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 [...]
Before you head to the tattoo parlor, you should know how long the AIDS virus can live in a tattoo needle. Remember, tattoo parlors are not medical clinics, so don’t just automatically assume that the [...]
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 [...]
Is “restless arm syndrome” a real condition? Why would restlessness occur only in the legs? […]
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 [...]
Are you trying to get pregnant, need a CT scan of the pelvic area and are worried the radiation will damage the eggs in your ovaries? […]
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 [...]
Penis odor not only is embarrassing but unnerving, as it brings to mind a sexually transmitted disease or worse, cancer. A bad smell from the penis can have multiple different causes. Bad penis odors have [...]
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: [...]
If you suffer from BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional disorder), you can perform the Epley maneuver on yourself for instant relief from the dizziness and nausea. […]
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 you hear a clicking sound with every blink of your eyes? Maybe it happens only sometimes or with nearly every blink – and it’s not only impossible to ignore. But it brings to mind [...]
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. […]
If one of your eyes has been sticking out or bulging lately, this could be a sign of a brain tumor, eye tumor or sinus tumor. When an eye protrudes, this is called proptosis. [...]
You need not be old to get osteoporosis; brittle bones can affect 30-year-olds too. There are many reasons people in their 30’s can get osteoporosis. […]
Depending on your level of health anxiety, you might think that your popping clavicle is due to cancer or a neurological disease. And in fact, if your clavicle pops in and out, you will notice [...]
There are many causes of catching a cold every few months, and some are easily fixed, while others require aggressive medical intervention […]
Most cases of temporal arteritis occur in people older than 50, but this doesn’t mean a younger person cannot ever develop this condition. “Temporal arteritis or giant cell arteritis is a systemic inflammation of blood [...]
If you’re thinking of enrolling your overweight young daughter in ballet classes, you may want to abandon that idea and consider martial arts. Though ballet comes with it an association of glamour, glitz and fairy [...]
What if your urine smells like coffee but you DON’T drink coffee? Could this be a sign of cancer? Drinking a lot of coffee can make your urine smell like coffee. But it’s a whole [...]
Discovering crud or crusty gunk behind your ear can be an unnerving experience, making you wonder if it’s skin cancer. […]
It feels like there’s a bruise on your leg, but when you look there, you see nothing unusual. Is this a cause for concern? “That depends,” says Susan L. Besser, MD, with Mercy Medical Center, [...]
Other than when you’re thirsty or have signs of dehydration, does it really matter when you drink water? Or is the scheduling of water intake a bit too obsessive? […]
Not having your overactive thyroid treated can kill you. In fact, it’s not if, but when you’ll die if you don’t get treatment for hyperthyroidism. […]
