Why You Have Pain Soon After Revision Knee Replacement
Is your knee pain worse after revision surgery even though at first it wasn’t so bad? A knee revision surgery is when a failed or loosened implant is replaced in part or whole by new [...]
New Pain After Epidural Steroid Injection: Cause, Solution
Perhaps you’ve had an epidural steroid injection for a herniated disc which solved the sciatica pain, but now you have a new kind of discomfort. Have you recently had an epidural steroid injection to relieve [...]
Herniated Disc Treatment: Conservative or Decompression?
The big question is: At what point does conservative treatment for a herniated disc switch over to decompression treatment? A herniated disc can be treated with conservative means or with a technique called percutaneous disc [...]
How to Handle Menopausal Hot Flashes when Strength Training
Oddly, I couldn’t find any online information about having a menopausal hot flash while strength training, so I decided to be (apparently) the first to write on this subject. I have had many hot flashes [...]
Cause of Irregular Periods, Weight Gain in Teens
Are you a teen who's very worried about irregular periods and unexplained weight gain despite no change in diet? There can be a medical cause to this. It's called polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). “PCOS and [...]
Breast Cancer Risk in Pear vs. Apple Shaped Women
Cancer.gov Researchers have revealed that the breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women is a function of waist circumference, independent of body mass index (BMI). And that means that whether or not a woman's [...]
Zero Calcium Score Possible with Major Soft Plaque Buildup
Does a zero calcium score automaticlly mean you're off the hook for dangerous soft plaque buildup in your arteries? Though coronary calcium scoring is an accurate indicator of the presence of heart disease (varying degrees [...]
Why Isn’t a CT Angiogram Commonly Used in ER for Chest Pain?
Why isn't the CT angiogram used commonly in emergency rooms to evaluate chest pain? Studies have shown the value of the CT angiogram in distinguishing ER patients with cardiac chest pain from those with non-heart [...]
Why Excess Fat Around the Heart Is So Dangerous
Emory University School of Medicine cardiologists note that X-ray via CT scan can measure the size of the fat layer surrounding the heart. The fat layer around the heart is called epicardial adipose tissue. Knowing [...]
What a Calcium Score Means in Low Heart Disease Risk People
If you're at low risk for heart disease but have a calcium score above zero, just what does this mean for you? Though the calcium score has been shown to be a strong predictor of [...]
Can the Heart Be Damaged by a Fast Resting Pulse?
Is your resting pulse fast and you're worried that this will eventually cause harm to your heart? And can this damage the heart if you're otherwise healthy? Can a fast resting pulse, in and of [...]
How Long Should Chest Pain Last Before Going to the ER?
How long should you wait with chest pain before deciding it's time to visit the ER? After all, you could be in that 15-30% of patients who end up having a heart attack. “It’s important [...]
High Calcium in Arteries Linked to High Heart Attack Risk
The higher the calcium in your arteries (shown by a calcium score test), the likelier you'll suffer a heart attack. Maybe it's time to get your calcium score! Researchers may be able to predict future [...]
Women’s Heart Disease: Stress, Stiff Heart, High Blood Pressure
Don't kid yourself: Women's heart disease is very different from men's in more ways than you may be thinking, and that includes the effect that stress has on the heart. Dr. Gordon A. Ewy, MD, explains [...]
CT Angiography vs. Stress Test for Heart Disease Detection
New research shows that the stress test is not effective at detecting obstructive heart disease, and that the CT angiogram wins considerably. The CT angiogram wins out over the cardiac stress test when it comes [...]
Calcium Score Getting Higher Means Big Heart Attack Risk
If your coronary calcium score gets higher with each subsequent test, you have every reason to be very alarmed. How many coronary calcium tests have you had, and has your score gotten higher each time? [...]
Chest Pain, ER Visit: Follow-Up within 30 Days Is Critical
You’re not out of the woods if a doctor discharges you from the emergency room after you reported chest pain. It may be a matter of life or death that you follow up within 30 [...]
Thumping Heart, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Fatigue: Serious Cause
The following symptoms together strongly indicate a serious heart problem: "thumping" heartbeat, dizziness, chest pain and fatigue. Even three out of the four can suggest this serious problem with the heart: aortic stenosis. Though these [...]
Can Too Much Milk Raise Your Calcium Score?
Find out what the latest research says about calcium intake and heart disease. Milk is rich in calcium, and calcium deposits correlate to degree of heart disease, says Mayoclinic.com. A calcium score of zero means [...]
Can Cozaar Drug Shrink Aortic Aneurysm in Non-Marfan Patients?
Since the Cozaar drug significantly shrinks rate of aortic aneurysm growth in Marfan’s patients, how well could it work for patients who do not have Marfan syndrome? An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement of [...]
Can Exercise Cut Esophageal Cancer Risk?
Esophageal cancer has a very poor prognosis; certainly there HAS to be a way of lowering the risk: could exercise be one? A meta-analysis of four studies shows an association between a reduced risk of [...]
Teaching Your Child to Refuse Candy from Strangers
Pedophiles often use candy to lure their child victims. Here's how to teach young children to refuse candy being offered by a "nice" stranger! A predator with half a brain will always have a bag [...]
How Effective Is Calcium Score Test at Heart Disease Prevention?
Knowing your calcium score just might save yourself from death by heart disease. But it’s not as simple as an absolute number that applies to every single individual in the same way. There are multiple [...]
Best Diet for Improving Congestive Heart Failure
If you’ve been diagnosed with heart failure, you’ll want to seriously consider changing your diet as part of your treatment. A study from the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center shows that after only 21 [...]
Are Heart Attacks with No Chest Pain Less Severe?
Is there a link between how mild or severe chest pain is, and how mild or massive a heart attack is? Heart attacks often come with chest pain, but some come without or with just [...]
How Accurate Is a Stress Test for Women’s Heart Disease Detection?
A treadmill stress test to determine the presence of heart disease in women is not as accurate as you may think. If you’ve always imagined that all a woman needs to do, to find out [...]
Why You Should Wear Earplugs at Ball Games & Other Sports
Hearing loss causes; which is No. 1? The screaming at ball games and other sporting events is literally deafening, yet very few people think to wear earplugs at these events. You're ruining your [...]
Supplement Pills Stuck in Chest Feeling: Solutions
Here’s how to prevent getting that pills stuck in chest feeling after taking several supplements at once. Have you found that often, if not always, whenever you take your usual “handful” of supplement pills, that [...]
Noise Sensitivity ADHD: Real Illness or Product of Culture?
One of the symptoms of ADHD, according to WebMD, is the following: “Easily distracted by irrelevant stimuli and frequently interrupting ongoing tasks to attend to trivial noises or events that are usually ignored by others.” This describes me [...]
Cough Is Getting Worse: What Does an ER Exam Involve?
If you have a worsening cough, get to the emergency room because it can be serious; here’s what’s involved. When my mother developed a cough with phlegm that sounded horrible -- and after several days [...]
Cause of Blackout in Seemingly Healthy Elderly
Do you know an elderly person who blacked out for no apparent reason, with no history of fainting? An elderly person apparently blacks out and falls. First of all, you need to determine -- if [...]
Bad Cough in Elderly: When to Go to the ER
A bad cough in the elderly can mean pneumonia, a top killer of the elderly, so head to the emergency room promptly. If an elderly family member (over age 65) has a cough that seems [...]
Pulmonary Embolism Tied to Excessive Sitting in Women
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and can be fatal within a minute, and for women who sit a lot on a daily basis, their risk is two to three times [...]
Premarin vs. Estradiol and Blood Clot (DVT) Risk
Find out which poses a higher risk of a DVT blood clot: estradiol pills or Premarin pills. To help manage menopausal symptoms, women can be prescribed estrogen-type pills, but these carry with them the increased [...]
Trouble Breathing, Chest Pain After Joint Replacement Surgery
Trouble breathing with chest pain after joint replacement surgery never has a benign cause, says Barbara Bergin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon. NEVER assume that chest pain with difficulty breathing following joint replacement surgery is a [...]
Knee Replacement DVT: Patients at Highest Risk?
Certain kinds of patients have the highest risk of a DVT following joint replacement surgery. A DVT is a deep vein thrombosis which could break off and travel to the lungs and be life threatening. [...]
Retrievable (Temporary) IVC Filters vs. Permanent: Pros & Cons
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 [...]
How Often Does Someone in the U.S. Die from a DVT ?
The rate at which a deep vein thrombosis kills an American will floor you. Every year in the United States, a significant number of people die from VTE: venous thrombus embolism. “DVT kills more people [...]
Can a DVT Go Away on Its Own?
A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can be deadly, but does this mean it can’t go away on its own? If you suspect a DVT, get to the emergency room, because a deep vein thrombosis can [...]
DVT Prevention with a Treadmill Desk
A treadmill desk will go a very long way at helping prevent DVT: deep vein thrombosis. Perhaps you’ve heard that prolonged sitting during air travel or road travel is a risk factor for developing a [...]
