Pulled Muscle in Chest or Angina? Symptom Comparison
A pulled chest muscle or one that’s suddenly in spasm can hurt a lot or a little – but angina, too, can come in different flavors, ranging from a muffled ache to a sudden severe [...]
Angie J. of “600 Pound Life” Makes Jeanne Look Like an Angel
Just when you thought Jeanne took the cake (no pun intended) for the Nasty Award on “My 600 Pound Life,” Angie J. comes along & makes mincemeat out of her. Poor Daisy, Angie Johns’ granddaughter. [...]
Why Is Lung Cancer So Difficult to Treat? Surgeon Answers
Lung cancer is one of the most terrifying cancers, one reason being that removing both entire lungs is never an option. It’s hard to treat which is why the five-year survival rate is only 19 [...]
Trouble Swallowing from Esophageal Cancer vs. ALS
Here is a detailed comparison by a surgeon between trouble swallowing from esophageal cancer compared to ALS. If a person’s health anxiety is tuned more into esophageal cancer, he or she might start suspecting this [...]
Five Ways to Lower Resting Heart Rate without Drugs
If you want to lower your fast resting heart rate without drugs that can cause side effects, there are at least five natural ways to do this. […]
Five Ways to Stop Heart Palpitations without Drugs
A cardiologist says there are five ways you can stop heart palpitations without drugs. If you continue having heart palpitations despite having given these five treatment methods a chance, then you should work with your [...]
Racing Heart vs. Irregular Heartbeat: What’s the Difference?
A racing heart isn’t always irregular, and an irregular heartbeat can sometimes be racing. It’s important to know what the exact meaning is of these two terms, as they are often indiscriminately interchanged by writers [...]
Why Does Gum Disease Always Cause Bad Breath or Bleeding?
One of the first signs of gum disease is bleeding gums. Along with the inflammation and redness can be very bad breath. […]
What Makes Gums Look White? Could It Be Cancer?
White gums are not normal. They mean something is wrong. This includes the possibility of cancer. […]
Should Plus Size Women Feel Pressure to Wear a Bikini?
Are you plus size and feeling pressure to wear a bikini or other "daring" clothes due to the body positivity movement? Have influencers convinced you that this is the only way to show the world [...]
Seeking Chronic Pain Treatment? What Your Doctors Missed
People suffering with low back pain in the morning, neck pain or sciatica when sitting in a chair, hip pain when walking, shoulder pain or any other musculoskeletal condition… …are still pursuing the same treatments [...]
10 Things You’d Never Think Would Sabotage Weight Loss Efforts
Have you been struggling to lose weight but it just won’t come off? There are reasons for this – explanations you’d never even think could be responsible. […]
Causes of Numbness on the Outside of the Big Toe
Are you scared that the numbness on only the outside of your big toe is an early symptom of MS, diabetes or some other serious illness? […]
Percentage of a Surgeon’s Lung Cancer Patients Who Smoked
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. [...]
Can You Be Too Young to Get Multiple Sclerosis?
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. […]
Late Onset Multiple Sclerosis vs. Early Onset Symptoms?
Is there a difference between the symptoms of late onset MS and early onset MS? […]
Is There a Way to Live Longer with Multiple Sclerosis?
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. [...]
Causes of Tingling, Burning in Both Feet Including Neurological
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 [...]
How Might Chronic Heart Failure Affect the Liver?
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? […]
How Common Is Lung Cancer in Nonsmoking 40’s Women?
Women in their 40’s who’ve never smoked have been diagnosed with lung cancer. […]
Can Untreated Scoliosis Lead to Spinal Stenosis?
If your child has scoliosis, you’d better make sure it’s monitored and appropriately treated – even if you don’t have health insurance. […]
Can a Neck Problem Cause Pain in the Chest?
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 [...]
Can a Pinched Nerve in the Neck Cause Dizziness?
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 [...]
Can Foot Numbness from a Herniated Disc Be Permanent?
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? […]
How Much Strength Training a Week Lowers Heart Attack Risk?
Strength training will lower heart attack and stroke risk. […]
How Long Can You Have Lung Cancer Before the First Symptom?
How long can a cancer be growing inside your lung before it starts causing the first symptom? […]
Can a Lung Nodule with Spiculations Be Benign?
Finding out that a nodule in your lungs has spiculations is downright terrifying if you then learn that this is strongly suggestive of cancer. […]
Can Back Pain Even at Rest Be an Early Sign of Lung 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? […]
How Well Does Cymbalta Work for Spinal Stenosis Back Pain?
Cymbalta may help blunt the pain of spinal stenosis – but not in the way most people would think. […]
Numb Tingling Finger the Only Symptom of a Herniated Disc?
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 [...]
What Kind of Headaches Can a Pinched Nerve Cause?
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., [...]
Can Menstruation Affect a Herniated Disc?
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. […]
Can Self Removal of a Skin Tag Cause Cancer?
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. [...]
Can Melanoma Grow Back in the Area It Was Removed?
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. […]
What Does a Grey and Yellow Mole Mean ? Should You Worry ?
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 [...]
Longitudinal Melanonychia vs. Subungual Melanoma
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 [...]
What Is a Micro-Hutchinson’s Sign?
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 [...]
Can a Normal Mole Look Like a Melanoma?
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: What You Should Know About this Killer
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 [...]
Is a Mole Normal if It’s Brown and Grey or Can It Be Melanoma?
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? […]