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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Knowledge Is Power Founded in 2012, Scarysymptoms.com has established itself as a leader for providing visitors in-depth information about their symptoms -- not the template information of most other medical sites, but information straight from [...]

Here is a sampling of IBS articles: Can IBS ever lead to colon cancer or even colon polyps? Many with irritable bowel syndrome wonder if this disorder can ever pave the way to colon cancer. [...]

Here is a sampling of articles on bowel movements. Do thin narrow stools usually mean colon cancer? How often have you read that thin stools (“pencil-like” or “ribbon-like”) can signal colon cancer? National Cancer [...]

Cotton in your mouth? There’s a big difference between thirst and “dry mouth.” You can have a true case of dry mouth and not feel the least bit thirsty. The difference in how being "parched" [...]

I have had the following symptoms and conditions.  (no particular order) Changing mole Seborrheic keratosis Seborrheic dermatitis Finger pain/cramp (annular flexor pulley injury) Shoulder pain (rotator cuff injury) Biceps tendonitis Low back pain (soft tissue [...]

Here is a sampling of tongue symptom articles: Is your tongue twitching?  How scary is THAT? Do you find yourself spending huge amounts of time inspecting your tongue in the mirror? Is your family wondering [...]

Here Are Headache Related Articles Brain tumor headache vs. normal headache. Are you one of these types who, every time you get a headache, you fear it’s a brain tumor? Can a benign headache actually [...]

Here is a sampling of chest pain articles. If doctor says your chest pain is from acid reflux or GERD, how do you know he’s not misdiagnosing an imminent heart attack? This happened to my [...]

This muscle (yes, the tongue is a muscle) has caused unspeakable anxiety in many men and women -- -- to the point where they’ll spend huge amounts of time every day examining their tongue in [...]

Mouth symptoms can have tons of causes, and yes, some include cancer. The mouth can experience a wide range of issues, some benign and others potentially life-threatening. While many people worry about oral cancer, particularly [...]

Diarrhea has so many causes including parasitic worms living inside your intestines. Ewwww! But that's highly preferable to cancer, right? Should you fear cancer every time you have diarrhea? A Little Bit About Parasites in [...]