replacement surgery eight weeks ago yet the knee is still pretty swollen and hurts. How normal – or abnormal – is this? Read more…
Swollen Stiff Knees after Basketball, Hurt When Bending
Whether you’re a younger adult or a middle-ager, it is never normal to get swollen stiff knees that hurt when you bend them after playing basketball. Read more…
Can the Need for Hip Replacement Surgery Be Prevented?
Is there anything one can do to prevent the actual need for a hip replacement surgery? This isn’t about avoiding surgery with conservative treatment for a bad hip. It’s about outright preventing the cartilage in Read more...
Pain Under Kneecap When Standing Up from Seated Position?
An orthopedic surgeon has simple and smart solutions for men and women who have pain under their kneecap upon rising from a seated position. Read more…
Housework Guidelines Following Hip Replacement Surgery
Here are the complete guidelines specifically for housework following a hip replacement surgery – from an orthopedic surgeon. “After a joint replacement, you can return to almost any reasonable activity of daily living,” begins Barbara Read more...
Can Treadmill Walking Cause Stress Fractures to the Foot?
Who’d ever think that walking on a treadmill can cause stress fractures to the feet, but it actually can. Does this mean that if you’ve never had a stress fracture in your foot, that you Read more...
Random Thumping in Ear Like a Moth Flying Around
Do you hear something thumping or fluttering around inside your ear, like a tiny moth flapping its wings? The good news is that you probably don’t have an actual moth inside your ear, if for Read more...
Why Your Heart Races and You Feel Anxiety After a Big Meal
It may happen soon after a big meal or a few hours after: a racing heart well over 100 beats per minute and lots of anxiety. You may have connected the dots early on, or Read more...
Different Kinds of Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis
The spasticity of multiple sclerosis doesn’t come in just one flavor. MS is an autuimmune disease involving the damage of the protective myelin sheath around nerve fibers and cells in the spinal cord and brain. Read more...
Why Don’t All People with Long QT Syndrome Have an ICD?
An ICD is implanted into patients with long QT syndrome to recharge the heart should it go into sudden cardiac arrest. So why aren’t ALL people with long QT syndrome given this implantable cardioverter device? Read more...
Why Does Playing Computer Video Games Make My Heart Pound?
Do you find that nearly every time you sit down to play a video game on your computer, it isn’t long before you can feel the pounding of your heart? Read Read more...