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When a parent has Lynch syndrome or carries a genetic alteration in one of their related genes, there is a 50 percent chance that each of their children will inherit the altered gene and also have Lynch syndrome. People who test positive for Lynch syndrome should have colonoscopies starting at age 20 to 25, and an upper endoscopy every three to five years beginning at age 30 to 35. Women are encouraged to be screened for endometrial cancers every 1 to 2 years beginning at age 30....

He’s not exactly wrong: Type 2 diabetes most commonly occurs in middle-age and older people, according to the National Institutes of Health. Of the more than 30 million people in the United States with diabetes, only 4.6 million are between 18 and 44, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Diabetes Statistics Report. Making Ibrahim’s diagnosis even more unlikely was the fact that he’d run a marathon just two years before....

“When done by a trained massage therapist on carefully selected patients, massage therapy is a very valuable addition to traditional osteoarthritis treatments,” says Valerie Voner, a licensed massage therapist, former coordinator of the massage therapy program at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, and founder of the New England Institute of Reflexology and Universal Studies. Osteoarthritis — which affects an estimated 31 million Americans, according to the Arthritis Foundation — occurs when wear and tear breaks down the cartilage cushions between the joints, causing pain and stiffness....

Rest assured there’s a better way to feed yourself and your family: meal planning. This approach ensures that you’re never left wondering what’s for dinner. What Is Meal Planning? Meal planning is the process of building a weekly menu to best suit your nutritional needs. “It can take the guesswork out of dinnertime, help you to stick to a budget, and help keep your nutrition goals on track,” says Stacey Simon, MS, RDN, who offers counseling through her New York City practice....

For the study, researchers examined data on 8,507 pregnant women who were interviewed after delivery about their typical eating habits. Almost half of the women in the study were Black, 28 percent were Hispanic, 12 percent were white, and another 12 percent identified as other racial or ethnic groups. One in 10 women developed preeclampsia during pregnancy. Compared with women whose eating habits looked very little like a Mediterranean diet, those who most closely hewed to this way of eating were 22 percent less likely to develop preeclampsia, researchers report in the Journal of the American Heart Association....

Ironically, while this upheaval has created the potential for change, as seen in the verdict of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty by jurors in the state of Minnesota on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter for the death of George Floyd — an until-now rare instance in which an officer was held accountable for killing a Black man while on the job — it has also put a strain on the mental health of many Black Americans, whose stress may be increased by continued media reports of violence and police brutality....

I was standing at the drinks’ cabinet the last evening. Into a favorite Italian glass (with a line at the halfway mark, above which is etched the word “ottimista” and below “pessimista”) I’d just dropped three dashes of bitters (it was a night for a pink gin) when, presto chango, the glass was 8 feet away from me, on the floor, and in dozens of pieces. What Magic Is This?...

Heart failure develops when weakened muscles make it harder for the heart to expand and contract to pump blood through the body. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, a persistent cough, swelling in the feet, legs and abdomen, and fatigue and nausea. The new guidelines, published April 1 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, add a fourth drug to the regimen of medications already recommended to treat symptomatic heart failure patients who pump too little oxygen-rich blood out to the body with each heartbeat, a condition known as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction....

The PayoffReplacing flour and sugar with fresh, nutrient-rich fare results in more than a smaller dress size. You’ll enjoy better health, more energy and a greater quality of life. “This diet not only has a physical effect, but an emotional effect as well,” Dr. Gott says. Check out Health Bistro for more healthy food for thought. See what Lifescript editors are talking about and get the skinny on latest news....

Because of this, many women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are left with a variety of emotions to contend with, including anger, fear, and confusion. They may also find themselves vacillating between hope and wanting to keep a positive attitude and wanting to be realistic about their prognosis. But maintaining optimism about the potential of treatment to control, if not cure, the disease and considering end-of-life decisions are not necessarily mutually exclusive....

That’s because people with these disorders may be at higher risk of contracting the flu and experiencing severe health complications as a result, according to the CDC. However, many people are concerned about the safety and effectiveness of the flu vaccine. So is the flu shot, which is commonly available at primary care doctors’ offices and pharmacies, safe for people with PD? And will it work? “The short answer is yes, full stop,” says Jori Fleisher, MD, an associate professor of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago....

A new study published in the May issue of Health Affairs found that 1 out of 3 urban neighborhoods is in a pharmacy desert. Initially coined in 2014 by Dima M. Qato, PharmD, associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles and senior author of this study, a “pharmacy desert” is an urban neighborhood that is more than a mile away from the nearest pharmacy....

Though most cases of prostate cancer have a good prognosis, the disease is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As with other cancers, early detection and treatment may be important for surviving prostate cancer, at least for advanced forms of the disease. Today, the most common screening test for prostate cancer is the prostate-specific antigen or PSA blood test, which measures the levels of the PSA enzyme in the blood....

“On average, psoriasis improves during pregnancy, and pregnancy isn’t affected by psoriasis,” says Mark Lebwohl, MD, professor and chairman of the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. But because psoriasis often starts in early adulthood — before a woman has a chance to start a family — concerns persist about having a safe pregnancy and healthy baby with the condition and the medications used to treat it....

Psoriasis attacks healthy cells, causing inflammation that leads to plaques and other skin changes, explains Kevin R. Campbell, MD, an internist and cardiologist with Cano Health in Florida. This may also pose problems for your heart. The Psoriasis-Heart Disease Link Psoriasis increases inflammation throughout the body, including the cardiovascular system. “Chronic inflammation has long been associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke,” Dr. Campbell says. That’s because inflammation can damage arteries....

Because psoriatic arthritis symptoms can overlap with those of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis — not just swollen, achy joints but also stiffness (especially in the morning) and chronic fatigue — diagnosing this autoimmune disease can be tricky. “Unlike rheumatoid arthritis, there is no blood test that can determine if a person has psoriatic arthritis,” says M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH, a rheumatologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Psoriatic arthritis can also affect the body in different ways depending on the person and how advanced the disease is, says Dr....

Dermatologists are trained in the treatment of HS, and can discuss the range of treatment options available, along with why you may or may not want to consider a given treatment. They can also discuss how the condition can progress over time, and why and when HS may require surgery. While you most likely won’t need to make more than a handful of decisions about your HS treatment at a given time, it can’t hurt to look ahead to what your treatment may look like in the future....

At issue is whether racial considerations may lead to inequitable care for patients who are not white. A study published June 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that when doctors incorporate race into certain medical formulas and decision-making processes, Black patients may be put at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing medications, therapies, emergency room care, surgeries, and even organ transplant. Many patients may be unaware that these race-based adjustments are even happening....

Marginalized racial and ethnic communities, such as Black and Hispanic Americans, are more apt to experience severe and debilitating symptoms of major depression and are less apt to receive beneficial treatments, according to a May 2022 report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a federation of American health insurance companies. Without treatment, depression often worsens, increasing the risk for other serious health issues like chronic pain, substance abuse, self-harm, or suicide, warn experts at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota....

“Love handles are one of the most common reasons people exercise and hire a personal trainer,” observes certified trainer Jason Keigher CSCS, CPT, who works with clients in New York City. It’s often after an ab workout consisting of thousands of crunches that frustration finally leads people to get help from a fitness pro. “Most people think that doing crunches will get rid of love handles, but they are misinformed,” Keigher says....