You know a colonoscopy can miss colon cancer, right? So find out exactly why, and what questions to ask your doctor. Though a colonoscopy has saved the lives of many people by detecting precancerous polyps, [...]
Suppose a passenger on an airplane develops an apparent pulmonary embolism; what should, or CAN, you do? A deep vein thrombosis can develop while a person is on an airplane. What might be done for [...]
Here’s how to tell within seconds if the “blood” you see in your bowel movements is actually undigested beet juice. I juice beets all the time, and I experience “stool beeturia” as a result. Perhaps [...]
Wait till you find out how many times per minute anxiety can make a person burp. It’s no secret that anxiety can cause burping, but just how much? “In extreme cases, belching can occur up [...]
People in their mid 30s get colon cancer. Many doctors don't first suspect this in a symptomatic 30ish person, and the disease thus progresses until it's finally diagnosed. At the age of 35, the last [...]
Women with dense breasts have a significantly increased risk of breast cancer. Is the yearly mammogram often enough for adequate for tumor detection? Because dense tissue increases the risk of breast cancer, one may wonder [...]
What are the odds that if you uexplainably feel pain in both your back and your chest that it's a heart attack? Perhaps you’ve read that back pain can signal an oncoming heart attack, or [...]
Yes, children, teens and young adults can develop a potentially fatal blood clot, also known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Even fit kids, under the wrong circumstances, can end up with this serious condition [...]
There are at least 12 causes of blood clots or deep vein thromboses in children. No age is immune. Blood clots can occur anywhere in the body, but when they occur in larger vessels, they [...]
Too many upper endoscopies are being done unnecessarily, so if you have heartburn (GERD), take notice of this information. If you’ve been diagnosed with heartburn secondary to GERD, but you have not had an upper [...]
You’ll be shocked at what the greatest risk factor is for a DVT (deep vein thrombosis). If you're thinking that obesity is the strongest risk factor for a DVT -- you're on the right track [...]
A consistent walking program using a treadmill can dramatically reduce or even eliminate low back pain. But if you use a treadmill, there's a catch. A report in Clinical Rehabilitation presents conclusions of a walking-study [...]
Here is what a GI doctor says about how long beet juice in one’s stools can last. Beet juice in the stools, to some, is “cool,” but to others, is very frightening, as this can [...]
Find out what can likely cause a sudden sharp pain in the upper arm that’s not related to your heart. If you’ve been experiencing episodes of a sudden and sharp pain located in your upper [...]
Obesity is one of the leading risk factors for osteoarthritis knee pain; it stands to reason that weight loss will improve the condition. If you have knee pain, particularly osteoarthritis, and are overweight, then weight [...]
Find out which procedure, the MR arthrography or a standard MRI, is better at detecting a rotator cuff tear. Diagnosing a rotator cuff tear or other type of tissue tear isn’t always as simple as [...]
If you have constant pain from a torn rotator cuff, the reverse total shoulder replacement may be a realistic option. If you have a completely torn rotator cuff and suffer with constant shoulder pain, no [...]
Find out what kind of shoulder surgery is safer for elderly patients suffering with debilitating rotator cuff pain. An elderly person may be concerned about complications from shoulder surgery. However, a Rush University Medical Center [...]
Find out the difference between frozen shoulder and arthritis symptoms, and how to treat frozen shoulder without surgery. The medical term for frozen shoulder is adhesive capsulitis, and it can be misdiagnosed as arthritis due [...]
Yes it’s true that the blood pressure drug Lisinopril can cause you to pass out. That's a tough situation to be in: hearing you have high blood pressure but that the medication for this can [...]
What can you do to increase ejection fraction if you don’t want to take medications that might cause fainting? “There are really no other good ways of increasing ejection fraction other than medications,” says Dr. [...]
A cardiologist explains eight conditions that can cause constant chest pain but no other symptoms. What can possibly cause constant chest pain and no other symptoms? The most common cause is angina, says Dr. Sameer [...]
Yes, stress and anxiety can cause chest muscles to spasm, resulting in scary “chest pain.” Chest pain has many causes, including a heart attack in progress, clogged coronary arteries, and muscle spasms induced by stress [...]
Wait till you find out the likely cause of sharp, stabbing chest pain when all your heart tests keep coming back normal. If you’ve been having sharp, stabbing or otherwise severe chest pain, but the [...]
The coronary calcium scoring procedure is very accurate at predicting the likelihood of the presence of heart disease, but does this mean that a result of zero automatically means you can’t possibly have any heart [...]
Find out what can happen if stress is causing your resting heart rate to be in the 90s. Have you noticed that whenever you take your resting heart rate, it’s in the 90s, even though [...]
Find out if it’s possible to have angina at rest but not during or resulting from exercise or physical activity. You may know that it’s possible to experience angina during exercise or physical exertion, but [...]
A cardiologist explains what causes resting heart rate to speed up as the day goes on. “The resting heart rate is the lowest at night while sleeping as well as during the first minutes after [...]
Find out what a cardiologist has to say about how long resting heart rate should stay elevated after intense exercise. Those who faithfully exercise will be curious about resting heart rate. “Pulse should be elevated [...]
Find out just what “tarry” stools look like when compared to black BMs from benign causes like food or medications. How often have you read a pamphlet or online article about colon cancer and came [...]
A GI doctor describes benign causes of oily or greasy bowel movements. Do your stools look slimy, oily or greasy? If they appear different lately, you should see a gastroenterologist, since only a doctor can [...]
“Black stools are often a sign of bleeding from a site in the upper GI tract, such as an ulcer, etc.,” says Michael Blume, MD, a gastroenterologist at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore. What else can [...]
Find out if bloody stools can be the only symptom of colon cancer. How likely is it that if you see blood in your stools, but do not have any other symptoms (e.g., unexplained weight [...]
It’s not true that irritable bowel syndrome can affect menstruation. “IBS, while a disorder that can cause rather inconvenient symptoms, is not a dangerous disease, and is not associated with any increased risk for other [...]
Find out what might be causing the debilitating burning in your feet. I fell in love with my husband on the dance floor. Yet, when I was diagnosed with type II diabetes at age 45, [...]
Black stools can mean a serious medical problem, so how can you tell if this discoloration is from beets? Have your stools appeared black lately, and did you wonder if this wasn’t from having recently [...]
A doctor addresses the question of how do black stools from colon cancer compare to those caused by acid reflux. I wanted to know if there were distinct differences in the appearance of black stools [...]
There are several possible causes of nausea that occurs when you work out. Are you troubled by the onset of nausea every time, or almost every time, you put in a good hard workout? And [...]
The probable cause of dizziness when an elderly person eats is related to the aging process, says a doctor. Do you know of an elderly person who reports feeling dizzy when they eat (or shortly [...]
Do you awaken every morning with your nose blocked up with hard goop or crud that can't be blown out? Even in the absence of a cold, a person can suffer from a blocked nose [...]
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