Does One Calf Muscle Smaller than the Other Mean Atrophy?
Those who fear having ALS may notice that one calf has less muscle than the other and worry this means atrophy and the beginning of a fatal journey. […]
Helping Autistic Children With Incontinence Adjust to School
Returning to school can be a source of stress and anxiety for autistic children, as their relaxing summer schedule suddenly changes. […]
Best Breast Cancer Defense Is Early Detection: Honoring National Mammography Day
For more than three decades, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) has propelled public education on the causes and risks of breast cancer, the importance of early screening and diagnosis, and the growing number of treatment options available today. [...]
Can Mental Stress Make Chronic Heart Failure Worse?
Chronic heart failure in the elderly has a poor prognosis, but is this made worse if one is subjected to chronic stress vs. if they weren’t? We surely know that chronic stress can contribute to [...]
Ultrasound Shows Blood in a Breast Cyst: Cancer or Benign?
What does it mean when an ultrasound shows blood in a breast cyst? Is this likely cancer or more likely a benign finding? What prompts women to have an ultrasound of their breasts in the [...]
Can GERD Cause a Brief Pulling Sensation in the Chest?
Do you ever get a brief pulling or tugging feeling in your chest and wonder if this can be caused by GERD or momentary acid reflux? A variety of sensations can affect the chest. • [...]
Can MS Cause an Arm to Fall Asleep at Night?
You wake in the middle of the night or early morning to find that your arm feels like a lifeless log: numb and asleep. You also have MS and wonder if there’s a connection. To [...]
Why Elderly Person Can’t Keep Eyes Open During the Day
The reason your elderly loved-one eats with their eyes closed and otherwise can’t keep their eyes open during the day may have nothing to do with lack of sleep. Take a look at the following [...]
Is There a Way to Tell if Fatigue Is Caused by MS?
Multiple sclerosis definitely causes fatigue. But so do many other conditions including cancer and heart disease. “Fatigue is a very well-described symptom in the MS literature,” says Mitzi J. Williams, MD, clinical neurologist with Morehouse [...]
Does MS Cause Long Sustained Eyelid Twitching?
A person suffering from new-onset twitching of an eyelid may wonder if multiple sclerosis might be the cause – especially if this symptom is ongoing and aggressive. […]
Can MS Cause the Body to Be Pulled to One Side when Walking?
Have you ever been walking and suddenly began feeling your body being pulled to one side? If you’ve already been diagnosed with MS, you may then wonder if this condition is the cause. [...]
Foot Drop from Pinched Nerve vs. ALS: Telling the Difference
Are there ways to tell the difference between an ALS foot drop and one caused by a pinched nerve in the low back? […]
How Many People with ALS Were Previously Diagnosed with BFS?
It’s a fact that there are people with ALS who were previously diagnosed with benign fasciculation syndrome. There is more than one way that this can happen. […]
Deltoid Muscle Keeps Twitching: Benign or Disease?
You’ve been lifting weights for some time now, but suddenly your deltoid muscle has begun twitching after workouts. This has never happened before. What’s even scarier is if you have not changed your shoulder routine. [...]
How Often Does Non-Inflammatory Breast Cancer Cause Pain?
Brief sharp pains or ongoing duller pain in a breast will put the fear of cancer in many women. Inflammatory breast cancer is much more associated with pain than is the “regular kind” of breast [...]
Severe Upper Right Side Pain After Eating: Causes, Solutions
This is about pain on the upper right side of the stomach that occurs after eating. […]
Brief Sharp Pain Above the Ear with Yawning or After
A brief sharp pain above your ear when you yawn is definitely an unsettling experience. […]
Heartburn vs. Acid Reflux: Knowing the Difference
There IS a difference between “heartburn” and acid reflux. Though these words are sometimes used interchangeably, they do have different meanings. […]
Sudden Nausea Before a Bowel Movement: Causes & Solutions
You aren’t supposed to have nausea before a bowel movement. This is not normal. Though the fecal contents may be causing mechanical pressure resulting in the biting pain of “having to go really bad,” there [...]
How Long It Takes Colon Cancer to Go from Stage 1 to 4
Stage 1 colon cancer has a very good prognosis, and stage 4 is pretty much a death sentence. How long does it take to go from stage 1 to stage 4? “The process of advancing [...]
Gurgling in Upper Stomach, Chest: Causes Include Cancer
If you’ve been hearing or feeling gurgling in your upper stomach or chest, cancer as a cause is not impossible. But the odds of this being benign in nature are piled in your favor – [...]
Discomfort Behind Breast when Swallowing: Cancer May Be Cause
Discomfort behind the breast upon swallowing has different possible causes including cancer – but not breast cancer. Furthermore, a heart problem may be a possible cause that occurs to the person experiencing pain in this [...]
Can Breast Cancer Cause a Tiny Hard Red Lump on the Skin?
Usually, a lump caused by breast cancer cannot be seen simply by looking at one’s breasts. But it’s not impossible for a tiny hard red lump on the skin over one’s breast to be caused [...]
Can a Woman Fly with Arm Lymphedema from Breast Cancer?
Under what circumstance would arm lymphedema prevent a woman from flying in an airplane? […]
Is It Safe for Elderly to Submerge Sprained Ankle in Ice Water?
Being that very elderly people have such thin skin, the question comes up of whether it’s safe to submerge their sprained ankle in ice water. […]
Can Acid Reflux Cause Red Irritated Tonsils?
It’s not a pretty sight: peering inside your mouth to see that your tonsils are red and irritated looking. The tonsils are in the path of acid reflux that makes it into the throat. The [...]
Can Pain in Chest Under Clavicle Be Esophageal Cancer?
Pain under one’s clavicle in the chest area can have so many causes, and for those worrying that this means esophageal cancer – unfortunately, this IS a possible cause. […]
Can You Prevent Type 2 Diabetes with Whole Grains?
Whole grains are good for someone with type 2 diabetes, but is it a far reach to think that whole grains can outright prevent this metabolic disease? […]
Arm Pain when Heart Is Racing: Heart Attack or Anxiety?
Have you been trying to convince yourself that your symptom pair of a racing heart and arm pain is anxiety rather than a heart problem? […]
Constant Stomach Pain that Gets Worse when Eating
The patient said she had continuous stomach pain day and night that got worse eating. Her doctors could not find anything wrong. […]
What’s the Slowest a Heart Attack Can Occur?
Is there a such thing as a slow motion heart attack? The “Hollywood heart attack” occurs in just seconds, but can real life heart attacks take hours to unfold? […]
Waking up Gasping for Air: Heart Problem, Cancer or Apnea?
You abruptly wake up from sleep gasping, feeling like you haven’t taken a breath for a whole minute. Is this your heart? Could it be cancer or sleep apnea? […]
What’ll Happen if You Don’t Treat LPR? Can You Get Cancer?
Not treating GERD can lead to cancer, but what could happen if you neglect to treat LPR? LPR is common, and it’s common for people to seek treatment, as its symptoms are often not easy [...]
Knee Is Swollen and Hurts 8 Weeks After Replacement Surgery?
You had your knee replacement surgery eight weeks ago yet the knee is still pretty swollen and hurts. How normal – or abnormal – is this? […]
Swollen Stiff Knees after Basketball, Hurt When Bending
Whether you’re a younger adult or a middle-ager, it is never normal to get swollen stiff knees that hurt when you bend them after playing basketball. […]
Can the Need for Hip Replacement Surgery Be Prevented?
Is there anything one can do to prevent the actual need for a hip replacement surgery? This isn’t about avoiding surgery with conservative treatment for a bad hip. It’s about outright preventing the cartilage in [...]
Pain Under Kneecap When Rising from Sitting: Cause, Solutions
An orthopedic surgeon has simple and smart solutions for men and women who have pain under their kneecap upon rising from a seated position. […]
Housework Guidelines Following Hip Replacement Surgery
Here are the complete guidelines specifically for housework following a hip replacement surgery – from an orthopedic surgeon. “After a joint replacement, you can return to almost any reasonable activity of daily living,” begins Barbara [...]
Can Treadmill Walking Cause Stress Fractures to the Foot?
Who’d ever think that walking on a treadmill can cause stress fractures to the feet, but it actually can. Does this mean that if you’ve never had a stress fracture in your foot, that you [...]
What’s this Random Thumping in My Ear Like a Moth Flying Around?
Do you hear something thumping or fluttering around inside your ear, like a tiny moth flapping its wings? The good news is that you probably don’t have an actual moth inside your ear, if for [...]