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It’s often referred to as “lockjaw” because it can cause painful spasms and stiffness in your jaw muscles. Tetanus is a serious infection that can be life-threatening, and is easily prevented with vaccination. Any time you get a wound that may become contaminated with soil or environmental contents, you are at risk for tetanus. The disease can lead to serious complications, and even death. Tetanus is a medical emergency that requires treatment in a hospital....

IDC is the most common form of breast cancer, accounting for 80 percent of all cases, notes Johns Hopkins Medicine. (1) The type of treatment you receive for IDC will depend on the size of your cancer, other biological features such as hormone receptor status, and whether or not it has spread to lymph nodes or other organs. Many women will also sometimes opt for a combination of therapies. RELATED: Study Reveals a Strategy to Reduce Heart Damage Linked to the Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin...

Enter: wellness tourism, a concept that the U.S.-based nonprofit organization Global Wellness Institute (GWI) defines as travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing overall personal well-being. It’s important to note that, though “wellness”’ and “well-being” are often interchangeable and related terms, they have slightly different meanings. According to Gallup, wellness is a part of well-being and describes a healthy lifestyle beyond acute illness, whereas both Gallup and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define well-being in a broader life context — feelings of contentment and satisfaction, and positive function in career, social, financial, physical, psychological, and other frameworks — which are important for personal and public health....

PERT medication are capsules that contain a mixture of digestive enzymes, including lipase to break down fat, protease to assist with digestion of protein, and amylase for carbohydrates, according to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN). The appropriate dose of PERT varies from person to person, says Stephen Kim, MD, a gastroenterologist with the division of digestive diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health in Los Angeles....

“The biggest mistake is not treating a severe allergic reaction,” says Scott H. Sicherer, MD, an Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe professor of pediatrics, allergy and immunology and the chief of the division of allergy and immunology in the department of pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and author of Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on It. “The people who die from anaphylaxis are those who had a delay in treatment....

The cocreator and producer of the hit TV show Two Broke Girls says that when she started having migraine attacks as a young girl, her family and doctors would dismiss her crippling condition. “I always thought I must be ‘crazy’ or ‘dramatic’ for always having a headache and other migraine symptoms, but it’s time to stop minimizing and normalizing pain,” she says. Although it’s been a long journey, the 37-year-old entertainer has now figured out ways to tame her chronic disease....

The best way to avoid getting whooping cough (also called pertussis) is to get vaccinated. In the United States, the DTaP (diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis) vaccine is often given to infants and children to prevent whooping cough. As the name indicates, this vaccine also works to protect against the diseases diphtheria and tetanus. DTaP consists of a series of five injections, typically given to children when they reach the following ages: 2 months4 months6 months15 to 18 months4 to 6 years...

For the study, researchers randomly assigned 118 people with obesity to limit how much they ate for one year — 1,500 to 1,800 calories for men and 1,200 to 1,500 calories for women. Half the participants were also asked to eat only between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., while the rest of them could eat whenever they liked. People who ate only during certain hours, a practice known as intermittent fasting, lost an average of 8....

The FDA greenlighted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza in otherwise healthy children who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours, according to a statement released last week by the company. Xofluza is the first single-dose oral influenza medicine that’s been approved for children in this age group. Additionally, the FDA approved Xofluza to help prevent influenza in children in this age group following contact with someone with the flu....

In April 2022, I was attending the NFT LA conference all week, a multifaceted conference dedicated to Web3 and NFTs (nonfungible tokens). As a technology influencer and YouTuber with over seven million subscribers, I was invited to attend and share the experience with my followers. It was a whirlwind of an experience with so much to do and see. I was so caught up in what was going on around me that I ignored how tired and strange I was feeling....

As for health, we’re freaked out about the flu, scrambling to tame tension headaches, and have digestive woes front-of-mind. Luckily, rather than doing an errant internet search, we talked with doctors and dietitians to get their expert take on your hot-button topics. 1. How Long Does the Flu Last? The flu can make you feel as if you were hit by a truck. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu symptoms — high fever, body aches, headache — typically last three to seven days....

For most patients, statins are linked to a lower risk of having a heart attack or stroke, according to the American Heart Association. But statins come with their own risks and benefits. A little goes a long way. At low doses, statins have their strongest effect. A patient taking 20 milligrams might see a 25 percent drop in their cholesterol level, says Paul Thompson, MD, director of cardiology for the Hartford Hospital division of cardiology in Connecticut and a member of the American College of Cardiology’s Sport and Exercise Council....

Those with eating disorders characterized by restriction, such as anorexia nervosa or avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, may be afraid to eat certain foods, says certified eating disorder specialist Lara Effland, a licensed independent clinical social worker and regional managing clinical director of the Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center in Bellevue, Washington. And for people with a disorder characterized by binge eating behaviors, such as binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa, Halloween may spark worries of losing control around candy and other festive foods, Effland adds....

Depending on whom you ask, that list can be long: One study, published in February 2012 in the New Zealand Medical Journal, noted 49 such foods, ranging from condensed milk to energy drinks and oil-roasted nuts to high-sugar yogurts. The study authors call them NEEDNT foods. (That stands for nonessential, energy-dense, and nutritionally deficient.) Yikes. No need to police your diet that much — it sounds exhausting — but there is a shorter list of foods that registered dietitians say you should think twice before eating....

An estimated 30 million Americans have some form of neuropathy. Depending on the cause and patient, symptoms of neuropathy can include pain; altered, increased, or reduced sensation; tingling; pins and needles sensations; burning; increased sensitivity to touch; muscle weakness or wasting; paralysis; dysfunction in organs or glands; or impairment to urination and sexual function. (2,3,4) There are more than 100 types of neuropathy. Among the more common causes, and their risk factors, are: Matthew Villani, DPM, a podiatry specialist at HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, Florida, explains that these symptoms arise because “the nerves are being encapsulated by the sugar, which causes the conductive properties of the nerves to slow down or be altered, so that the electrical impulses to the nerves aren’t functioning properly....

Low-Sodium Canned Soups Campbell’s Chunky Healthy Request Chicken Noodle At 410 mg of sodium per cup (that’s 820mg per can or 36 percent of what’s recommended for the day), this chicken noodle soup is at the higher end of a healthy range for sodium, but it is much lower in sodium than traditional canned chicken noodle soups. For example, the Campbell’s Classic version of this chicken noodle soup contains 1580 mg (69 percent) per can....

In fact, after a good few years of taking medical advice onboard (by researching, reflecting, and incorporating it into my life), I feel like the public health advice here has not only been sound, but it has also made a massive difference in preventing the spread of the virus (at least when properly adhered to). As with many parts of my life, I’ve taken a look at the big picture, and I realize I’ve learned some lessons about life during a pandemic that will benefit me as I try to live my best life with multiple sclerosis (MS)....

Eating vegetarian may help lower your risk for certain types of cancer, in addition to reducing your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. And a study published in the June 2017 issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition found that going vegetarian may also help you lose weight and improve your metabolism. Still, many of the so-called facts about vegetarian eating that are circulating are false....

This is often the case when it comes to schizophrenia, a mental disorder that can cause disruptions in thought processes and delusions that aren’t based in reality. According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, the number of people living in the United States with schizophrenia is estimated at 2.6 million adults, or about 1.1 percent of the population. Even though schizophrenia is relatively rare, it’s one of the top 15 leading causes of disability worldwide....

What’s more, all that extra imbibing likely isn’t aiding any slim-down efforts. “It’s important to note that alcohol consumption can impact our metabolism and make weight loss more challenging,” says Lori Zanini, RD, a certified diabetes care and education specialist based in Manhattan Beach, California. Alcohol contains empty calories and doesn’t provide any nutrients for your body, according to the Cleveland Clinic. “Alcohol can not only cause a water weight increase, but it’s also full of calories, so your actual weight can go up, too,” says Amanda A....