Here’s a simple explanation of what exactly “early detection” of melanoma means. Melanoma is actually highly curable when caught early. The problem is that the opportunities for an early detection are often passed over! [...]
Here are two explanations for what can cause angina threshold to change during exercise or physical activity. Angina refers to chest pain, usually from blocked arteries causing impeded blood flow through the heart. [...]
"There are many different types of masses that can occur in the pancreas,” says Jordan Winter, MD, a hepato-pancreatic-biliary and oncology surgeon and Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. [...]
Pancreatic cancer is usually diagnosed after it starts causing symptoms, but does this mean it necessarily grows faster than “less deadly” cancers? […]
Yes, Accutane can definitely cause tinnitus, as was the case of a 15-year-old boy who developed the ringing in his ears. Tinnitus has been commonly described as any of the following sounds that only the [...]
Some melanomas are flesh or pink in color; not always an “ugly black” or “scary brown.” So how can we spot a pinkish-beige melanoma during self-exams of the skin? “An amelanotic melanoma can appear pink [...]
“The incidence of prostate cancer increases dramatically with age,” says a report by Sandeep Mistry, MD and colleagues. […]
There are six surprising signs that warn of serious heart trouble. Don’t assume that the absence of the classic chest pain and trouble breathing mean there can’t be anything wrong with your heart. These signs [...]
These exercises will strengthen the oldest of bones, no matter how “out of shape” or old you feel. Fact is, most people do not do the very exercises that strengthen bones. Perhaps the most important [...]
The standard American Diet (SAD) is dropping people left and right. SAD is so bad for the heart. If you eat what everyone else eats, why would you have a healthy diet? Do you KNOW [...]
Do you check your blood pressure tons of times every day, always thinking about that BP monitor, disrupting your concentration at work? Does even a systolic reading of 152 send you into panic mode, even [...]
There’s more to being healthy than having normal blood sugar and pressure; obesity cannot be any healthier than is smoking. A clinically obese woman may be able to train for a 5K or go on [...]
The term angina refers to chest pain brought on by a heart problem—specifically, ischemia or a shortage of oxygen due to restricted blood flow through the coronary arteries. […]
Cancer can be deadly to any child if not caught early enough. But the worst cancer that a child can get is a particular type that no matter how early it’s caught, it will always [...]
Every time you see a picture of a melanoma, it’s either black, grey, some shade of brown, magenta, red, bluish, purple or pink, but never yellow. However, the color of yellow is absolutely possible in [...]
Though six millimeters is the measurement that often comes up in the “signs to look for” lists for melanoma, it can be the size of a pinpoint. The picture above shows a four millimeter tumor. [...]
Ever rise from a chair after sitting for a while and feel lightheaded or that the room is blacking out? Could this eventually harm your brain? You then must pause in your tracks with your [...]
You will kick yourself for not having thought of this brilliant solution to reducing LASIK starbursts when you drive at night. I had a Eureka! moment when I was staring out my kitchen window at [...]
Yes, there are cases in which an acoustic neuroma, a normally benign brain tumor, starts out as malignant. […]
Tinnitus and hearing loss that are caused by an acoustic neuroma don’t always come on at the same time, even though this symptom duo is rather common among those with an acoustic neuroma. [...]
Why suffer the ongoing anxiety of watchful waiting for a small acoustic neuroma when you can just have it be done and over with via transcanal removal? Watchful waiting may sound like a brilliantly conservative [...]
Tinnitus is a common symptom of an acoustic neuroma. So is hearing loss. And in fact, when both tinnitus and hearing loss occur in only one ear, this is highly suspicious for an acoustic neuroma. [...]
An acoustic neuroma is a benign brain tumor that frequently leads to hearing loss before it’s diagnosed. In some cases of acoustic neuroma — which is a benign brain tumor — the first symptom to [...]
Acoustic neuroma is diagnosed at the rate of one out of about every thousand cases of unilateral (one-sided) tinnitus. But the causes of the remaining 999 cases are not as varied as you may believe. [...]
If your tinnitus is barely noticeable and quite subtle, can this rule out the possibility of an acoustic neuroma? […]
If you’re experiencing a fullness or pressure in one ear that comes and goes and you fear that this might be an acoustic neuroma, the chances that this symptom is being caused by this benign [...]
An acoustic neuroma and heart palpitations can be associated with each other, but if your heart palpitations are really beginning to worry you, you should be examined by a cardiologist. […]
If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma or think you have one in one ear, and then you start developing symptoms in the opposite ear, this may be a situation in which you assume [...]
Yoga can provide an immediate boost to someone who feels depressed, whereas an antidepressant drug can take weeks to kick in -- if at all. The 2017 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association [...]
When you see someone with apparent chronic venous insufficiency (swollen red or purple portion on their lower legs), what seems to be the leading causes of this condition? […]
Venous insufficiency can lead to noticeable varicose veins and sometimes only discoloration and swelling. Being overweight and under-exercised, according to my lifelong observation of the red/purple and swollen legs of venous insufficiency, seem to be [...]
Ever wonder if intense exercise is protective against the development of gnarly varicose veins? This does NOT refer to the “vascularity” that bodybuilders and physique athletes work so hard to achieve. […]
This isn’t new news: People with multiple sclerosis should take up weightlifting or strength training. “Exercise is very important to overall health for MS and other chronic diseases,” says Mitzi J. Williams, MD, clinical neurologist [...]
A study has determined that the IsoPSA blood test is more accurate at predicting prostate cancer than is the traditional PSA test. […]
Over seven million Americans have NO idea they have diabetes! Is it really so difficult to know you probably have diabetes without having blood tests? Many people actually do worry they “might” have diabetes despite [...]
It’s strange that blood sugar in a diabetic can rise despite not having eaten anything, since typically, eating causes blood sugar to go up. But it’s not an uncommon occurrence that in diabetes, glucose or [...]
Want to know how likely you’ll suffer a hip fracture in the future? See how long you can stand on one leg before toppling over. How long a person can stand on one leg without [...]
Ever wonder why, if the body has a natural clot-dissolving mechanism, DVT patients must continue with blood thinners for many months even after the blood clot is dissolved? […]
If you were deadlifting a good amount of weight prior to your elective double mastectomy, you’ll be wondering how the surgery will affect your ability to get back to the weignt you were lifting at. [...]
“A traditional prostate biopsy, which is a random sampling of the prostate, can miss prostate cancers,” says Michael Herman, MD, Director of Urologic Oncology at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY. [...]
