What is a Safe PSA Count?
The PSA count is a widely accepted screening tool for the presence of prostate cancer. As for what is truly a safe PSA count, here is what Michael D. Lutz, MD, explains: “If your PSA [...]
Causes of White Specks or Particles in Urine: See a Doctor
If you’re seeing white particles or specks in your urine, you need to see a doctor. “Your urine is usually clear and any debris, white specks or otherwise, is not a good thing and should [...]
Why Urine that Looks Like Bubbly Beer Can Mean Serious Disease
It’s not funny if your urine bubbles or foams like beer; this can mean a life threatening condition. If you’ve noticed lately that your urine is full of bubbles, here is an explanation from Michael [...]
If Prostate Cancer Can Be Found Early Why Do So Many Men Die?
About 23,000 U.S. men die from prostate cancer every year, yet the disease can be found early when it’s highly curable. So why do so many men die from this cancer? […]
How to Tell if Your Urine Really IS Oily??
“If you think your urine is oily…it’s probably not,” says Michael D. Lutz, MD, board certified urologist with Corewell Health/Beaumont Hospital; President, MIU Men’s Health Foundation. […]
How Serious Is It When Protein Is Found in the Urine?
If a urinalysis shows that you have an abnormal amount of protein in your urine, this can spell a lot of trouble. You can have a very serious condition that can kill you if not [...]
Will Fat Gripz Give Women Huge Forearms?
Very few women use Fat Gripz, and I’m supposing this is because they think this device will give them big forearms. I want big forearm muscles and have not been able to get them using [...]
Is It Worth It to Start Lifting Weights at Age 45?
Ask a person who didn’t begin training with weights till age 55 if 45 is too old to begin lifting weights. If you’re around 45 and have never before strength trained, you still have SO [...]
How to Check the Moles You Can’t See on Your Back
If you struggle to get a good look at all the moles on your back when you do your skin cancer self-exams, there’s a solution to this problem. […]
Why Don’t Women Who Carry Toddlers Have One Huge Arm?
Many women carry their toddlers and preschoolers around, usually only with their dominant arm, yet that arm isn’t big with muscles, even though a child of two to three years may weigh 28 to 35 [...]
You Know Your Treadmill Workouts Aren’t Working When…
The treadmill is a great piece of equipment for weight loss and gaining fitness, yet why for some people don’t they see ANY results? Well, just because exercise equipment can work wonders for weight loss [...]
Which Burns More Fat: Rock Wall Climbing or Yoga?
Between rock wall climbing and yoga, which burns more fat depends on the skill level of the person. […]
Why Senior People Should Bench Press & Leg Press: Brain Health
Senior age or elderly people should get into bench pressing and leg pressing to help preserve brain health. Many people of senior age worry about developing problems with memory or other cognitive tasks. It’s never [...]
Top Causes of Death for Severed Spinal Cord Patients
A severed spinal cord means so much more than just paralysis; it often leads to fatal conditions whose frequency is in proportion to the degree of paralysis. You may already know that spinal cord injury [...]
Just How Dangerous Is Obesity in Children Anyways?
Obesity in children is dangerous, period. But just how dangerous? Kids, quite simply, should never be fat. Body positivity will NOT subdue the harmful effects of overweight. Never. Instead of preaching body positivity to your [...]
Is Ensure a Health Drink or Liquid Candy? CAN It Be Healthy?
There are certain circumstances in which a person's body needs Ensure, and other times when it should be considered junk food. “When I used to work at a Veteran’s hospital, some patients would be prescribed [...]
Back & Low Stomach Pain, Constipation in Elderly: Could Be?
Do you know an elderly person who’s complaining of an “inner tube” of pain around the trunk, mostly in the back, a little in the stomach, + constipation? […]
If Obese People Can Be Healthy, What’s the Weight Cutoff for Unhealthy?
At some point obesity has to be unhealthy despite claims by plus-size people that they are healthy. At what weight, then, does obesity go from being potentially healthy to always harmful? When very overweight people [...]
Can’t Do More than 10 Pushups? How to End the Embarrassment
If no matter what you do you can never do more than 10 pushups and feel like a weakling, there’s a solution that’ll turn your embarrassing pushups into power pushups. […]
Fatkini vs. “Deadkini” for Empowering Fat Women
Forget fatkini and instead opt for “deadkini” if you’re a full figured woman who wants to gain empowerment by doing something that few plus size women will ever do. […]
Can One-Arm Pushup Build Muscle or Is It Just a Show Move?
You may be struggling to build chest muscle despite all your bench presses and dumbbell presses. But maybe the one-arm pushup can do something for you. Why don’t you give it a try and find [...]
Walking on a Treadmill Right After a Double Mastectomy
Ask your surgeon and/or breast care nurse if it’s okay to walk on a treadmill right after you get home from your double mastectomy. First I need to qualify that this information is based on [...]
Why Courage Does Not Mean Wearing a Bikini if You’re Fat
There are reasons why "courage" should never mean wearing a bikini no matter how fat you are. The woman in the above photo certainly will not go down in history. She will not make the [...]
Wearing a Bikini if You’re Fat Won’t Help Your Self-Esteem
Lately there’s a movement sweeping the nation: If you’re fat with poor self-esteem, you can cure this by wearing a bikini to the beach. Allison Kimmey […]
Preventive Double Mastectomy, No Reconstruction: Your Primer
If you’re about to have a prophylactic double mastectomy without reconstruction or just had it, here's a bunch of information that applies specifically to you. The Internet is filled with information about double mastectomies as [...]
Tricks to Hide Mastectomy without Reconstruction from Family
I’m 21 days postop from a preventive double mastectomy without reconstruction and have pulled a number of tricks to keep it a secret from my family. Here’s how to keep family members from finding out [...]
Another Red Meat Causes Cancer Study: Hype or Truth?
What’s going on with the studies linking meat and protein to higher rates of cancer? One of the most startling reports to make rounds comes from Valter Longo, who was professor of biogerontology at the [...]
Can a Lot of Walking on a Treadmill Be Bad for Your Body?
How much time can one spend walking on a treadmill before it starts becoming something bad for the body? Spending a lot of time walking on a treadmill can be defined as very prolonged periods [...]
Why It’s OK for Plus Size Women to Want a Slim Body
If you’re plus size and want a slim body, there's nothing wrong with this. It's a myth that the only road to fat loss is to starve or develop an eating disorder. Now before I [...]
Should Kids Wear Hearing Protection at Sporting Events ?
Are you afraid of what strangers will think if you put ear muffs on your young child at a loud sporting event to protect their hearing? If so shame on you over and over. For [...]
New Test Diagnoses ALS Faster than Ever; Not an EMG
Diagnosing ALS can take a long time, with misdiagnoses occurring too often. The diagnosis of ALS “relies heavily on the physician’s clinical acuity,” says Professor Philip Van Damme from VIB-KU Leuven, UZ Leuven. [...]
Causes of Blue Stools in Young Kids & Adults: Reassurance!
The color blue is not a classic warning sign in medicine, and this applies to stools, whether in young kids and babies or adults. Blue usually is not a worrisome color to doctors. “While there [...]
Can Smelling Phantom Metal Mean You Might Have Cancer ?
Unfortunately, if you’ve been smelling metal when no metal is around, this could mean cancer. In fact, the phantom odor that you’re smelling might be described as slightly metallic or like rust, a chemical or [...]
Why the Word “Fat” is Nothing to Be Body Positive About
Fat SHOULD be something to fear -- when there's too much of it in your body. This isn't phobia. It's medicine. It's facts. Do not be "Factphobic." Plus size women who campaign for body positivity [...]
Do Plus Size Women Work Out Only to Lose Weight?
Why do some people assume that when an overweight woman works out, it’s ONLY because she wants to lose weight? I’m a former personal trainer and group fitness instructor who was inspired to write this [...]
Why Is the Drainage from a Mastectomy Warm?
Have you noticed that the drainage from your mastectomy is warm enough to make the outside of the JP bulb feel warm? I noticed that right away after my preventive double mastectomy. […]
Does a Painful Mole Mean Melanoma and Should a Doctor See It?
Melanoma can cause a mole to hurt in a way that can be described as pain. However, other factors can also cause pain to come from a mole. So how can you tell if the [...]
Can Skin Cancer Come and Go?
The answer to the question if skin cancer can come and go is rather tricky. Skin cancer coming and going would refer to malignant cells being there one day and then withering away shortly after [...]
How Fast Can Melanoma Change Visibly to Naked Eye?
Doctors tell us to check our moles every month, but is it possible to see melanoma changes over a faster time period? It seems that we should check our skin perhaps every two weeks, if [...]
When to Worry About a Bump on the Roof of Your Mouth
There are benign and dangerous causes of a bump on the roof of your mouth. What makes this situation vexing is that often, you cannot see the bump but can only feel it. If you’re [...]
