Many smokers never get lung cancer, but then again, most lung cancer patients are smokers. Furthermore, if smokers lived longer, it’s fair to wonder how many would have eventually developed lung cancer. […]
There’s a reason you should never think you, or your child, is too young to develop multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that can cause severe disability and a host of symptoms. […]
Is there a difference between the symptoms of late onset MS and early onset MS? […]
If you’ve been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, you have more control over how long you live than you may think. There ARE ways to maximize your life expectancy even though you have MS. [...]
The key word is “both” feet. Unfortunately, your fear of diabetes or a spinal tumor as the cause of burning and tingling is realistic. But most causes of this symptom pair are certainly not from [...]
Patients with chronic heart failure often have insufficient renal function, thanks to reduced blood flow. But what about liver dysfunction resulting from the reduced blood flow? […]
Women in their 40’s who’ve never smoked have been diagnosed with lung cancer. […]
If your child has scoliosis, you’d better make sure it’s monitored and appropriately treated – even if you don’t have health insurance. […]
If you’ve been experiencing chest pain, it’s remotely possible that the cause could be coming from your neck. However, it’s far more likely to be coming from either acid reflux, a musculoskeletal problem in the [...]
There are so many causes for dizziness – some very serious and some very harmless. Do not get your hopes up that a pinched nerve in your neck is causing your dizziness if you keep [...]
Life is no picnic living with a numb foot that never gets well. A numb foot has many causes including a disc herniation. Can this cause a permanent numbness? […]
Strength training will lower heart attack and stroke risk. […]
How long can a cancer be growing inside your lung before it starts causing the first symptom? […]
Finding out that a nodule in your lungs has spiculations is downright terrifying if you then learn that this is strongly suggestive of cancer. […]
Back pain at rest CAN be caused by lung cancer. But this comes with a “but.” First off, do you have persistent back pain and are you a smoker? […]
Cymbalta may help blunt the pain of spinal stenosis – but not in the way most people would think. […]
Is one of your fingers numb and tingling with no explanation? Are you wondering if a herniated disc (“pinched nerve”) in your neck can be causing this isolated symptom? “Yes, it’s possible for a numb [...]
Headaches come in many flavors. A pinched nerve in the neck can cause pain in the head -- and usually, it's a certain kind of pain. “A pinched nerve high in the cervical spine (e.g., [...]
There may be a connection between your period and the pain of a herniated or “bulging” disc. But it’s probably not the connection you’re thinking of. […]
There’s a cancer related reason why you should never self-remove a skin tag. A skin tag is formed in areas where there’s friction such as that from clothing or folds in the skin. [...]
You’re not neurotic if you’re afraid a melanoma will grow back where one was removed and you keep checking the area – because it CAN. […]
MOLE Has your mole always been grey and yellow? Or has it always been kind of grey, and now it has a dull yellow area? What’s alarming about this is if you know [...]
Subungual melanoma is a type of longitudinal melanonychia, but what are the tipoffs that longitudinal melanonychia is malignant vs. benign? A brown or black band, stripe, streak or line in a nail is a very [...]
Blue arrows point to Hutchinson’s sign from melanoma shown under magnification. Copyright ©2018 Bhat et al If you know what a Hutchinson’s sign is, perhaps you’re wondering just what is a micro-Hutchinson’s sign [...]
It’s pretty scary to know that a perfectly normal mole can look like a melanoma, and even more unnerving is that a melanoma may pass as a benign mole. […]
Nodular melanoma is a particularly lethal form of cancer that disregards the ABCDE guidelines that are so publicized about melanoma. Delayed diagnosis is more common with nodular melanoma than with the more common superficial spreading [...]
A normal mole is supposed to be one color, or at least, two shades of a color. But brown and grey are two completely different colors. Is this melanoma? […]
Kids’ dental care or pediatric dental care comes with its own set of unique challenges due to several factors such as age, diet and oral hygiene. […]
Are there features about melanoma’s Hutchinson’s sign that are different than those found in pseudo-Hutchinson’s sign – which has causes other than melanoma? […]
Subungual melanoma is a cancer affecting a fingernail or toenail and often has a poor prognosis. However, melanoma isn’t the only cancer that can affect a nail. […]
There are many causes for red dots and spots on the skin. If you have health anxiety, multiple sclerosis may be the first thing that comes to your mind as to the possible cause of [...]
The appearance of blood under a toenail can closely resemble a melanoma – and vice versa. Here is a comparison of the differences and similarities. […]
It can sometimes be a very good thing when a woman is carrying around an extra 200 pounds. Yes, you read that right. There’s a certain type of weight for which it’s a sign of [...]
Normalizing harmfully overweight bodies has turned lewd. The message by many "body positive" women is that the most important thing is how sexual her body can be. It’s one thing to proudly display some knockout [...]
Is the fear of weight gain stopping you from taking a birth control pill? Some women will risk an unwanted pregnancy for fear of gaining weight from using birth control pills. […]
Actually, a plus size woman’s worth SHOULD depend on her weight. There are different kinds of weight that a woman can use to measure her self-worth and self-confidence. […]
Ogechi Akalegbere embraces the heavy weight she carries … but with a huge twist. You can actually be a plus size woman who gets a lot of POSITIVE attention for carrying a lot [...]
There’s a way for plus size women to instantly look great in tight belts. This is NOT about reprogramming your self-worth. […]
Have your fingers been hurting from the excessive pulling against them by a heavy barbell during deadlifting? This may prevent you from doing your full deadlift workout and/or from going for heavier loads. [...]
Many people, including dentists, have thought for a long time that dental implants would not work well in people with diabetes. […]
MOLES AND MELANOMA
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