Can GERD Cause Heart Problems?
GERD can cause chest pain but do you fear it can lead to heart problems? GERD causing heart problems is a common concern among the many sufferers of acid reflux disease, which is a prevalent [...]
Sudden Severe Stomach Pain, Diarrhea: Causes
Sudden severe stomach pain and diarrhea can be quite scary. “Acute severe abdominal pain and diarrhea implies severe intestinal inflammation,” says Larry Good, MD, a practicing gastroenterologist for 40+ years. He has a private practice based in Lynbrook, NY [...]
Burping from Stress: The Why? and Solutions
Burping can be caused by stressful situations or anxiety, and we all know how embarrassing this can be. Those around you are likely to think that your burping is because you either ate a lot [...]
600 Pound Life Enablers: What Happened in Their Childhood?
Something happened in the enabler’s childhood that makes them keep bringing food to the super morbidly obese (“My 600 Pound Life”) who can’t move much. Many of the “600 Pound Life” subjects are actually closer [...]
Long Femurs, Short Shins, Short Torso: Squat HELL
Learn everything imaginable about long femurs, short shins and long torsos and the BACK SQUAT. I’m a former certified personal trainer for a health club chain. When you look at me you won’t see a [...]
Have you Looked at Your Poops Lately?
How often do you examine your poops? You may be amused at this question, or maybe you're thinking, "Ewwww." But so many things about bowel movements can tell a LOT about a person's health, about [...]
Why You Have Pain Long After Grade 2 AC Separation
Why is it that a year, even two years after a grade 2 AC separation, an athlete can still have pain and struggle through weightlifting sets? “If the patient is still symptomatic it may either [...]
Why Isn’t Surgery Recommended for Grade 2 AC Separation?
Since the ligaments are torn in a grade 2 AC separation, why isn’t surgery the treatment of choice? One day I was doing stool stepping exercise in my living room. Suddenly, it were as though [...]
Is Any Exercise Restricted for Grade 2 AC Separation Recovery?
If you have a full recovery from a grade 2 AC separation, is there any exercise that you should never try to do ever again, being that the ligament is no longer attaching two bones, [...]
How to Get Back into Bodybuilding with Grade 2 AC Separation
If you suffer a grade 2 AC separation and are a bodybuilding enthusiast, you can expect to eventually resume your workout regimen once your injury heals. However, you must be patient. You must not rush [...]
Doctor Says Exercise Won’t Prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Unfortunately, says Jonathan Oheb, MD, there’s no exercise that can prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. Symptoms of CTS Tingling and/or numbness in the thumb, index and third fingers, and the thumb-side of the fourth finger. Pain [...]
Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cause Shoulder Pain?
Are you wondering if the pain in your shoulder is from carpal tunnel syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome starts in the wrist and involves a compression of the median nerve. “Carpal tunnel syndrome cannot cause shoulder [...]
Benign Cause of Food Tasting Soapy
If your food sometimes tastes soapy, there may be a perfectly benign explanation for this. Every so often I was noticing a soapy taste to my food. I had always suspected that it was due [...]
Cloudy Urine and Changing Colors: Serious vs. Harmless
Cloudy urine can mean trouble. So can certain colors of urine like cola colored or tea colored. Cancer can cause urine to change colors. So can many other conditions including very strenuous exercise (dark color). [...]
How to Relieve Muscle Cramps from Clavicle Fracture
Here is a non-drug way to instantly relieve muscle cramps from a clavicle fracture. One day I experienced a hairline fracture to my clavicle -- after having a freak fall while using an exercise stool [...]
Cause of Muscle Cramping from Clavicle Fracture
Do the muscles around your shoulder cramp up since you’ve had a clavicle fracture? How does a bone break cause muscle cramping? While your clavicle fracture heals, you may be experiencing sudden cramping or deep [...]
Cause of Morning Pain from a Clavicle Fracture
Do you experience morning pain in your shoulder due to a clavicle fracture? The pain may be described as a deep soreness, and is evident when the patient gets up to exit the bed. It [...]
OVARIAN CANCER: the Deadliest Woman’s Cancer
Ovarian cancer is a stealthy killer, creeping up without warning and murdering thousands of women every year. So creepy is this monster that there’s still no way to effectively screen for its presence. The Pap [...]
CALCIUM SCORING for Heart Disease Detection
The coronary calcium score test is an excellent screening tool for heart disease. The calcium score number closely correlates to the likelihood of having coronary heart disease: mild, moderate or severe. It also closely correlates [...]
INSULIN RESISTANCE: Dangerous Harbinger to Diabetes
If you’ve been diagnosed with insulin resistance, you’re on a collision course with type 2 diabetes. Make no mistake, insulin resistance – though it may sound rather benign – is a setup for the No. [...]
WHY You’re Starving the Day After Leg Workout
Okay, you know it happens, but here’s WHY you’re freaking starving the day after a badass leg workout! You thrashed your legs in the gym, and usually a grueling leg workout includes at least one [...]
How an ER Doctor Diagnoses a Transient Ischemic Attack
If you suspect you just had a transient ischemic attack (TIA), get to the ER stat (have someone drive you) so that a doctor can make a diagnosis. It's interesting to wonder just how a [...]
When You Need to Worry About Cloudy Urine: Urologist Answers Questions
If you’ve ever had cloudy urine, you’ve no doubt wondered what’s causing the cloudiness and may have even been troubled by this odd symptom. After all, is cloudy urine a sign of cancer or some [...]
Why It May Be Safe to Lose Over Two Pounds a Week
Yes, it CAN be safe to lose more than two pounds a week as long as you understand some really simple math. And the keyword is "can." Certainly, a "starvation" or "crash" approach to dieting [...]
Why You Should Brush Your Teeth Before Gym Workouts
Few gym-goers realize how wicked their workout breath smells to other exercisers. Yes, you read that right: Before stepping foot into your health club or gym, you should thoroughly brush your teeth. After all, you’re [...]
Can You Have Severe Heart Disease but Good Cholesterol Numbers?
It's actually possible to be a ticking time bomb with severe coronary heart disease while also having a "normal" cholesterol (lipid) profile. This is why you shouldn't assume you're automatically out of the woods just [...]
Why Even One Crumb of Gluten Is Harmful for Celiacs
Just one crumb of gluten may as well be an entire loaf of bread to someone with celiac disease. Celiac patients can't even have a tiny crumb; that's all it takes to trigger their immune [...]
Negative Celiac Blood Test, but Stool Sample Shows Antigliadins
What if the blood test for celiac disease is negative, but a stool sample is positive for elevated antigliadins? Was your celiac blood test negative, but a stool sample positive for elevated antibodies for gluten? [...]
Fast Resting Heart Rate Increases Death Risk from All Causes
An elevated resting heart rate is associated with an increased risk of death from all causes. This includes cardiovascular disease. Are you familiar with what your pulse normally is when you're at rest? If not, you'd [...]
Does High Cholesterol Mean You Should Take Statin Drugs?
If you have high cholesterol, statin drugs may come to mind as something you must necessarily take. As to whether or not high cholesterol is an automatic green light for taking statins: “Absolutely not! Since [...]
What Happens During an MRA? Patient Describes Procedure
You know what an MRA is, but what exactly happens during an MRA – here is my firsthand account. I had an MRA – no, not MRI, but MRA, as in magnetic resonance angiogram. An [...]
The Insulin Resistance Connection to Juices and Fruits
Can drinking huge amounts of juice daily lead to insulin resistance? Are you a big juice drinker and wondering if this might cause insulin resistance, a harbinger of type 2 diabetes? We grow up hearing [...]
19 Questions to Ask Your Shoulder Arthroscopy Surgeon
Have these 19 shoulder arthroscopy questions ready for your surgeon. Don’t wait until the day of your shoulder arthroscopy to ask these crucial questions to the surgeon. If you’re suffering from shoulder pain and have [...]
Will a Failed Knee Replacement Worsen if Not Revised?
Find out what likely will happen with your knee if you don’t have revision surgery for a failed total replacement. You’ve had a total knee replacement and, over time, things have gotten worse, leading to [...]
Does Insulin Resistance Always Make You Gain Weight?
Will insulin resistance make you gain weight? It’s easy to conclude that insulin resistance will lead to weight gain. Insulin resistance is when the body’s cells no longer utilize this hormone efficiently, resulting in blood [...]
Can Lifting Weights Fight Off Insulin Resistance?
One more reason to lift weights is that it will prove a mighty defense against insulin resistance. And you do not want insulin resistance. This is a precursor to type 2 diabetes. Normal fasting blood [...]
What’s a Normal Blood Sugar Reading After Eating?
Some “diabetes hypochondriacs” test their blood sugar repeatedly with home tests, wondering what really is the right reading range right after eating. “It is not uncommon to have a one to two hour postprandial blood [...]
Can You Be Too Young to Have Clogged Arteries?
How young is too young to have measurable plaque buildup in the coronary arteries? A coronary artery calcium score exam has been proven to be very reliable at predicting the likelihood of a coronary event [...]
Causes of Intense Hunger After Eating Sugary Junk Food
Here are the causes and solutions to that intense and insane hunger you feel after eating sugary junk foods or highly processed snacks. It's just so amazing that such crazy hunger follows wolfing down a [...]
Can Reactive Hypoglycemia Be Caused by Processed Foods?
Reactive hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, can indeed be triggered by processed foods. Reactive hypoglycemia (low blood sugar that can cause deep hunger) and processed foods are tightly linked. “Much of the ‘food’ that surrounds [...]
