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It was 2007 and Wilemon had recently celebrated her 39th birthday. She had just set a planter down, which she had moved across her yard, when she felt a distinct, crushing chest pain that radiated down her right arm. Despite the pain missing her left arm — a quintessential sign of a heart attack — Wilemon knew to call the ambulance. “When the EMTs came I said here’s my history, I’m scared to death that I’m having a heart attack,” Wilemon remembers....

The U.S. recall is for Kinder Happy Moments Milk Chocolate and Crispy Wafers Assortment and for Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats Basket, which were manufactured at a facility where Salmonella typhimurium was detected, the company said in a statement distributed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “While there are no reports of illness in the United States to date, Ferrero is voluntarily recalling the products out of an abundance of caution due to reported cases of Salmonella in consumers that consumed products in Europe that were manufactured at the same facility,” the company said....

RELATED: 10 Minutes of Walking a Day Can Be a Game-Changer for People With OA These findings suggest that providers are focusing primarily on symptom control to relieve the pain and discomfort of knee osteoarthritis, says the lead author, Samannaaz Khoja, PhD, a physical therapist and a research assistant professor at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. “We need to shift our thinking from taking care of the immediate pain and more toward preventing further disability or decline in physical health,” says Dr....

The truth is, if you’re taking your pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) and your condition is well controlled, you’ll probably have a smooth flight, says Santhi Vege, MD, chair of the American Gastroenterological Association section for pancreatic disorders and a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. If you are newly diagnosed with EPI, however, you might want to hold off on air travel until your treatment has been tweaked enough and you know it’s effective....

What’s more, Black people are more than twice as likely to develop HS as white people. According to a review published in the November 2019 edition of the journal American Family Physician, HS affects 30.6 per 100,000 Black people versus 11.7 per 100,000 white people. Yet Black people often don’t receive necessary HS care and are underrepresented in clinical trials for the condition. “I can’t overemphasize the significant physical and psychological impact of this disease and how it affects quality of life — the ability to have friendships, sexual relationships, and careers that thrive,” says Olayemi Sokumbi, MD, a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida....

There’s a lot of chatter about which diet or eating approach is better or worse for weight loss. But one thing’s for sure: The American diet needs a makeover. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than one-third of American adults are obese, meaning they’re at a higher risk of serious health conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. It’s clear that food choices play a role in this risk, the CDC notes....

Now researchers have also observed that metformin (which is sold under brand names such as Glucophage, Glumetza, and Fortamet) may also decrease the likelihood of age-related macular degeneraton (AMD) — a leading cause of vision loss among people age 50 and older. The condition, which people with diabetes are at a greater risk for, affects about 2.1 million people nationwide, according to the National Institutes of Health. A Closer Look at the Study on Metformin and AMD In a report presented October 28 at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, researchers from Taiwan analyzed the health data of 45,524 people with diabetes who were taking metformin compared with 22,681 patients who were not taking the medication....

“I’m seen not as an American, but a foreigner,” he says. These experiences have fueled his professional interest in human behavior. Dr. Sue is a professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, and author of Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation. He’s spent his career researching the psychology of racism and antiracism, as well as multicultural counseling and psychotherapy. He coauthored the seminal 2007 paper “Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice,” which outlines the psychological impacts of racial microaggressions and the need for them to be recognized and addressed in counseling and therapy....

“This is very important for sinus health,” says Amber Luong, MD, PhD, associate professor in the department of otolaryngology-head and neck sugery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. “If your nose is too dry and mucus isn’t flowing, your sinuses can get backed up, and that can lead to a sinus infection. That’s why over-the-counter nose sprays can be an important part of sinusitis treatment.” Why Moisture Is Important to Your Sinuses The mucous membranes that line your nose and sinuses can become swollen and congested in response to viruses, allergies, and bacteria....

But something was wrong. Younger’s extreme dedication to planning, preparing, and consuming the “pure” diet she espoused — no animal products, no cooked food, no oil, no wheat, no sugar — was making her ill. Younger had become so restrictive and unbalanced in her diet that she began to experience physical health issues. Her hair was falling out in clumps, her period had stopped, her hunger pangs were intensifying, and instead of feeling happy, she felt anxious, irritated, and isolated....

Hashtags like #ozempic and #ozempicweightloss have more than 300 million views and counting on TikTok alone, and many posts suggest it may help people rapidly shed a dramatic amount of weight. Meanwhile, tabloids such as The Sun and magazines like Glamour have reported on rumors that celebrities such as Khloe and Kim Kardashian are slimming down with Ozempic, helping them rock ’90s-era fashion trends that are having a moment, like micro-minis, crop tops, and ultra-low-rise jeans....

But if you’ve been treating your condition with medications called glucocorticoids, such as prednisone or cortisone, you may be at risk for a common UC-related health complication: bone density loss. And as your bones become less dense, you may develop osteopenia, weakening of the bones, or osteoporosis, a serious condition that makes your weakened bones more likely to fracture. “There are several reasons that people with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, are at an increased risk for bone loss or low bone density,” says Jami Kinnucan, MD, an IBD specialist and assistant professor of internal medicine at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor....

These medications, which are available both over the counter and by prescription, are effective for many people in controlling swelling, pain, and morning stiffness, and in improving range of motion in joints, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. “For the average psoriatic arthritis patient, NSAIDs are the first-line treatment,” says M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH, the vice chair of rheumatology and the director of the arthritis and musculoskeletal center at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio....

Is it a manufacturing snafu or could this be an early warning sign of COVID-19? It was the latter possibility that intrigued Portland, Oregon–based science illustrator Terri Nelson, enough that she began looking at online reviews of scented candles. She found plenty of evidence that something was amiss. Writing on Twitter in late November, she noted, “There are angry ladies all over Yankee Candle’s site reporting that none of the candles they just got had any smell at all....

Why This TV Series Was 22 Years in the Making When Lamb’s novel debuted in 1998, the story was sold to 20th Century Fox, which struggled for years to get a script that could create a faithful interpretation of the book in under two hours. After 15 years, the screen rights returned to Lamb. When his agent asked who he could see as the lead actor in the film version, Lamb immediately suggested Mark Ruffalo....

Symptoms of this recurrent form of depression most often emerge during the darker winter months, then disappear as days grow longer and brighter come spring, says Ken Duckworth, MD, the chief medical officer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and an assistant clinical professor at Harvard University Medical School in Boston. Depression linked to summer can also occur, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), but it is much less common than winter episodes of SAD....

After a year of being on the front lines treating patients during the global pandemic, coping with national social unrest, and caring for a newborn at home, she wants you to know that she’s not Superwoman. She has a support system. And while she says it’s hard to ask for help, it’s also what’s getting her through. “My mom’s here helping me with my kids; I have an amazing live-in nanny....

Here’s what you need to know about sepsis and severe sepsis, as well as information on how your doctor can diagnose this condition. Most cases of sepsis are caused by a bacterial infection, and certain groups of people are at higher risk for this complication. (3) This includes the elderly, children, and people who have a weaker immune system because of a chronic disease. (4) There are certain warning signs of sepsis....

“Doctors who sent people with Crohn’s for surgery felt like they’d failed, but that’s no longer true,” says Raymond K. Cross, MD, a professor of medicine and the director of the inflammatory bowel disease program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Surgery, though it can’t cure Crohn’s, can ease symptoms and provide long-term relief. “Today, surgery is an option for Crohn’s that should be explored, particularly when complications are present,” he says....

UV rays damage the DNA in skin cells, causing genetic mutations (defects). These mutations instruct the abnormal skin cells to multiply rapidly and develop malignant tumors. Certain physical traits make this cascade of events more likely. People with light skin, for instance, produce less melanin, a pigment that can block out some (but not all) UV rays. This can translate into racial or ethnic disparities in skin cancer risk. Yet while Caucasians are most vulnerable, people of color can also get skin cancer....