Can Lifting Weights Cause a Winged Scapula?
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. […]
Can a Winged Scapula Have No Pain Symptoms?
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. [...]
How to Prepare the DigniCap® Chemo Hair Loss Prevention
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. [...]
How to Prevent Hair Loss from Chemotherapy: the DigniCap
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. […]
Why Do Onions Make You So Hungry?
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 [...]
Can Popping Balloons at a Child’s Birthday Party Harm Hearing?
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 [...]
How to Get a Dog to Do HIIT While YOU Take It Easy!
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. [...]
Why Do Some People Always Smile when Talking Even if It’s Bad?
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 [...]
Spinal Stenosis: Should Trying to Stand Straight Be Avoided?
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 [...]
Will the Squeak in Your Hip Replacement Ever Go Away?
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? […]
Smith Machine Bar in an Incline for Pull-Ups: What This Means
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 [...]
Should You Worry About Your 5-Year-Old Girl Being Too Tall?
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 [...]
Guidelines for Jogging after Total Knee Replacement Surgery
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 [...]
Why Do Some Kids Foil Abduction Attempts and Others Don’t ?
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 [...]
Weightlifting Exercises that Raise Blood Pressure the Most ?
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 [...]
Long Femur and Short Shins in the Leg Press: Disadvantage?
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 [...]
HOW Can a Knee Replacement Lead to a Heart Attack? Mechanisms
A person can suffer a heart attack only three days after a knee replacement (or other joint replacement) surgery. Just HOW does this happen? […]
Hip Pain Three Months after Hip Replacement: Causes, Solutions
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 [...]
Best Strength Training Exercise for Anxiety After Menopause
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! […]
Barefoot Babies & Toddlers in Public: Safe or Unsanitary?
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 [...]
Two Menstrual Periods Back to Back, Right in a Row
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 [...]
Dense Breasts: What an Automated Breast Ultrasound Feels Like
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. […]
Can a CT Scan Detect a Brain Tumor?
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 [...]
Can a Blood Test Detect a Brain Tumor?
“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 [...]
Cause of Two Periods 14 Days Apart Happening Only Once
The cause of a period coming exactly two weeks after the one before that, and never happening again, may very well be from desire and will. A subconscious instruction to start menstruating 14 days after [...]
Can a 24/7 Headache for Several Months Be a Brain Tumor ?
Your fear of a brain tumor is not imaginary if you’ve been having a 24/7 headache for the past several months. “The most common symptoms of brain tumors are headaches,” says neurosurgeon Charles Park, MD, [...]
Periomenopause, Anxiety and Sadness: Treatments
Anxiety really CAN be caused by periomenopause – the precursor to menopause that no woman looks forward to. Here are natural (and surprising) treatments. […]
When Menopause Raises “Bad” Cholesterol: Solution
The so-called bad cholesterol can be raised by menopause—and that’s really bad. But there IS something you can do to knock this cholesterol back down. […]
Does Heavy Bleeding During Menopause Mean Cancer?
Heavy bleeding during menopause is NOT normal under any circumstances and could actually mean cancer. Certain cancers can cause heavy bleeding. […]
Heavy Bleeding after a Colposcopy: Causes & What to Do
“It is normal after a colposcopy with a biopsy to have a small amount of spotting or light bleeding,” explains Lindsay Appel, MD, an OB-GYN with the Family Childbirth & Children’s Center at Mercy Medical [...]
Can Perimenopause or Menopause Cause Muscles to Twitch?
There may be a logical explanation for why perimenopause or menopause is linked to twitching muscles, but it’s probably not what you think. Have you noticed lately that your new-onset muscle twitching seems to have [...]
Can Menopause Cause Armpit Odor to Change & Get Really Bad ?
We’re not talking about a change in armpit odor strength from increased menopausal perspiration, but an actual change in the odor itself – a really stinky pungent scent. Have you experienced the following? • You’re [...]
Can a Woman Make Her Breasts Less Dense with Diet or Exercise?
Dense breasts are a risk factor for breast cancer. In fact, it’s one of the higher risk factors for this disease when the density level is considered to be extremely and even heterogeneously dense. A [...]
Does Having a Big Stomach Make You Bench Press Better?
Why is it that the strongest bench pressers at the gym have big stomachs? Does a big belly really improve one’s ability to bench press? […]
Should You Check for Melanoma if You Have Only a Few Moles ?
If you have only a few moles, this doesn’t mean you can blow these off & think you’ll never get melanoma. Even if you have ONE small mole, it can still turn into melanoma. [...]
Causes of Tinnitus in Kids 11 through Teens
Your teen can have tinnitus without you even knowing it, because kids don’t think this is anything to worry about. But it is: future hearing loss. Cause of tinnitus in teens? It’s high level exposure [...]
Can You Die from an Esophageal Spasm?
An esophageal spasm can feel just like a heart attack or angina from severely clogged arteries. The esophagus is the “food pipe” through which food and drink go down. “Esophageal spasms can be painful,” says [...]
Slow Jogging at Walking Speed Compared to Regular Jogging
How does a slow jog compare to a regular jog when it comes to fitness and calories burned? […]
Can a Teen GIRL’s Growth Be Stunted from Strength Training?
Girls have different bodies than boys, so it’s logical to wonder if lifting weights can stunt a teen girl’s growth. Your teen daughter—as young as 13—may be expressing an interest in strength training—either for sports [...]
Heavy Drinking vs. Binge Drinking’s Effect on the Liver
Hey, if you think you’re giving your liver a free pass on damage because you “only” binge drink instead of daily heavy drinking, you’re so very mistaken! […]