Your knee has been feeling funny for several days, but you’re not sure if you need to make an appointment with your doctor. Here are some telltale signs that it’s time to see a medical professional. Whether it’s knee pain, a strange finger cramp or a swollen elbow, joint pain can range from mildly uncomfortable to completely [...]
Study also finds reduced risk of death in people who had weight loss surgery According to new research, weight loss surgery may have other significant benefits on top of the weight loss itself. While obesity increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart attack and death, a new study shows that weight loss surgery can potentially reverse that [...]
THURSDAY, May 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) — It’s a connection few have probably considered, but new research suggests that having your appendix removed may up your risk for Parkinson’s disease down the road. The finding follows an analysis that examined health records for roughly 62 million patients. Of these, about 488,000 had an appendectomy. Among those who had the surgery, [...]
We need powerful plants more than ever to help us stay healthy. Cilantro oil is king of natural plant detoxification when it comes to heavy metals. The ancient Egyptians knew of cilantro’s power and science is demonstrating its benefits today. Sometimes, knowledge of food informs our taste buds. If we know the benefits, it makes [...]
Plus, the new treatment giving hope to those who have them When people think about bad headaches, migraines usually come to mind. But migraine headache pain can’t touch the debilitating, extreme pain that comes with cluster headaches. “Cluster headaches are extremely rare, affecting only one in 1,000 people,” says headache and facial pain specialist Emad Estemalik, MD. “These [...]
Yes, it’s true. Potatoes have lots of carbs. But they also have loads of nutrients, like potassium and magnesium. And they’re much lower in calories than other staples (we’re looking at you, rice and pasta). That is as long as you leave off the butter, sour cream, cheese, and bacon bits. (Sigh.) CC0 Creative Commons [...]
A study published online June 10, 2019, by Circulation suggests that scaling up three healthy lifestyle changes could increase the life spans of almost 100 million people around the world. Researchers — led by a team from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — evaluated global data on death rates, blood pressure levels, the use [...]
How the World Health Organization is battling bullets, politics and a deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concentrates on a map of a long-forsaken war zone in the northeastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ebola is gaining ground here, and Tedros, the director-general of the [...]
High blood pressure at the doctor’s office but not at home? Known as white-coat hypertension, this common condition may raise heart risks if left untreated. Medical appointments make most people feel at least a little bit anxious. But for some, that stress may trigger a temporary rise in blood pressure. If their blood pressure is [...]
For the last hundred years, scientists have believed that humans develop in a womb that remains sterile and completely isolated from the collection of bacteria, fungi and viruses that make us sick when we emerge into the outside world. This theory was largely based on the fact that it was very difficult to grow live [...]
