If you’re living with psoriasis, it’s important to learn as much as you can about it. That way, you’ll feel empowered to bring up any concerns you may have with your doctor and take a multidisciplinary approach to managing it. To get started, it can help to understand these five facts about living with psoriasis and discuss with your doctor any that apply to you. 1. Psoriasis increases your risk of other health problems....
Sure, you’re not serving mayonnaise-laden salads in sweltering July temperatures, but foodborne illnesses can strike just as easily in cold weather, indoors, at an all-day buffet or even while lingering for hours over a family table still loaded with potential third helpings. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), outbreaks of Clostridium perfringens, the most common cause of food poisoning in the United States, which cause nearly one million illnesses every year, occur most frequently in November and December....
But not everyone whose relatives have migraine have it themselves. So there must be other influences that determine whether or not a given person develops migraine. One of the possible influences that researchers are looking at is body weight. Although there isn’t enough evidence to say that obesity causes migraine, there is strong correlational evidence, according to Dale Bond, PhD, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Alpert Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island....
What Exactly Is the Blue Zones Diet? The blue zones diet is a way of eating that emulates what people eat in the world’s blue zones: Okinawa, JapanSardinia, ItalyNicoya, Costa RicaIkaria, GreeceLoma Linda, California The blue zones diet may help lower your risk of: Heart diseaseType 2 diabetesSome types of cancer, including pancreatic cancerand breast cancer Our experts didn’t point to any risks associated with the blue zones diet, but both Rajagopal and Cassetty recommend transitioning gradually to the diet if it’s a significant change from what you’re currently eating — it can be challenging to overhaul your diet all at once....
— Adrean, New York Stimulants like Adderall can cause repetitive behaviors, although not necessarily muscle twitching. This is a question that should be addressed with your pediatrician. For more information on the side effects of Adderall and other ADHD medications, read ADHD blogger Dr. Donna Krutka’s blog entries on ADHD medications. Q2. Is it dangerous to take Adderall when you don’t have ADHD or another disorder that it is used to treat?...
“For every 100 injured patients who were intoxicated or had alcohol use disorder who came to the emergency department, 5 of them died within the next year, versus 1 out of 100 in the comparison population. That’s a big difference,” says the lead researcher, Sidra Goldman-Mellor, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor in the department of public health at the University of California in Merced. The findings were published on December 12 in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs....
Dr. Sood is the creator of SMART (Stress Management and Resiliency Training), the Resilient Option, Certified Resilience Trainer, and Year of Healing programs; and the mobile apps Mood Candy and Zizo: Your Resilience Pal. He serves as a member of the BetterUp Scientific Advisory Board. He is one of the world’s leading experts on resilience and well-being, and executive director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing. He is a former professor of medicine, and Carla and Russ Paonessa Chair for student life and wellness at Mayo Clinic....
That’s where advanced lipid testing comes in. These tests, which aren’t a routine part of a standard cholesterol test, or lipid test, can detect underlying genetic conditions that could be causing your body to naturally produce too much cholesterol. The 411 on Cholesterol Cholesterol is a waxy substance that your body uses to make hormones and digest fats. There are two types of cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the so-called “good” cholesterol, which is protective against heart disease, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which is often considered the “bad” cholesterol....
Now add type 2 diabetes to the mix. If you’ve tried medications and lifestyle changes but are still struggling to get your A1C low enough — or are experiencing tingling and numbness in your feet — surgery can seem like a promising solution. But are you a candidate? All four of them leave the patient with a stomach that can hold far less food than before, and most of the options restrict the body’s ability to absorb calories and nutrients....
“Weather can have an effect on the symptoms of RA,” says Lucy McLeod, DPT, CHT, a hand therapist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. “Many people with RA find that cold weather tends to increase their pain and stiffness. And living in a warm climate can help to reduce the symptoms of pain and stiffness.” If you have RA and moving might be an option, consider starting your search with these cities....
They claim it can also help depression, reduce anxiety, and improve skin. (If it makes you think of Joan Crawford’s oft-cited beauty routine, portrayed by Faye Dunaway in the 1981 film Mommy Dearest, you have the right idea.) Model Bella Hadid posted a video clip of herself icing her face in an Instagram post on February 19, 2022. A few months later, TikToker Edward Zo (1.8M followers) posted a video of himself dunking his own face in an ice bath on May 5, 2022, crediting Hadid as the reason he had to try it....
“In the past couple of years, [turmeric] has constantly been on the lists of cool new ingredients to add to things, and more research is being done on the benefits, so I think people are picking up on that,” says Maggie Michalczyk, RDN, the Chicago-based creator of the food and nutrition blog of Once Upon a Pumpkin. Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a close cousin of ginger, and is the spice responsible for curry’s characteristic yellow hue....
Androgenetic alopecia is a progressive type of hair loss, meaning the loss happens slowly over time, notes StatPearls. Although you may hear this type of alopecia referred to as androgenic alopecia, that’s a common misspelling. The correct term is androgenetic alopecia. This condition affects as many as half of women and men, so if you’re struggling with seeing more of your scalp in the mirror, there are millions of people who know exactly what you’re going through....
There are many potential causes for abdominal pain, but two come immediately to my mind. First, CLL can cause enlargement of lymph nodes and the spleen that can be quite significant. Just having enlarged organs can cause pain. Second, CLL (and a particular lymphoma with which it is often confused called mantle cell lymphoma) can sometimes grow in the lining of the stomach and intestines, which causes cramping, weight loss, diarrhea and reflux....
Common Cold Medicine and Pregnancy: Go Natural Before you consider taking drugstore medicines for the common cold, you might want to consider some good old-fashioned home remedies, says Elisa Ross, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist on staff with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The reason: No over-the-counter medicines are really treating the cold or helping you get better, they just control symptoms. Hot showersA vaporizerA saline nasal washChicken soup...
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“This study is important because it’s very large and it’s prospective by design, meaning that fish intake was assessed before the development of cancer,” said author Eunyoung Cho, ScD, associate professor of dermatology and epidemiology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in a release. Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the United States, and the risk of developing it over a lifetime is 1 in 38 for white people, 1 in 1,000 for Black people, and 1 in 167 for Hispanic people, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS)....
At one point, his heart stopped completely and doctors rushed to put him on life support and into an induced coma, a procedure that can help protect the brain. When he came out of that coma 48 hours later, physicians discovered that Travis had suffered a stroke, which had affected the entire central region of his left brain. Doctors suspected that a blood clot had formed in his heart and traveled to his brain, causing the trauma....
Read on to learn how to reap the fun and challenge of dance workouts. That said, structured dance workout classes are sometimes created by professionals with fitness expertise to deliver certain exercise benefits. “The way I program dance cardio is that it’s pretty repetitive, and it’s aerobic, so the intention is to get your heart rate up,” says Megan Roup, a former professional dancer and an ACE-certified personal trainer who founded the The Sculpt Society, a dance cardio workout app....
In particular, people with diabetes tend to be deficient in magnesium, which is a mineral that plays a role in nearly 300 biochemical or enzymatic reactions in the body, says Vandana Sheth, RDN, CDE, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics based in Torrance, California. Magnesium is involved in protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, and — key for people who are managing diabetes — blood pressure and glucose control, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)....
