Many women gain a lot of body fat during pregnancy and blame this on the pregnancy. But staying at a healthy weight during a pregnancy is certainly not an unrealistic goal – especially among women [...]

Here’s a time-saving routine of body weight exercises for high intensity circuit training that combines aerobic and strength training in a very brief workout session. One round will last about seven minutes, but if you [...]

It’s perfectly okay to worry about gaining weight while staying at home during a pandemic. Some body image influencers want you to believe that you shouldn’t worry about gaining weight while cooped up in your [...]

Are you a “Coast” listener who keeps getting bombarded with the ads for Carnivora and Youngevity? Which of the two is more hype? Which of the two should you choose if you could only choose [...]

Are those anonymous self-love sticky notes in public places overrated? Or can they really undo the source of a woman's poor self-esteem? The person who wrote the “You are worthy” note has never seen you, [...]

Followers of obese influencers get furious when someone says “Obesity is not healthy,” but these same followers will call a thin woman unhealthy. […]

JUNE 11 Here are serial images of a big toenail subungual hematoma showing how the old blood and bruise heal over an eight month period. In the June 11 image above, a subungual [...]

While gun control dominates the news, thousands of Americans every year die at the hands of trans fats in common foods. Trans fats should be banned. Where is the outcry? Trans fats are a poisonous [...]

Watch enough ID Channel and you’ll know there’s a reason why the abuser in a relationship can be a woman physically weaker than the victim. […]

You’ve just finished a meal when suddenly, you feel it coming up: foamy liquid that makes you burp. This is especially problematic when you’re in the presence of others. There is a cause to the [...]

There is a menacing connection between lost teeth and heart attacks. A study conducted at the University of Helsinki on 8,400 subjects between 25 and 75 shows a connection between missing teeth and risk of [...]

If you suddenly feel tightness in your chest but have no other symptoms, what are the odds that this could be a heart attack, especially if you have the classic risk factors? 12 Risk Factors [...]

Red food clumps or particles in your poops can mimic the appearance of blood smears or clots from a disease. Here’s how to tell whether the red you see is food vs. blood. [...]

If you have multiple sclerosis and toe pain, or if you have unexplained toe pain but have not yet seen a neurologist, there are several important factors that you need to understand. […]

If your ankles seem to be cold on a frequent basis, the cause may be disease. Not disease of the skin, but conditions such as peripheral vascular disease. It is not normal to have chilly [...]

If you’ve been feeling palpitations when your fingertips are against your neck, this can mean more than one situation internally. […]

There is a period of time after an embryo transfer during which a woman should avoid swimming. This is why she should not schedule the embryo transfer in close proximity to a vacation during which [...]

You may be trying to conceive (TTC) for such a very long time without success, and begin to wonder if your own dog is the cause of your infertility. […]

When a woman experiences what she believes to be painful ovulation, she may wonder if this means that an egg has been released from an ovary. […]

You’re older, you have no kids but desperately want a baby, but you’ve been told to lose a lot of weight before you can have IVF. By the time you lose the weight, you fear [...]

There are two kinds of cancer that radioactivity most commonly causes, especially in children and young adults. A CAT scan emits more radiation than any other imaging modality. […]

It’s one thing when your entire hand feels chilly cold, but what if only one finger feels cold? This is a very oddball symptom, but it has explanations. […]

Restless leg syndrome can occur in only one leg, and there are a few risk factors that can make this happen. […]

If your lungs are truly itching, how can you tell it’s your lungs and not something else under your skin like your ribs or muscles? […]

The symptom pair of constant loud stomach noises with severe cramping can be caused by one of multiple different diseases, including a very serious one. The thing about loud or noisy stomach sounds is that [...]

Did you hear a brief squeaky noise as you pushed a poop out your anus?! The squeaky sound was generated by the mechanics of pushing the stool out the anal opening. […]

You just had your wisdom teeth removed. You’re now having bloody noses. Is there a connection? “Some oozing after wisdom teeth (upper wisdom teeth) removal is to be expected for a few minutes to an [...]

There are numerous serious diseases that a blood test can detect. Sometimes a blood test will only detect a disease marker, but others will outright reveal presence of the medical condition. For example, there are [...]

Are your sticky and gluey lips driving you mad? Do your lips sometimes feel like there’s rubber cement coating them? The good news is that this is not a sign of cancer or a neurological [...]

Anyone concerned about how soon after having a CT scan it could cause cancer certainly knows about the “one in 1,000” statistic. In other words, in past studies, researchers have concluded that the odds of [...]

Waking up in the morning to find that your lips have swelled up can be a pretty alarming experience. “Lips can swell [overnight] for a number of reasons,” says Walter Gaman, MD, FABFM, board certified [...]

Ever see a pinky toe with no nail and wonder why, in some individuals, there is no nail on their pinky toe? Or sometimes there is, if you want to call it a true nail: [...]

How normal is it for one collarbone (clavicle) to stick out more than the other? What actually causes this and can cancer be a potential cause? “Clavicles are generally symmetrical, but asymmetry is not necessarily [...]

Do NOT buy the Sigvaris Comprefit compression sock with wraps or you will totally waste your money. This product was a sorry disappointment for an elderly man with edema in both legs. […]