A tumor on the hypothalamus, when removed, can cause unimaginable permanent hunger in the patient leading to extreme obesity. Their hunger is so intense that food must be locked up, and the patient often requires [...]
Causes of MILD swelling or edema in both ankles are usually not as worrisome as the causes of severe edema in the ankles. Have you noticed only mild swelling in your ankles? Certainly, serious medical [...]
I’m a 50-something woman and can shovel heavy wet snow like a beast and never feel back pain thanks to 3 exercises. Not only have I been a personal trainer, but I've been lifting weights [...]
Many tinnitus sufferers are aware that the noise is louder in one ear than the other, and/or is of a different frequency. […]
Intermittent tinnitus is the typical tinnitus that affects millions, but instead of being continuous, it comes and goes, present on some days and absent on others. This isn’t about that sudden, “brief piercing high frequency [...]
Can a person hear a tinnitus (sine wave tone) at a higher frequency than what he can hear in real life? So let’s look at it this way: Suppose a hearing test determines that you [...]
You may have diabetes and the numb feeling in your big toe can be caused by diabetes, but it may also have other causes unrelated to blood sugar levels. Neuropathy has causes other than diabetes, [...]
Do your ears always get cold outside even in 75 degree weather, especially if you’re hiking, jogging or even walking? For some people, wearing a cap of some sort to keep the ears warm is [...]
So your heart pounds like a demon every time you walk up a flight of stairs? First of all, make sure that a cardiologist finds nothing wrong with your heart. The doctor must clear you [...]
You aren’t imagining it: There may very well be a link between perimenopause and more frequent urinating than usual, including those overnight trips to the bathroom. How many voids per 24 hours define urinary frequency? [...]
Did your Pap smear make your bladder feel full enough to burst, like you had to pee a whole gallon? So after the doctor is finished with the Pap smear, having removed the speculum and [...]
The high blood sugar of type 1 diabetes doesn’t interfere with GETTING pregnant, but instead causes another problem once a woman IS pregnant. […]
“This condition is known as diabetic dermopathy, characterized by thinning, shiny, friable skin due to microvascular changes in the small blood vessels in the skin,” says Jenepher Piper, a family practice nurse practitioner for Maryland [...]
Discovering you may have edema, thanks to worrisome indentations in your skin caused by socks, is pretty unnerving. That’s because edema can be caused by problems with the heart or kidneys. […]
The term “cloudy urine” comes up often on medical sites, but there’s no description of just what this is. It’s open to subjective interpretation. To some people it can mean a milky colored urine. To [...]
Ever awaken with watery eyes? There are three basic causes to this annoying problem. The first cause of both eyes being watery in the morning will surprise you. […]
If you’re wondering if a 24/7 headache can be caused by a brain tumor, the answer is yes, but there are four other leading causes of a headache that just won’t go away. If you’ve [...]
If both of your legs begin aching after you’ve been standing for only a few minutes, and this keeps happening, there are four likely causes, and one is serious. […]
Many people actually wonder if drinking large amounts of water on a recurring basis can cause you to gain fat. Certainly, drinking a lot of water over a short period of time can make you [...]
The fat cells in your belly will not get bigger from bad sitting posture. In order for the fat cells in your belly to increase in size and give you a bigger stomach, you would [...]
Those clusters of colorless moles on your face can also occur elsewhere on your body and have people worried that they’re a fast spreading cancer. They can definitely appear to be colorless moles – the [...]
Middle age is that time where you may be discovering odd new growths on your skin and even what appear to be new moles. Melanoma can take on the appearance of a new mole, and [...]
You irritated a mole, perhaps with clothing or scratching over it without realizing it, and it now hurts; does this mean cancer even though it looks normal? Common moles can get irritated in everyday life. [...]
The cause of a burning sensation and tightness in your upper lip is really quite simple, and as a result, the solution to this is really quite easy, says a dermatologist. A common complaint is [...]
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. […]
