Is a Malignant Melanoma Different than just “Melanoma”?
“Malignant melanoma” vs. “melanoma.” Is there actually a difference in meaning when someone says malignant melanoma as opposed to just “melanoma”? […]
How Fast Can a Seborrheic Keratosis Grow?
The sometimes rapidly changing growth of a seborrheic keratosis can fool people into thinking they have a melanoma. But not all seborrheic keratoses grow quickly. […]
Can Melanoma Be Perfectly Round, Symmetrical, One Color?
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 [...]
Can a New Melanoma Start Out Looking Like a Blackhead?
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 [...]
Can a Melanoma Biopsy Spread Cancer Cells?
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 [...]
Can You Be Physically Fit Without Working Out?
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 [...]
Can Healthy People Benefit from Avoiding Gluten?
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? […]
Thin People Having Heart Attacks Won’t Make Obesity Healthy
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 [...]
Can Fat Be Healthy just Because Marathon Runners Drop Dead?
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 for Women: Tone, Strengthen Flabby Arms
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 [...]
Five Simple Steps to Stroke Prevention for Women and Men
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 [...]
Exercise vs. Mental Activities for Dementia Prevention
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 [...]
How You Can Prevent Height Loss As You Get Older
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. [...]
Major Cause of Osteoarthritis: No Exercise, Sedentary Lifestyle
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. [...]
Home Based Boot Camp Workout: How to Maximize Results
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 [...]
Why There’s No Such Thing as a Short Waist
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 [...]
Surgery vs. Cortisone Injection for Torn Rotator Cuff
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 [...]
Knee Pain Only When Lying Down: Causes & Solutions
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 [...]
Can a Knee Injury Cause a Tumor?
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. [...]
Both Knees Sore for No Reason: Causes and Solutions
“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 [...]
Acute Pain Three Months after Rotator Cuff Surgery: Causes?
Have you found that your rotator cuff pain has really kicked up since you began your after surgery rehabilitation? There are reasons for this. […]
It’s Okay to Keep Your Preventive Double Mastectomy Secret
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. [...]
Mannequins Causing Eating Disorders: Truth or Nonsense?
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 Go Away on Its Own Without Treatment?
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? […]
If Anorexia Nervosa Is a Mental Illness, Is Obesity Too?
Anorexia nervosa is the name of a psychiatric disorder, a mental illness, but “obesity” can be the result of certain of psychiatric disorders. […]
Can Fat People Have Good Bloodwork and Still Be Unhealthy ?
It keeps happening: Overweight and obese women post comments in social media that they’re healthy — because their blood work is normal. […]
Do Yoga Classes Smell of Stinky Bare Feet?
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 [...]
How a Single Set of Exercise Ends a Panic Attack in Seconds
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. […]
How a Panic Attack Feels When It Starts in a Night Dream
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. [...]
Is a Fast Growing New Mole Always a Melanoma ?
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. […]
What to Do if You’re Still Getting New Moles in Your 40’s ?
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. [...]
Can Melanoma Make a Mole Itch Before the Appearance Changes?
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. […]
Benign Causes of Itching Moles Other than Melanoma
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. [...]
Can Melanoma Make a Mole Suddenly Get Bigger and Turn Red ?
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? [...]
Death Risk from Normal Weight but Fat Belly vs. Fat All Over
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? […]
Pancreatic Cancer Risk Increases with Obesity & High BMI
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 [...]
Protein vs. Carbohydrate Drink After Cardio Exercise
Is a protein drink actually better than a carbohydrate drink after doing cardio exercise? A study has an interesting conclusion. […]
Best Exercise for Chronic Heart Failure Patients
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 [...]
Lat Pull-Down Mistakes & How to Correct Them
Improper lat pull-downs are done by both men and women. Here is the wrong way to do the lat pull-down: […]
Is 23 Too Young for a Man to Date a 26 Year Old Woman?
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 [...]