When the heartbeat does what you'd describe as flutters, these are "usually called palpitations, which represent an awareness of our heartbeat (it may be described as an irregular beat, a forceful beat, or a [...]
Does a slow resting pulse mean you don’t have heart disease? Think again if you believe your slow resting heart rate means you can’t possibly have heart disease – even severe heart disease, also known as [...]
How much blockage in the coronary arteries is needed to cause angina? You can have sludge built up in your arteries and not know it. Angina is chest pain from blocked coronary arteries, which restrict [...]
You'd better believe that warning signs almost always exist for future heart attack. The warning signs are there; you just have to know how to spot them! A heart attack is serious business; how could [...]
Is your thumping heartbeat scaring the daylights out of you? Does your heart go ba-ba-BOOM, ba-ba-BOOM for no apparent reason? Even if you’re young and athletic, a thumping heartbeat can be scary and make you [...]
Having chest pain and shortness of breath and wonder if this is an emergency? Chest pain and shortness of breath can signal an impending heart attack. Chest pain and shortness of breath can also be [...]
Have you noticed a fluttering heartbeat or heart palpitations during your weight workouts or shortly after? Should you be unnerved about this experience? “Weightlifting due to the muscular exertion delivers an increased return of blood [...]
GERD specialist Dr. Carson Liu says that imminent heart attack symptoms can mimic heartburn. Have you been sent home from the ER with a GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) diagnosis as a result of chest pain [...]
Imminent heart attack can be missed by ER doctors when it comes to your chest pain. The ER doctor may misdiagnose your chest pain as GERD or acid reflux. My mother went into the ER [...]
An older woman who suffers from panic attacks has an increased risk of one day having a heart attack. And what makes this situation even more frightening is that the symptoms of a panic attack [...]
Have you noticed that when you bench press that your shoulder mysteriously begins hurting? Perhaps the bench press is the ONLY exercise that aggravates your shoulder? Shoulder pain or hurt when bench pressing isn’t that [...]
Though the pain of a toe cramp can be enough to make a grown man cry, don't let toe cramp pain fool you into thinking that toe cramps are caused by any terrible disease. Searing [...]
Hip pain after running can have one of multiple possible causes. And one of them is arthritis - -something that every runner dreads hearing. What are those several causes of hip pain after going on [...]
So you had a good run, but the second you stop, here comes that gnawing pain beneath your kneecap. Or maybe it came on during your run. What IS this and what can be done [...]
I solved my forearm pain that occurred during biceps curls. If you've been suffering forearm pain from biceps curls, you might be experiencing exactly what I experienced. I'm a former certified personal trainer, but even [...]
Do you suffer from ankle pain after running but can't figure out what could be causing this? There can be a number of causes -- and each cause has a unique solution. Ligament Strain or [...]
The most agonizing pain in the calf comes at some point during your sleep, but calf cramps can also strike you during athletic training. They can instantly halt whatever it was you were doing. Calf cramps [...]
Atypical Mole Have you been told you have a precancerous or atypical mole? Perhaps you were too afraid to ask your physician to explain in more detail what a precancerous or atypical mole [...]
Do you have a purple mole? If so, are you worried that your mole has cancer because it's purple? "The color of a mole may vary within normal ranges, and purple color may not necessarily [...]
New moles in older age are cause for concern, according to many dermatologists. What if a newly discovered mole after age 40 looks normal? Should you have a new mole examined anyways? Dr. Monica Halem, MD, [...]
Is a fading mole, one that's getting lighter, worrying you about melanoma? Have you noticed a mole on your body has been fading or getting lighter? You've heard that melanoma skin cancer that develops in a [...]
Melanoma: What can cause a mole to change besides skin cancer? We've been alarmed by the media when it comes to changing moles -- to See your doctor immediately if you have a changing mole to [...]
Does a brown mole changing to red necessarily mean melanoma? How many times have you read that when a mole changes color, this can be a sign of melanoma and to immediately see a doctor? [...]
Elbow pain when you bench press DOES have definite causes and definite solutions. You'll want to get on board quickly before the injury becomes chronic. There are specific causes of elbow pain both while, or [...]
Ever had foamy urine? There are several causes of foamy urine. Is cancer one of them? If you've been noticing foamy urine and have been wondering if it might be a sign of cancer, worry [...]
Does your stomach make all sorts of gurgling, rumbling and other strange, weird sounds? "Has it reached a point where other people can actually hear your belly making these noises? I'm not talking about hunger [...]
Have you had orange diarrhea lately? That must have been a surprising sight, maybe even an alarming sight, since loose stools are supposed to be brown (though a little greenish is okay), not orange. Diarrhea can [...]
If your urine has a fishy smell, this isn't a hygiene problem and will not be solved with extra bathing or more showers. Fishy smelling urine is a common. "Sometimes it can be difficult to [...]
Orange urine is easy to spot at just a glance in the toilet bowl or as it's coming out. And orange urine means something. Urine should be an almost clear, or very light yellow color. [...]
Pheeuw, do you have really bad smelling gas? It's been said that really foul smelling gas means that the offender is very healthy. Of course, this is just a crazy myth. "Silent but deadly" has been [...]
Are you experiencing sudden diarrhea out of the blue for no apparent reason, and other than the diarrhea, you feel fine? Is the diarrhea particularly watery or "liquidy"? Perhaps between episodes of this mysterious diarrhea, [...]
Symptoms of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and colon cancer are nearly identical. In fact, they are so similar that I had to wonder if there was a way that a person, who is experiencing troubling [...]
If your thin or narrow stools have you fearing colon cancer, there are other causes of narrow thin stools besides cancer of the colon. A number of factors can determine bowel movement caliber (shape, texture, color, [...]
Ever have blue or green urine? Gee, what causes urine to be green or blue or blue-green? I asked Dr. Courtenay Moore, MD, urologist in the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, about what can [...]
Red Urine Has Many Causes: Some Life Threatening, Some Harmless Red urine sometimes means blood in the urine, but sometimes it doesn't. Either way, you need to find out the cause of red or rust colored [...]
Brain zaps from Effexor, Cymbalta and other antidepressants are as follows: “Electrical currents” or “shivers” that run through your brain when you try to get off Effexor, Cymbalta or Paxil, three commonly prescribed antidepressants, notorious [...]
Could a calf dent ever mean atrophy of ALS? If you have clicked on this article, then you are most likely already deep within the agony of ALS fear originating from twitching muscles. So [...]
Are your calf muscles twitching? Are you scared it’s ALS? How can you tell this isn’t ALS? Even if you had a negative EMG, you may still not be reassured and may be continuing to [...]
Muscle twitching is a terrifying topic for many people because twitching muscles is a symptom of a killer disease. Muscle twitching is very common, affecting millions of people, but ALS, the disease in which muscle [...]
So, your toe is twitching. Maybe it’s the big one only, or maybe it’s a few of the smaller ones, but nevertheless, the twitching is hard to ignore. Especially when you can actually see the [...]
