A brown vertical stripe on a child’s fingernail that has never been there before is a worrisome sign that should immediately be checked out by a dermatologist, especially if the brown is in the cuticle [...]
A dermatologist explains the best way to solve the problem of cracked, dry, unsightly bleeding knuckles from winter exposure and any other time of year. Not only are cracked, bleeding knuckles unsightly, but they’re uncomfortable. [...]
There’s a cure for feeling old that sometimes strikes people who have taken early retirement. The irony is that working is associated with disease! […]
Why does the driver in a car pool think nothing of honking the horn as early as 6 am for their passenger, waking up neighbors? No. 1 rule of car pool etiquette: Don’t toot the [...]
An MRI can easily detect a brain aneurysm (aka “time bomb”), so why isn’t the MRI a standard screening tool for this often fatal condition? How often have you heard of a famous person, celebrity [...]
If a person has a brain aneurysm, would getting “bonked” in the head, from the activities of daily living, necessarily rupture it? […]
Finding hard lumps around the collarbone are always frightening, but what about ON the collarbone (also known as the clavicle)? Do you regularly feel your collarbone – smack on it with your probing fingertips as [...]
Let’s hear what a sports medicine surgeon has to say about lifting weights with a winged scapula, and this includes the bench press. If a person has a winged scapula – an actual diagnosis rather [...]
“Scapular winging could be mistaken for a tumor, or vice versa,” says John-Paul H. Rue, MD. This is precisely what you were hoping NOT to hear: a cancer can be mistaken for a benign winging [...]
Head sensitivity to touch after a concussion can be quite significant, causing alarm to the patient. You may think that this means brain injury, bleeding in the brain or some other serious problem due to [...]
You began having headaches three weeks ago for no apparent reason and brain tumor comes to mind. The bad news is that yes, a headache for three weeks can be caused by a brain tumor, [...]
Have you been troubled lately by brain tumor fears because as you fall asleep, your limbs jerk? A brain tumor can definitely cause the body to jerk in different places, but we need to define [...]
Here’s an agonizing question: Would you rather your twitching muscles be caused by a brain tumor or by ALS? Certainly you’d choose the brain tumor as a cause of muscle twitching, as this condition is [...]
Are you worried a headache that you’ve been getting in the same spot every day, fearing that it could be a brain tumor? The bad news is that IS possible for a brain tumor to [...]
CyberKnife and other kinds of radiosurgery aim a beam of radiation directly to a brain tumor, sparing damage to healthy surrounding tissue. Yet many people with a brain tumor undergo only manual surgery to remove [...]
One possible cause of smelling something bad that’s not there is a brain tumor. The brain tumor causes seizure activity that leads to smelling odors that have no outside source. […]
Lifting weights can cause a number of injuries involving the shoulder and back, and many weightlifters wonder if a winged scapula can be one such injury. […]
You can have a “winged scapula” and not even know it. When’s the last time you looked at your upper back in a mirror? A winged scapula can progress and require treatment. […]
Here are the instructions simplified on how to prepare the DigniCap® for the prevention of hair loss during chemotherapy. Wetting the Hair • Make sure hair is washed first at home before attending the treatment. [...]
The DigniCap hair preservation method is capable of preventing just about all hair loss from chemotherapy. In some patients. You don’t know if you’ll be one of the lucky ones. […]
Have you noticed that soon after eating anything with onions, you’re so hungry you can eat a horse? And this hunger from onions is relentless, because you keep eating afterwards and the hunger is still [...]
You may want to skip all the colorful balloon popping at your child’s next birthday party, as this can damage the hearing of little ears. Certainly, good food and fun games are all that the [...]
You don’t have to do HIIT just because you’re “making” your dog do it! There’s a way to take it quite easy while you get your dog to do high intensity interval training. [...]
Do you know someone who, no matter what the topic of conversation, can’t quit smiling when talking? This doesn’t refer to the smiling between two good friends who haven’t seen each other for awhile or [...]
As spinal stenosis progresses, the patient gets increasingly hunched over when walking. “Spinal stenosis is a common problem that develops in the spine as we age,” says Dr. Nick Jain, MD, a board certified and [...]
Your total hip replacement makes a squeaky sound with every step. Will the squeaking eventually go away or are you stuck with it? What about a revision surgery? […]
If you have a workout program that suggests “Smith machine bar in an incline” for women unable to do pull-ups, and you don’t know what this means, then here is the explanation. Pull-ups Using a [...]
If your tall 5-year-old daughter sees you worrying about her height, she’ll internalize this anxiety & learn to hate her body — and that can attract bullying. Okay, it’s one thing if you’re concerned from [...]
Are you now fully recovered from your total knee replacement surgery and are interested in taking up jogging for aerobic exercise? There is a strong likelihood that you, as a total knee replacement patient, were [...]
What’s unique about the child who’s able to foil an abduction attempt, vs. ones who never try? Every once in a blue moon you hear about a child who wildly “fights off” an abductor and [...]
Lifting weights will raise blood pressure, but there are exercises in particular that will really put your blood pressure through the roof. Normal blood pressure is under 120/80. It’s not surprising that a very fit [...]
Can people whose femurs are shorter than their shins, regardless of torso length, have a mechanical advantage with the leg press? Nearly all the attention regarding the long femur problem is directed at the back [...]
A person can suffer a heart attack only three days after a knee replacement (or other joint replacement) surgery. Just HOW does this happen? […]
It's not always normal to still have hip pain three months after a hip replacement. There are loads of possible causes for this pain. The first possibility: Total hip replacement patients who fail to adhere [...]
One of the simplest strength training moves is actually the best for fighting off anxiety during postmenopause. Women of all sizes can do this exercise! […]
A baby or toddler barefoot in public can catch a nasty infection. But sanitation aside, some people think it’s gross. Little dirty feet can stink and appear grubby. Babies’ and toddlers’ bare feet will get [...]
Ever had one menstrual period right after the other—so just as one period ends, the next one begins? This phenomenon is characterized by about 10 or so consecutive days of bleeding. The first cycle in [...]
The automated breast screening ultrasound is the latest technology that women with dense breasts should have. Perhaps the biggest advantage to this technology is that it pretty much eliminates operator error. […]
If you had a non-contrast CT scan of your head for whatever reason, such as you fell on your head and feel sick, would it necessarily show a brain tumor if you had one? “The [...]
“Depending on the tumors, some blood tests can be used to detect a brain tumor,” says neurosurgeon Charles Park, MD. “But most of the cases, we find the brain tumor and then do the blood [...]
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