Chest Pain: Can Imminent Heart Attack Be Misdiagnosed in ER?
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 [...]
Older Women’s Panic Attack Can Predict Heart Attack
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 [...]
Why Bench Pressing Sometimes Hurts Your Shoulder
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 [...]
Toe Cramp Causes and Solutions
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 [...]
What Can Make Your Hip Hurt After Running?
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 [...]
Why There’s Pain Under Your Kneecap During or After Running
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 [...]
Forearm Pain Doing Biceps Curls: Cause and Solution
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 [...]
Ankle Pain After Running: Causes and Solutions
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 [...]
Aching Bad Calf Cramps: Causes, Treatment, Prevention
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 [...]
What Does Precancerous or Atypical Mole Mean?
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 [...]
Are Purple Moles Normal or Possible Cancer?
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 Middle Age People: Melanoma or Benign?
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, [...]
Fading Moles: Melanoma, or Could this Be Something Else Besides Skin Cancer?
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 Skin Cancer: When Changing Moles Are Benign
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 [...]
When Brown Mole Turns Red: Melanoma or Nothing to Worry About?
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 While Bench Pressing: Causes and Solutions
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 [...]
What Causes Foamy Urine: Serious & Benign
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 [...]
Why Does My Stomach Make Strange Funny Sounds?
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 [...]
Orange Diarrhea: Some Causes Are Serious
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 [...]
Fishy Urine Smell Caused by Infected Vagina: Men Can Get Infected
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 [...]
Causes of Orange Urine: Can One Be Cancer?
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. [...]
What Makes My Gas Smell So Bad?
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 [...]
Painless Ongoing Diarrhea As Only Symptom: What This Might Be
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, [...]
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) or Colon Cancer Symptom Comparison
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 [...]
Causes of Thin Narrow Stools Besides Colon Cancer
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, [...]
Causes of Blue and Green Urine, and Solutions
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 [...]
What Blood in Urine Means
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 Cymbalta, Effexor and Paxil Explained
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 [...]
Calf Dents, Twitching Muscles Have You Worried?
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 [...]
Twitching Calf Muscle Strength Tests and ALS Obsession
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 [...]
Do You Fear ALS Because Your Muscles Are Twitching?
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 [...]
Causes of Toe Twitching, and Solutions
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 [...]
Muscle Twitching in Fingers? ALS Fear? Strength Tests
Twitching muscles in the fingers can have some people fearing they have ALS, that incurable fatal disease that causes muscles to waste away. People with twitching muscles who think they have ALS are prone to [...]
Perceived Weakness: Tips for Relief of ALS Fear
Perceived weakness is an awful thing to have, and it originates from the mind, when someone starts believing he or she has ALS due to muscle twitching. Perceived weakness can disrupt a person’s life. Perceived [...]
Twitching Muscle in the Thigh (Quadriceps): ALS or Benign?
ALS sites have scared the pants off of you since muscle twitching comes up on them, and this is what’s been going on in your quadriceps or thigh. You need loads of reassurance that you [...]
Muscle Twitching Connection to Anxiety and Exercise
Relax, muscle twitching occurs to people all over the world, and until the invention of the World Wide Web, it didn’t seem to be much of a concern. Thanks to the Internet, masses of people [...]
Why Your Stomach is Twitching: Neurologist Explains
Is your stomach twitching? "Twitching is the common term for fasciculations, an abnormal firing of muscles," says Daniel Kantor, MD, director of the Neurology Residency Program, Florida Atlantic University. When your stomach twitches, just what is [...]
Suffer with Body Wide Muscle Twitching? Here’s Good News
If you're going nuts because of muscle twitching all throughout your entire body, stop fearing the worst, and don't even worry about something even a little bit serious. Muscle twitching isn't necessarily a sign of [...]
How to Tell the Difference Between Multiple Sclerosis and Restless Leg Syndrome
Telling multiple sclerosis from restless leg syndrome? Multiple sclerosis vs. restless leg syndrome: Is there really a way to know, without seeing a doctor, if what you're experiencing is restless leg syndrome, as opposed to [...]
Is Thumb Twitching Normal or Something to Worry About?
Is your thumb twitching lately? Have you learned that muscle twitching is one of the symptoms of ALS? Does your thumb twitch and "jump" for no apparent reason? Can a twitching thumb mean something serious, [...]