PVC stands for premature ventricular contraction. It creates the illusion of an extra heartbeat, especially if there are two or three in a row. And sometimes, it feels as though the heart has skipped a [...]
Does an elderly family member have a lower left, sharp pain in the abdomen that hurts upon touching? If so, take this person to the emergency room. This is what happened to my father. The [...]
How safe, or harmful, is it for someone with pneumonia to be around crowds, and just what constitutes a “crowd”? There are two kinds of pneumonia: community and hospital. Community is when the infection is [...]
Is there a such thing as MILD pneumonia in an elderly person, and if so, is this any less of an urgent situation? Ever wonder if it's possible for an elderly person to experience a [...]
Longer telomeres mean a longer healthier life; you can actually lengthen the telomeres in your cells with any one of four natural ways. This has been shown by research from UC San Francisco and the Preventive [...]
Wondering about the pros and cons of retrievable IVC filters vs. permanent ones? Since you're here you probably know what an IVC filter’s job is: prevent pulmonary embolism. The largest study on following people with retrievable [...]
A doctor answers this question as well as if low vitamin D levels can make psoriatic arthritis worse. If you suffer from psoriatic arthritis, you may be curious over whether or not vitamin D in [...]
You can have strong wrists and still sprain them, but stronger wrists are less likely to be severely sprained. Here's how to make your wrists stronger. Plus, a strong wrist will recover better from a [...]
Cymbalta is an antidepressant that can be used to treat depression caused by narcotic painkillers such as Norco/Vicodin, Percocet, OxyContin, codeine, etc. Yes, narcotic painkillers can cause serious depression as a side effect. This side [...]
The stereotypical reaction of a parent, when they learn their child/teen has been bullying another individual, is to deny their child’s behavior or make excuses for it. And often, this is the case, but another [...]
Do men and the hip adductor & abductor machines belong in the same sentence? Who says that men shouldn’t use the hip adductor and abductor machines? Why are the hip adductor and abductor equipment often [...]
There are so many different cable attachments for weightlifting. You may be wondering how each weightlifting cable attachment works and how they all differ from each other. Some weightlifting cable attachments are more ergonomic (comfortable, [...]
Follow these guidelines to help prevent finger pain related to climbing. Finger pain from climbing can be caused by more than one factor, says Joseph Ciccone, DPT, CSCS, a doctor of physical therapy and certified [...]
Have you or someone you know been told they have “inflammatory lung disease”? “Inflammatory lung diseases are clinically and histopathologically [under the microscope] a group of acute and chronic conditions,” begins Sashini Seeni, MD, a [...]
Are you an adult who cries too much? Are you an adult who cries excessively? Just how abnormal is it for an adult to be prone to excessive crying episodes? There are different kinds of crying, [...]
Based on postings on a web site for tall women, there is one specific height in particular that tall women hate to high heaven. You’d think that really tall women would hate being really tall. This [...]
Tall women and high heels go as wonderful together as do chocolate chip cookies and milk. Believe it or not, some tall women who love wearing high heels used to hate high heels. And then [...]
Wearing shoe lifts to look taller doesn't mean you're any more insecure than if you wore fake fingernails, clipped in a hair extension, or if you're a man, put on some cologne or a hair [...]
First of all, ask yourself what kind of shoes you’d wear with that dynamite outfit if you were shorter. Then, go buy yourself those shoes and wear them, even if you’re 6-2. That’s dating tip [...]
Many men are 5’9, and if this describes you, maybe you’ve wondered if you’re actually short, or just average, for a man. This is a fascinating topic, because 5’9 is a “limbo” height: It’s often [...]
Should people who are symptom-free still be screened for an abdominal aortic aneurysm if they have risk factors such as being a man over age 70 or a smoker with high blood pressure? Whom should [...]
Is there a logical reason why a teen or adolescent, who gets bullied online, would keep returning to the scene of the crime, the Facebook page of the perpetrator? “Cyberbullied kids might continue to visit [...]
A study from the University of Tennessee investigated whether or not rock climbing put the athletes at a higher risk for developing osteoarthritis. “According to a 2006 study, rock climbers can develop increased bone thickness,” [...]
There's a lot of logic behind driving to the gym to use a treadmill. I just can't believe that anyone would ask why a person would drive to a gym (instead of walk) and then [...]
Pedaling backwards on an elliptical machine may be just what the doctor ordered for your knees; there's no need to think that this might harm your knee joints in any way. The research was presented [...]
The forward direction of pedaling on the elliptical trainer recruits a different pattern of muscles than does going backwards. Try it and you’ll feel the difference. With elliptical backwards pedaling, your upper body is facing [...]
Here is how to make a stubborn elderly parent go to the emergency room. Have you ever heard of a case in which an elderly person died because their medical treatment was delayed, because family [...]
Workplace bullying is a serious problem that can lead to a depressing low mood and/or insomnia. The recipient depends on their job for income -- which throws a real huge kink in the chain. A [...]
If you’re eager to buy Schiff’s “MegaRed” krill oil capsules, you may want to know that they contain sorbitol—a synthetic version. When I first saw the TV commercials for Schiff’s MegaRed krill oil capsules, I [...]
Here’s the scoop on accidentally taking 300 mg a day of hydralazine (Apresoline) instead of the prescribed 30 mg a day. My mother’s cardiac nurse made a mistake which resulted in the pharmacist preparing her [...]
Below are links to articles about liver disease that answer questions that perhaps you've been struggling to find answers for with extensive online searches--which either turned up nothing or vague, overly-broad information. So I asked [...]
Find out from a doctor whether or not the brain really turns to mush if a brain dead person is kept on a ventilator. “No, the brain cells do not turn to mush, any more than [...]
An internal medicine doctor explains what life-like processes continue occurring while a brain dead body is on a ventilator. A person is declared brain dead, but the family insists on keeping that person on a [...]
An internal medicine doctor answers the question of hair and nail growth in a legally dead (brain) body. A person who has been declared brain dead, but is “breathing” due to a ventilator, and being [...]
Did you know that microscopic colitis can cause joint aches? The exact mechanism is not clearly known, but have you noticed that often, either in the days (or weeks) preceding a microscopic colitis flare...you have [...]
A doctor offers a very interesting cause of vomiting during or after exercise. “That can happen when a person is very toxic, so when the circulation improves, then the lymphatics start moving and dumping toxins,” [...]
Have you been diagnosed with a class II heart murmur and are scared? In June 2011 a cardiologist told me I had a class II heart murmur on inspiration (inhaling). It was not something he [...]
Just because doctors haven’t mentioned peripheral neuropathy as the cause of your pain, doesn’t mean you can’t have it. “Peripheral neuropathy” means disease of the nerves of the peripheral nervous system, and I know at [...]
Find out what a study says about the best cardio intensity level for Parkinson’s patients. Will those with Parkinson’s disease benefit more from low intensity cardio exercise or higher? Researchers at the University of Maryland [...]
There are several possible causes of nausea that occurs when you work out. Are you troubled by the onset of nausea every time, or almost every time, you put in a good hard workout? And [...]
