What Cancers Cause Blood in the Saliva?
There’s a difference between blood in the saliva and coughing up blood. There are 3 cancers that can cause blood to be in your saliva. You need not cough to see it. Blood in the [...]
Twitching Index Finger from Computer Mouse Use: Solutions
If your index finger is twitching, jerking or “jumping” as a result of computer mouse use, there are causes and solutions to this annoying problem. […]
Slip & Fall, Hit Head Hard on Concrete: Brain Bleed Prevention
The more fit your brain is, the less likely you’ll get a brain bleed from slipping on ice and hitting your head hard on the concrete. So the question then is, “How do we make [...]
Does Your Heart Race when Rushing Across a Room? Cause & Solution
If the only time your heart races like mad is when you hurry across a room in the house, there’s a very likely reason for this and there’s a solution. […]
Can Sleep Apnea Be Diagnosed While You’re Awake?
Has your doctor said you can’t possibly have sleep apnea based on only your medical history and exam while you were awake? […]
Is Excessive Napping in the Elderly Healthy and Necessary ?
You don’t get a pass on the dangers of excessive sleep & napping just because you’re elderly. Some older people will make excuses for all of their naps and will insist they “need it,” but [...]
Can Excess Sleep Cause a Deep Vein Thrombosis (Blood Clot) ?
You know that excess sitting can cause a DVT, but what about sleep? How much sleep is too much sleep when it comes to causing a blood clot in your vein? “Excessive sleeping means you [...]
Does Being Fat Make Lifting Safer with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm?
The rule of “Lift no more than your body weight” seems to favor overweight people with aortic aneurysm who aren’t necessarily stronger than slimmer people. On typical medical sites, the guidelines for lifting weight for [...]
Why Do I Get Heart Palpitations when Doing Computer Work?
Have you noticed that soon after you sit down to do computer work, your heart starts thumping, maybe skipping beats, palpitations? This means an abnormal heart rhythm disorder is often your first thought. And if [...]
Why Are Many Elderly Women So Alarmingly Thin?
It’s said that it’s harder to lose weight as we age, yet many elderly women are too thin for good health. So what’s really going on with this bizarre phenomenon? If you’re thinking that the [...]
Body Types Figure into Olympic Champions
Ever wonder how much body type plays into being an Olympic champion? Michael Phelps has a strange body type: Phelps’ arm span exceeds his 6-4 height by three inches. […]
Can Slurred Speech Have a Benign Cause or Is It Always Serious?
Most causes of slurred speech are life-threatening, but there’s also a small number of benign causes. […]
Can You Get Serious Brain Injury Banging Head on Car Door ?
Whether or not a serious injury can result hitting your head on a car door depends on your age. We’re talking about casually getting in and out of the vehicle, rather than having one’s head [...]
How Often Is ALS Misdiagnosed As Benign Fasciculation Syndrome?
There are cases in which someone with ALS was misdiagnosed with BFS. Imagine the devastation when the patient finally receives the correct diagnosis. From a clinical standpoint, early ALS can resemble benign fasciculation syndrome – [...]
ALS Muscle Twitching vs. BFS Muscle Twitches: Key Differences?
The term “twitching” is ambiguous; there are different kinds. Certainly, there are variations between ALS muscle twitching and that of BFS. What are the differences between the twitching muscles of ALS and those of BFS? [...]
Break Deadlift Plateau in Middle Age with One Exercise
It is just ridiculously aggravating when you’ve hit a plateau in the deadlift, especially if you’re middle aged and wondering if this is a sign you’ve reached your all-time limit. […]
Will the Rack Pull (Top Deadlift) Thicken a Woman’s Back ?
The rack pull is a great strength training move that very few women do out of fear it’ll bulk their back. Absolutely false; rack pulls will burn fat and do several wonderful things for a [...]
Bulbar Onset Symptoms vs. Laryngeal Cancer: Symptom Comparison
Laryngeal cancer is one of the scariest diseases, but it would be appealing to someone who’s just been diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS. Symptoms overlap in these two conditions. “Both conditions can be associated with [...]
Can a Groove in the Thigh Muscle Ever Be an ALS Symptom ?
The groove or indentation appears in one thigh only, so this may mean the muscle is starting to waste away or atrophy from ALS, and unfortunately, this is the erroneous thought process that many people have [...]
Can You Be Anorexic but Not Thin or Underweight?
First of all, not all women who appear “too thin” have an eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is a term that many laypeople associate with a particular body appearance: emaciated or one that appears “way too [...]
Why Don’t Stomachs of 600 Pound Life People Ever Rupture?
There are cases of people who’ve fatally ruptured their stomach from eating enormous amounts of food in a short period of time. The “600 Pound Life” subjects apparently have not suffered this fate. [...]
Can Chronic Subdural Hematoma Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s?
You may already know that a chronic subdural hematoma can cause permanent physical disability. But what about an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease? Can the bleeding that contacts the brain set in motion a chain [...]
Can Anabolic Steroids Cause Bleeding in the Brain?
Long-term use of anabolic steroids can cause damage to the brain. There are many causes of bleeding in the brain. Some of these bleeds occur slowly and some are instantaneous and thus immediately life-threatening. [...]
Early ALS Muscle Atrophy vs. Benign Atrophy Appearance
“It can be difficult to distinguish between early ALS atrophy and normal atrophy,” says Bonnie Gerecke, MD, MD, director of the Neurology Center at Mercy in Baltimore. The typical course goes as follows: • You [...]
Why Quitting Smoking after a TIA Is So Important
Do whatever it takes to quit smoking if you’ve had a TIA. Smoking damages the blood vessels in the brain. But not only that, it also causes conditions that are independent risk factors for transient [...]
Should Family Members of Brain Aneurysm Patient Have MRI?
If you just learned a family member has a brain aneurysm, you definitely should schedule an MRI scan of your brain, as there is a familial link to this condition. This genetic link was shown [...]
Exercise Guidelines after Brain Aneurysm Coiling or Clipping
Are you a weightlifter or runner with an unruptured, newly coiled aneurysm? Just what does “return to full activities” really mean? Exercise is encouraged by surgeons who clip or coil brain aneurysms, but the term [...]
Life after a TIA: 5 Steps to Kill the Fear of Another One
Once you’ve had a transient ischemic attack, life as you know it will never be the same — but there are five measures you can take to regain power over your life. [...]
Will the DASH Diet Help Prevent a Second TIA?
If you’ve suffered from a TIA, perhaps you’re wondering if the DASH diet will help prevent another one of these mini-strokes, which can mean a massive stroke in the near future. You need not have [...]
Can an Aneurysm Cause Very Brief Stabbing Head Pain?
Can your “jabs and jolts” stabbing head pain be caused by an aneurysm that’s about to rupture? Aneurysm pain from rupture is classically a “thunderclap” headache: sudden in onset, and excruciating, the worst head pain [...]
Twitching Muscles: Fasciculations vs. Myokymia
What you think is a muscle twitch from MS (myokymia) may actually be just a harmless fasciculation; there’s a way to tell the difference with these two kinds of muscle twitching. […]
Can Multiple Sclerosis Start with a Twitching Nose?
There actually is a type of facial twitch that’s associated with multiple sclerosis. However, this data needs to be picked apart very carefully, which is why the statement, “A twitching nose can be an early [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause Eyelid Twitching?
A brain tumor can cause an eyelid to droop, but the big question is: Can a brain tumor cause an eyelid to twitch? Many people who have a persistently twitching eyelid are terrified that this [...]
Can a TIA Cause a Metal Taste in the Mouth?
Perhaps you’ve read that a stroke can cause a metal taste in the mouth, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that a TIA can leave a metal taste in your mouth, does it? A TIA (transient [...]
Cause of Golden Yellow Poops
Is the cause of gold stools—a more golden color rather than straight yellow—different from the cause of a blander yellow type of poop? What can be considered a “gold” stool might actually be a yellowish [...]
Left Arm Pain As an ONLY Symptom: Heart Related?
So you know that left arm pain with chest pain, nausea, sweating might mean a heart attack. But what if your ONLY symptom is unexplained left arm pain? First off, even when pain in the [...]
Chest Pain Upon Waking, Gets Better Soon After
You should not rule out a heart problem if you keep awakening with chest pain that gets better soon afterwards. It may seem odd that a heart problem would cause chest pain only in the [...]
Can Chest Pain with Burping Mean a Heart Problem?
If you have burping along with your chest pain, this definitely can mean something’s going on with your heart. A visit to a cardiologist would be smart. Angina Chest Pain with Burping Angina is impaired [...]
Chest Pain Only After Exercising, Not During?
If you’re having chest pain AFTER exercise, not during the activity, this may still be related to your heart. The older you are, the more likely that any chest pain that’s associated with exercise is [...]
TIA Headache vs. Ruptured Brain Aneurysm Headache
The problem with comparing a TIA headache with a ruptured brain aneurysm is if the sudden headache is a burst aneurysm, you don’t have minutes to wait around and see what happens. [...]