Okay, we all know that “black and ugly” describes melanoma, and online images show melanoma to be evil-looking, dark, jagged, bumpy, the whole works. But we must also consider that often, by the time a [...]
Unfortunately, among all those blackheads on your nose, chin or cheeks could be a very early melanoma slyly blending in and going unnoticed. If the new “blackhead” begins developing in an isolated area on your [...]
If you’re scared that an upcoming biopsy of what you think is a melanoma might spread the cancer cells, you’ve every reason to be worried. Yes, a melanoma biopsy has the potential to “spread” the [...]
You cannot be physically fit in the absence of exercise, even if you're naturally on the thin side. Physical health is synonymous with exercise. Having an efficient cardiovascular system and strong joints come only with [...]
Is gluten really the monster that celiac disease makes it out to be? Or if you’re normal can you eat gluten without worrying? Do you even KNOW what gluten is? […]
The body positive very overweight women need to stop pointing out that thin people have heart attacks in an attempt to validate obesity. This is like saying that smoking is okay because nonsmokers get lung [...]
A most weak defense by obese people who claim they’re healthy is when they point out deaths from marathon running. Obesity or being significantly overweight is a well-proven health hazard; you cannot be healthy and [...]
Biceps exercises help prevent saggy, crinkly and jiggly skin in the upper arms of women. But few women really know the most effective way to tone the biceps via strength training. The latest fad among personal [...]
Stroke doesn’t strike out of the blue; this condition, in large part, can be prevented by taking a handful of measures and sticking to them, says the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines. Stroke is [...]
So when it comes to preserving mental function in old age, which wins out between physical exercise and mind activities? Brain shrinkage is associated with dementia or declining cognitive abilities, and exercise has been shown [...]
There are several things you can do to help prevent height loss as you get older. “The best treatment for height loss prevention are these things: Stay active with weight bearing exercises,” begins Susan L. [...]
If you make excuses for your sedentary lifestyle, beware, because you’re setting yourself up for very probable osteoarthritis in the future: Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint process that most commonly strikes knees, hips and spine. [...]
As a personal trainer, I’ve advised clients on how to design a boot camp right in their home for workouts. But you need to also know how to make the most of the equipment and [...]
Do you think you’re “short waisted” (or “long waisted”)? What you really mean is a short torso! As in, "short torsoed," (though there’s no such word as “torsoed,” but at least “torsoed” makes anatomical sense. When someone [...]
A torn rotator cuff doesn’t always cause pain, and severe pain from the rotator cuff doesn’t necessarily mean a tear. Cortisone vs. surgery is not as absolute as you think. “Rotator cuff tears are extremely [...]
There are several conditions that can cause your knee to hurt only when lying down, and especially overnight after you’ve been in bed for several hours. It seems odd that a knee would hurt mostly [...]
Just what actually is going on when an X-ray for an injured knee shows a tumor? First off, a tumor is a mass of body tissue. It can be malignant or benign. […]
“There are many reasons that both of your knees could be sore for presumably no reason,” explains John-Paul H. Rue, MD, orthopedic sports medicine surgeon with Orthopedics and Joint Replacement at Mercy Medical Center in [...]
Have you found that your rotator cuff pain has really kicked up since you began your after surgery rehabilitation? There are reasons for this. […]
I’m planning on a preventive double mastectomy in about six weeks and am keeping it a secret. In fact I don’t intend on revealing to anyone this procedure even long after I’m fully recovered. [...]
Super thin mannequins have been around for at least 40 years; why NOW are they causing eating disorders? Or is it just easier to blame a prop and ignore the real factors behind anorexia nervosa? [...]
Can breast cancer really go away on its own in some cases — a spontaneous resolution? Or could these cases simply be that of an initial misdiagnosis? […]
Anorexia nervosa is the name of a psychiatric disorder, a mental illness, but “obesity” can be the result of certain of psychiatric disorders. […]
It keeps happening: Overweight and obese women post comments in social media that they’re healthy — because their blood work is normal. […]
Are you continuing to put off taking your first yoga class due to the presumption that all those bare feet will stink up the classroom? Even the appearance of all those bare feet could be [...]
Just one set of exercise like jumping jacks or burpees can easily stop a panic attack within seconds. You need not have been exercising for weeks to reap this benefit, either. […]
The panic attack began in a dream that I was having while asleep. It was my first panic attack, and it began while, in the dream, I was outside on a hill with my brother. [...]
Relax, do not panic if you discover what appears to be a rapidly growing mole on your face, leg, stomach, arm or any other area of your skin. […]
Are you noticing a new mole here and there even though you’re now in your 40s? This can be alarming to anyone who’s read that new moles after age 40 are cause for concern. [...]
Bad news: Melanoma can make a mole itch even though the mole still looks normal and unchanged. The itching can come before the mole starts looking different. […]
There’s a surprising number of benign reasons for a mole to begin itching. Though melanoma indeed can cause a mole to be itchy, this symptom often has a cause other than cancer. […]
You’re absolutely sure that a mole that you’ve always had has suddenly gotten bigger and also turned reddish in a matter of a day or two. Melanoma or what can this be? […]
Which is unhealthier and more likely to kill you: having a normal BMI but most of your fat in your middle or being obese evenly all over? […]
If you’re obese, you have yet another health hazard to worry about: pancreatic cancer, especially if your body mass index exceeds 35. Thirty and over is considered obese, and people with a BMI of over [...]
Is a protein drink actually better than a carbohydrate drink after doing cardio exercise? A study has an interesting conclusion. […]
There are several types of exercise for chronic heart failure patients that research shows are very beneficial. If you have heart failure, you will benefit more from exercise than from a sedentary life. The first [...]
Improper lat pull-downs are done by both men and women. Here is the wrong way to do the lat pull-down: […]
Really, how much of a difference is there between a 23 year old man and a 26 year old woman? A woman age 26 had posted in a social anxiety forum that no matter what [...]
Here's why it's NOT wrong to teach your daughter that being overweight is unacceptable and that excess body fat CAN be a very bad thing. There's been yet another Facebook post from a very plus-size [...]
A young woman said she recently started strength training and was scared of the idea of being stronger than men she might want to date. Her current boyfriend “has no muscle,” she posted in the [...]
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