Can a Hiatal Hernia Cause Vomiting Blood?
The vomiting of blood, even small amounts, warrants a prompt visit to a doctor and has numerous potential causes. Can a hiatal hernia ever be one? […]
Can Obesity Make It Harder for a Colonoscopy to Find Cancer?
Obesity doesn’t just cause serious disease; it also hinders medical procedures. […]
Top Five Ways to Whiten Your Yellow Teeth
If you suffer from yellow teeth, here are the 5 best ways to help whiten them, plus what you should never do — explained by a leading dentist. […]
Can Different Brain Tumor Symptoms Come and Go?
Since a brain tumor stays fixed in place, it stands to reason that once you get symptoms, they will be constant. Or might they actually come and go? […]
How Long Can a Brain Tumor Cause ONLY Headaches?
How long can you have only headaches before you can say, “It can’t possibly be a brain tumor because so much time has gone by without any other symptoms”? […]
If an MRI Shows a Brain Tumor Are You Told Sooner?
Do the results of your MRI (brain tumor vs. normal) determine how soon you hear back from your doctor? […]
The Different Phantom Smells that a Brain Tumor Can Cause
Smelling something that isn’t there (phantosmia) can be caused by a brain tumor. There are different kinds of odors that a person may smell as a result of a brain tumor. When a person begins [...]
Can MRI Wrongly Show High Grade Glioma that’s Really Low Grade?
Did your MRI show a high grade glioma? Could it possibly be low grade? How accurate is the MRI at telling a high grade from a low grade brain tumor? A glioma type of brain [...]
Do Brain Tumors Grow Back or Were They Never All Removed?
Two of the most frightening words anyone can hear is, “It’s back.” This refers to a brain tumor that’s returned after having been surgically removed. Other treatment would have involved targeted radiation, in which a [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause Your Head to Suddenly Feel Heavy?
You’re going about your day when suddenly your head feels heavy. It doesn’t last long and then you feel perfectly normal. Could a brain tumor be the cause? “Brain tumor symptoms can vary greatly,” points [...]
5 Ways Prostate Cancer Can Cause Weight Loss
Men with prostate cancer may experience unintended and significant weight loss. There are five reasons why this can happen. […]
18 Causes of Foot Drop Including Benign and Serious like ALS
There are 11 benign causes of foot drop, but there are also more serious conditions including five that can kill you. If you've been noticing what seems to be foot drop in one of your [...]
Postmenopausal and Have Hot Flashes First Thing in the Morning?
Are you postmenopausal and seem to get a hot flash every morning the moment you get out of bed? […]
Why Does Sneezing Cause the Lower Abs to Twitch?
Do you sometimes get a twitch in your lower abdominal area right after sneezing? Sometimes it’s two or three twitches – a split second after a big sneeze. […]
Colonoscopy vs. Colposcopy: What’s the Difference?
Have you seen both “colonoscopy” and “colposcopy” in the same information about one of these procedures? If you’re confused, here’s the difference. […]
Asthma Go-Bag Helps Parents of Asthmatic Kids Be Organized
If you’re a busy, harried parent struggling to keep your child’s asthma essentials organized, the Asthma KidCare Go-Bag is just what you need. […]
Does Your Little Girl Want One Braid and One Pigtail?
Do you have a young daughter who wants a braid on one side and a pigtail on the other? Here’s what you should know if you won’t allow this. […]
Can Young Women Get Esophageal Cancer?
Esophageal cancer is associated with older men. But young women actually can develop esophageal cancer. […]
Can Esophageal Cancer Cause a Bloody Taste in the Mouth?
Do you have symptoms making you fear esophageal cancer and have recently begun tasting blood? A tumor in the esophagus is fairly close to the throat. […]
What Is Esophageal Cancer Often Misdiagnosed As?
Esophageal cancer can be misdiagnosed especially in women. And why don’t more doctors promptly order an upper endoscopy when the patient reports suspicious symptoms? […]
Why Is Cancer Scarier than Heart Disease Which Kills More People?
Why is cancer more terrifying than heart disease if heart disease kills way more people than cancer? Why is “You have cancer” more frightening than “You have heart disease”? […]
Does Your Foot Move when Your Calf Muscle Twitches?
Is it more likely a sign of a motor neuron disease if when your calf muscle twitches, your foot involuntarily moves with it? […]
Why Do Some Kids Have COVID-19 Lung Complications?
For a very small number of children, relative to total number infected, COVID-19 has caused serious lung complications. What is different about these kids? “Overall children with SARS-CoV-2 infection causing COVID-19 illness have not had [...]
Lung Cancer in Teens from Smoking: How Possible Is This?
Being that some teens who smoke took up the habit when they were only 12, or even 10, how likely could they get lung cancer while still a teen? […]
Why Don’t Kids Get the Same OSA As Adults?
Why is it the obstructive sleep apnea in kids is different than that of adults? […]
Why Do Some Teens Get Vaping Lung Injury and Others Don’t?
Some teens have died from vaping; others have permanent lung damage; but most are not affected. Why is this? […]
Can Untreated Sleep Apnea in Children Affect Their Lungs?
If you suspect your child has sleep apnea and are worried it can affect their lungs if not treated, you are correct. […]
Can a Child Have OSA Without Daytime Symptoms?
Are you wondering if it’s possible a child could have sleep apnea but no daytime symptoms? […]
Are Obese Children at Higher Risk of Pulmonary Embolism?
Obesity in adults is a risk factor for a blood clot that can cause a fatal pulmonary embolism. But what about childhood obesity? […]
How Long Can a Brain Tumor Go Undetected?
Ever wonder how long a person can have a brain tumor before it’s finally diagnosed? […]
Can an MRI Miss a Brain Tumor Big Enough to Cause Symptoms?
Have you recently had a normal MRI for your symptoms but are worried that it missed a brain tumor? […]
What Is a Mixed Brain Tumor?
A mixed brain tumor is explained by a neurosurgeon who treats all kinds of brain tumors. […]
What Does the “2” in SARS-CoV-2 Stand For?
COVID-19 or the “novel coronavirus” is technically termed as SARS-CoV-2. Many know what these characters stand for except the “2.” […]
Average Time It Takes to Diagnose a Child’s Brain Tumor
There is usually a delay in getting a child’s brain tumor diagnosed. […]
How Dangerous Is Back Fat? 5 Ways It Can Harm You
So just how harmful is excess back fat? There are five ways it can hurt you, including two ways it can lead to your death. […]
It’s Not Always Bad if Young Girls Worry About Getting Fat
There’s outrage from fat-acceptance influencers and their followers when little girls start worrying about “getting fat.” They believe childhood obesity is nothing to worry about. […]
Can Obesity Cause Vaginal Bleeding? Beware of Misdiagnosis
Are you very overweight, postmenopausal and having vaginal bleeding? Have doctors said you should just lose weight or that it’s stress? […]
Is It Harder for Doctors to Do Office Exams on Obese Patients?
The health dangers of obesity get much media coverage, but what of the mechanical difficulties that doctors have when performing exams hands-on in the office? Physicians rely heavily on the ability of their fingers to [...]
Diseases that Cause the Most Symptoms in One Patient
This is about diseases that cause the most symptoms at the same time in a single patient. There are quite a few medical conditions that cause so many symptoms that they can easily be misdiagnosed. [...]
Can Strong Be Unhealthy? Or is Weak Unhealthy?
“Strong isn’t healthy” is usually spoken by physically weak people, even though being weak is what’s truly bad for the body. But can an unhealthy person be strong? […]
