3 in 10 said that seeing people wearing masks in public reminded them of being in the hospital or receiving chemo.3 in 10 said that the smell of sanitizers and cleaning supplies made them feel like they were in a medical facility. This can create confusion during a mammogram, for example, and may lead to further — potentially unnecessary — testing. If you’re scheduled for a mammogram soon after your COVID-19 vaccine, talk to your doctor....
Bubonic plague is the most common type of plague — an infectious disease caused by bacteria known as Yersinia pestis. The disease, which affects the lymphatic system (lymph nodes, ducts, and vessels), makes its way to people through bites from fleas, which acquire the bacteria by biting rodents that carry it (such as squirrels, prairie dogs, and rats). There have been several bubonic plague pandemics throughout history, most famously the “Black Death” of the 1300s....
“It’s hard to show causality because there are so many factors that go into the development of cancer — environmental (stress included), but also genetic factors and unknown factors,” says Allyson Ocean, MD, oncologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. Ditto for the range of issues that may influence the course of cancer once it has occurred. That said, experts in the field of psycho-oncology, which concerns itself with the psychological, behavioral, and social factors that may affect cancer, say that a growing body of literature suggests that stress does play a role in cancer causation and recovery....
It’s estimated that about 2.7 percent of U.S. adults, or about seven million people, are immunosuppressed, according to a national health survey published December 2016 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Shingrix is a non-live recombinant adjuvanted zoster vaccine that’s designed to trigger a targeted immune response. It was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2017 for the prevention of shingles in adults age 50 and older....
RELATED: What Does Arthritis Pain Feel Like? Arthritis Is an Umbrella Term for 100-Plus Types of Rheumatic Disease Among the long list of diseases considered to be in the arthritis family are chronic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis, gout, lupus, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. RELATED: Getting a Third Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine When You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis World Arthritis Day 2021: What’s Happening? On World Arthritis Day (WAD), the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) will be drawing attention to their Don’t Delay, Connect Today campaign, which began in 2017....
Crohn’s Symptoms: Common Triggers Crohn’s symptoms can reawaken for unknown reasons, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn to identify your triggers. Some of the most common ones include: 1. Stress The connection is poorly understood, but stress is thought to lead to flares in some people living with Crohn’s, says R. Balfour Sartor, MD, who directs the Broad Medical Research Program at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and is a professor of medicine, microbiology, and immunology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill....
What you might not know is this condition can sometimes trigger unusual complications — or secondary problems. Many of these issues will eventually go away, while others may linger. Being dehydrated is especially dangerous for small children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems. If you have severe dehydration, you might have to go to the hospital to have fluids delivered intravenously (through an IV). Dehydration can lead to more serious problems, such as:...
Tonsillitis can be caused by a viral infection or bacterial infection (like strep throat), and most of the time it goes away in a week or less. Still, there can be complications from tonsillitis that require medical attention. And, rarely, there are cases in which a life-threatening illness can have some of the same symptoms as tonsillitis. If you have tonsillitis that doesn’t get better on its own with at-home management, or seems to keep coming back, be sure to consult your doctor or healthcare provider to see if you need other treatment....
“The internet has many advantages in that it puts information at our fingertips, but the problem in my opinion is that people aren’t able to assess the reliability of the information they’re receiving,” says Henry Bernstein, DO, a pediatrician with Cohen Children’s Medical Center Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York. “That is where we run into difficulties in trying to gain people’s trust.” For Dr. Bernstein, who serves on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public trust is essential to making the vaccination program a success and putting an end to the pandemic....
Lymphocytic colitis very often responds to medical therapy, like budesonide or bismuth subsalicylate. Antidiarrhea agents like Imodium can also help. No specific diets are known to relieve symptoms, but in general, patients with lymphocytic colitis should avoid spicy foods and greasy and fatty foods, which are likely to make symptoms worse. Also, if you know that specific foods give you diarrhea, like milk and milk-containing foods, you should avoid them....
“It’s currently unknown why certain drugs can worsen psoriasis,” says Anna K. Dewan, MD, an assistant professor in the division of dermatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. “Psoriasis is a disorder of the immune system. It’s thought that these medications alter the immune system in the skin, which subsequently can flare psoriasis.” According to Dr. Dewan, there is also evidence that certain drugs increase skin-cell turnover and lower the ability of skin cells to mature normally....
The research, published December 16 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, stresses that this danger is substantially greater among those who use both e-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes. Study authors note that the vast majority of those who vape are dual users who also smoke tobacco. “This is the first large-scale study that shows that if you started out with people who didn’t have lung disease and followed them forward in time, the people who used e-cigarettes get more lung disease than the people who didn’t,” says the study’s lead investigator, Stanton Glantz, PhD, a professor of medicine and the director of the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education....
“Because the symptoms of TGCTs can mimic those of other joint disorders, people [who have the disease] will often reduce their activity level for fear of worsening the condition,” says Robb Seahorn, a physical therapist with CORA Physical Therapy in Knoxville, Tennessee. “The reduction of activity level can also create problems.” According to Seahorn, one problem that occurs with lack of exercise is a disruption in the production of synovial fluid in your joints....
“I’m excited to have a potential new medication to add to existing treatment options for my patients who struggle with their weight despite making optimal lifestyle changes,” says Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, an instructor of medicine and pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston who specializes in obesity medicine. More than 2 out of 3 American adults are overweight or obese, according to the Department of Health and Human Services....
In addition to practices like tai chi, qigong, and yoga, another tool dubbed the Feldenkrais Method may aid in improving alignment, alleviating pain, and soothing other physical concerns. According to the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA), the Feldenkrais Method is a type of somatic education. Somatic therapy uses the first-person perspective of the mind-body connection to work with “the living body in its wholeness,” according to the Somatic Movement Center....
“Sell by” date: Used by manufacturers to remind grocers when to remove products from shelves.“Best if used by” or “Use by” date: Refers to the flavor or quality, not food safety. Past that date, the taste and nutrient content may have diminished, but it may still be edible.(Note: The use by date on infant formula and some baby food is set by the federal government and refers to the period in which the product must contain the full amount of nutrients described on the label....
While there are other iCGM (integrated continuous glucose monitor) systems currently on the market, including an older version of the same product made by Abbott, the continuous glucose monitoring sensor in the FreeStyle Libre 2 has the longest wearing time, at 14 days, notes the Abbott Park, Illinois–based company. The new platform also allows patients to see real-time blood sugar readings, and set optional alarms that will sound in real-time when glucose levels get too low or too high....
TikToker Olga Urbanovich (426.3K followers) posted a video in September 22, 2021, claiming that practicing a daily, one-minute Frog pose position could improve your sex life, strengthen the pelvic muscles, stimulate digestion, and promote better circulation. The video has since garnered 14 million views. Other TikTokers have been raving about Frog pose and posting their own videos ever since: #frogpose now has 23.1 million views and #frogposechallenge has 289.9 thousand views....
If you have an irregularity, or a mutation, in this gene, it doesn’t work like it should. LymphomaLeukemiaStomach cancerBrain cancerOvarian cancerBreast cancerSkin cancerLiver cancerLarynx cancerParotid gland cancer If you have A-T, your overall risk of getting some type of cancer is as high as 40 percent. (1) People with only one ATM mutation may also have an increased risk of developing cancers, such as: (2,3) Breast cancerPancreatic cancerProstate cancerStomach cancerBladder cancerOvarian cancerLung cancer...
“MS tremors are rhythmic, back-and-forth muscle movements that you can’t control,” says Alessandro Serra, MD, PhD, a neurologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio. “The tremor can affect your hands, arms, legs, or even your head and vocal cord muscles.” People with MS get tremors when plaques, or damaged areas, develop along the nerve pathways responsible for coordination of movements, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)....
