Your baby’s head should NOT be smelling like sweaty feet or, as some describe, dirty socks. This means something is wrong. Any foul odor from your baby’s head or scalp is never normal. [...]
Did you hear a brief squeaky noise as you pushed a poop out your anus?! The squeaky sound was generated by the mechanics of pushing the stool out the anal opening. […]
Upper back pain has causes ranging from acid reflux to heart problems to a number of cancers. Most back pain is caused by a musculoskeletal issue. But for many people, acid reflux is behind their [...]
Does drinking a lot of water give you diarrhea? First of all, find out just how much water you’re drinking. You may find that you’re taking in much more than you really need to. Don't [...]
Don’t you just love grape juice, with its intense sweet flavor, but at the same time it seems to cause or at least aggravate GERD: gastroesophageal reflux disease. […]
If you’re a middle age woman who sits many hours a day, you’re at risk for becoming frail and weak later on, yet this is just SO preventable. […]
There are many causes of bloating after meals or eating, but you need not suffer with this uncomfortable situation. To avoid bloating after eating, here are steps to take. First off, make sure that you [...]
Removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) can cause heartburn due to reflux. It’s even possible to suffer this heartburn up to four months after gallbladder removal. For some patients, gallbladder removal is the end of troublesome [...]
It is suspected by some women with microscopic colitis that estrogen might somehow be involved with this uncommon inflammatory bowel disease. […]
Walking may or may NOT be enough to control type 2 diabetes. It depends on how you do it. […]
There’s a percentage range of actinic keratoses turning into squamous cell carcinoma, which is why these seemingly harmless skin lesions should never be ignored. Furthermore, the appearance of very early squamous cell carcinoma can mimic [...]
If you’ve just been diagnosed with actinic keratosis, you probably already know that this is precancer and may be panicking. […]
If children can get pancreatic cancer, just how many actually develop this disease? And what should parents look out for? “I have not seen this in my career,” says Robert Saul, MD, a board certified [...]
Your fibromyalgia MAY be the cause of your heart palpitations, but not in the way you might be thinking. Just because fibromyalgia has been known to cause the perception of heart palpitations doesn’t mean that [...]
Do you have TMJ disorder and now have begun having trouble breathing through your nose? Temporomandibular joint disorder causes many more symptoms than just jaw clicking and jaw pain. […]
You just had your wisdom teeth removed. You’re now having bloody noses. Is there a connection? “Some oozing after wisdom teeth (upper wisdom teeth) removal is to be expected for a few minutes to an [...]
Have you ever noticed how sore your tongue was in the hours after receiving dental work? Does this mean the dentist went to hard on you? Can it mean that maybe something's seriously wrong with [...]
People with long QT syndrome are typically told to avoid playing sports. And beta-blocker drugs to lower the risk of suffering a sudden cardiac arrest is the standard of treatment. […]
The last thing a woman with abnormal cervical cells needs is confusion over what exactly she has: carcinoma in situ or CIN 3? Is there a difference between CIN 3 and an actual malignancy? “Yes. [...]
A twitching jaw muscle can have several causes and one of them is cleaning the teeth. […]
Eye socket pain can bring to mind a brain tumor or aneurysm, but temporomandibular joint disorder (“TMJ”) is also a possible cause for pain that seems to be originating from within the eye. “Pain from [...]
It’s fair to be point-blank: A girl of 17 years CAN get breast cancer. It has happened. But there’s something that teen girls need to be very aware of when it comes to breast cancer. [...]
There are numerous serious diseases that a blood test can detect. Sometimes a blood test will only detect a disease marker, but others will outright reveal presence of the medical condition. For example, there are [...]
Why is it that every time you do farmer walks, you get a slightly chilly or cold feeling in your body and even shiver a little? This almost always happens when I do farmer walks. [...]
One suspected cause of floppy upper eyelids that feel rubbery is one of the most misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed diseases. […]
Skin cancer can be lurking within rhinophyma, hidden from plain view, but also, the margins of the cancer are obscured once it is discovered. […]
The cause of chronic tinnitus suddenly becoming worse ranges from more mental stress than usual to a brain tumor. […]
The music is so loud in most Orangetheory studios that it WILL cause hearing loss to anyone who participates on a regular basis or even in one class. […]
A neurologist will want to have a patient who's suspected of having multiple sclerosis undergo an MRI. A normal MRI result will of course be assuring to the patient. But can a normal result ever [...]
Does your nose get cherry red every time you’re in cold weather? Is the cold red nose a source of embarrassment for you? Certainly, the solution is NOT to put on a cosmetic concealer before [...]
It can take a surprisingly long time for a case of contact dermatitis to settle down and finally be gone. “Contact dermatitis is a skin allergy caused by a specific allergen,” says Dr. Tess Mauricio, [...]
If you’re getting over 10 hours of sleep a night, your health needs to be re-evaluated, as sleeping this much may be bad news. The effects differ between men and women. BMC Public Health (June [...]
Though a stabbing pain in the chest when lying on the left side can be caused by muscle, it can also be caused by a heart problem. “Stabbing chest pains can arise from the heart, [...]
Comparison of how left arm pain from a heart attack feels vs. from a muscle problem… “When people feel pain in their left arm, they are often worried that it could be a sign of [...]
How long does it take for a seborrheic keratosis to fall off after getting sprayed with liquid nitrogen, also known as freezing or cryosurgery? A seborrheic keratosis is a benign skin barnacle. They typically begin [...]
Is it at all possible for the heart to literally “hurt,” especially from coughing? Many people have experienced chest pain triggered by coughing but not at any other time. “Chest pain with coughing is not [...]
Just what is the connection between coronary heart disease and a warm feeling in the leg? You may already know that a deep vein thrombosis can present with a very warm sensation in a specific [...]
If you’ve been having ONLY jaw pain, a heart attack or imminent heart attack needs to be ruled out. […]
Are your sticky and gluey lips driving you mad? Do your lips sometimes feel like there’s rubber cement coating them? The good news is that this is not a sign of cancer or a neurological [...]
If something on your skin looks like melanoma, does this usually mean that it IS melanoma, or just HOW do the odds swing in cases like this? […]
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