What counts toward your total? Calorie-free and all natural, water is still the best hydrator going and is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world. But right behind it is tea, according to National Geographic. Hot or cold, tea has been enjoyed around the world for thousands of years, and for good reason. The supposed health benefits of regular tea consumption include decreased risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes according to Harvard Health Publishing....
Medical guidelines regarding autism, ADHD, and attention deficit disorder (ADD) have changed in recent years. Previously, psychiatrists were unable to diagnose a child as having autism or autism spectrum disorders (such as Asperger’s), as well as ADHD or ADD. But a study published in the June 2013 edition of the journal Autism has found that nearly one in three children with autism also have some form of ADHD symptoms. Faced with this, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which lays out guidelines for diagnosing psychiatric disorders, now allows doctors to issue a joint diagnosis of autism and ADHD....
Specifically, a group of grains called millets, which include sorghum and other seeded grasses grown as cereal crops, may help lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and lower A1C, or average blood sugar over about three months, in individuals managing diabetes, according to a study published in July 2021 in Frontiers in Nutrition. That’s because these grains have a lower glycemic index than alternatives such as white rice and refined wheat, the study authors note....
“It would make sense to stop eating [when you are trying to lose weight], but it actually works in the opposite way,” says Kimberly Lummus, MS, RD, Texas Dietetic Association media representative and public relations coordinator at the Austin Dietetic Association in Austin, Texas. Calories and Your Health The most effective way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you expend, creating a calorie deficit. But if your calorie intake dips too low, says Lummus, your body could go into starvation mode....
Troy was diagnosed at age 13 and went on to have 15 open abdominal surgeries, including an ileostomy at age 16. The ileostomy procedure, in which the colon and rectum are removed, and a pouch is attached to a hole in the abdomen to collect waste, was a major source of stress and shame for her. “I spent so much time hiding who I really was,” Troy says. “It took a huge, huge toll on me....
Get in the Habit of Taking Your Blood Pressure Medication If you often skip doses of your blood pressure medication or you don’t take it as recommended, your hypertension could get out of control. The following tips to help you remember to take your blood pressure medication regularly: Remind yourself why you’re taking blood pressure medication. “Take a step backward and say to yourself, ‘Why am I taking this medication to begin with?...
Did We Get Gout All Wrong? New Research Debunks Beliefs Research published in August 2015 in Clinical Rheumatology showed that people prefer to treat gout symptoms as they occur rather than plan a lifetime prevention approach. Bad idea: If gout isn’t treated, each attack will last longer, you will have more attacks, and you may eventually suffer irreversible joint damage. You will also be at higher risk for kidney disease or kidney stones....
Psoriasis plaques can develop on any part of the body — but for about half of people with the condition, they appear on the scalp, causing flakes and itching (symptoms often confused with dandruff). If left untreated, the condition can cause hair thinning and hair loss. “The scalp can be the first area people notice psoriasis,” says Marisa Garshick, MD, FAAD, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical Center and a dermatologist at MDCS Dermatology in New York City, who explains that the symptoms can also appear on the skin around the ears and the back of the neck, forehead, and hairline....
But the patients did benefit from either of the two common heart drugs if they had already undergone treatment with drugs called anthracyclines before starting Herceptin, or if they were being treated with anthracyclines and Herceptin at the same time. Anthracyclines, such as Adriamycin or Rubex (doxorubicin), are chemotherapy drugs. Both anthracyclines and Herceptin are significant medicines for managing a common type of breast cancer called HER2-positive breast cancer. The study is one the first and the largest to explore whether cardiac medication can prevent heart damage linked to Herceptin....
But there’s even more to it than that. There’s also an awkward grow-in phase when treatment is over that only patients who have been through it know well. When I was completing my treatment for ovarian cancer three years ago, I learned firsthand that hair doesn’t grow back evenly — it comes back in uneven tufts — and the awkward phase of regrowth, during which one’s hairstyle could be considered a “mullet,” lasts a long time....
Hemorrhoids can be painful. They may also itch, sting, or bleed, especially during or after a bowel movement. While your body is going through all sorts of physical changes during pregnancy, hemorrhoids can be one more unwanted irritation. But the good news is that they generally aren’t harmful to your health or the health of your baby, and they’re usually a short-term problem. Though pushing during labor can worsen hemorrhoids, they typically go away on their own after you give birth....
For people who develop HS, also known as acne inversa, the appearance of boil-like lesions can be confusing. When Francisco Kerdel, MD, founder of Florida Academic Dermatology Center in Coral Gables, sees new patients with HS, “the most common history that we get is that they get recurrent boils and they have to go to the emergency room for them to be drained,” he says. Here’s what everyone with hidradenitis suppurativa should know about managing and treating the chronic skin disease:...
Now researchers and engineers may have found one solution, with a technologically advanced mouth guard that can detect concussions. A team of engineers and neurosurgeons at Prevent Biometrics (a spinoff of the Cleveland Clinic) has developed the Prevent Impact Monitor (IM) Mouthguard, which can detect potential concussion-causing impacts in real time. The mouth guard, which took more than a decade to design, measures the distance, angle, and force of a blow and then lights up to signal when brain damage may have occurred during impact....
One of the most important is World AIDS Day, which has been observed on December 1 since 1988. This year’s theme, “Rock the Ribbon,” celebrates the power of the iconic red ribbon that has been a symbol of the HIV/AIDS movement since 1991 and asks the global HIV/AIDS community to use the emblem to raise money and build support. This year, UNAIDS (the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) issued a World AIDS Day message highlighting the inequities that continue to drive the HIV/AIDS epidemic and that prevent too many people from getting the care and resources they need....
By the end of 2019, close to 1.2 million people in the United States were living with HIV, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (1) Alarmingly, about 13 percent of people with HIV were not aware of it, the CDC notes. This is partly because HIV initially produces symptoms that could easily be confused with other health issues — and some people who are infected go 10 years or more without having any symptoms at all....
RELATED: What Is Histamine? You likely know hives for the way they appear on your skin: They’re red, swollen welts that can sometimes be accompanied by itchiness or pain. There are a variety of possible causes for hives (or reasons that histamine and other chemicals get released by the body in the first place). They could be the result of allergies in response to foods, medication, or an infection, or they could be from another trigger, like exercise, heat, stress, or alcohol....
Juicing is, simply, drinking a juice, often with the goal of boosting your health, to replace a meal, or to replace an entire day’s worth of meals. Fresh squeezed juices can include a variety of fruits and vegetables, like greens, beets, carrots, celery, lemon and lime, apple, or pineapple. You can buy them from a juice bar or bottled in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. Alternatively, you can juice your own fruits and veggies at home with a juicer....
But in most cases, it is better to stifle that “see the doctor” impulse. Antibiotic Drugs Probably Won’t Help Your Child’s Sinus Infection “Parents often think their child has a bacterial sinus infection, but the majority of the time the pain and discharge are caused by a virus, which antibiotics don’t treat,” says Barbara Rolnick, MD, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Primary Care Practice Network. That’s why doctors are often reluctant to prescribe antibiotics right away....
I vividly remember the last time I ran, for example. It was just days before I was diagnosed. It was snowing, and I ran down a powdery slope through a wooded park and fell into a fresh drift with the joy of a child. I was out of breath, I was cold, and I was alive. Four days later I was lying in an MRI machine on my way to learning of my lifelong fate....
“How much exercise is enough for what?” asks David Bassett Jr., PhD, a professor and the department head of exercise physiology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He explains that, before you make a decision on how much you need, you should have a good idea of your exercise goals: Are you exercising for physical fitness, weight control, or as a way of keeping your stress levels low? RELATED: Why Exercise and Sleep Are Your Ultimate Defense Against Stress For general health benefits, a routine of daily walking may be sufficient, says Susan Joy, MD, codirector of the Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Center in Sacramento and a team physician for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings....
