Morning sickness can start early in your pregnancy, often between 4 and 9 weeks, and typically doesn’t last past your first trimester. However, your particular experience may be different, as each person's pregnancy is unique. Morning sickness is a very commonpregnancy symptom, and it can ha...
Do not strain when you have a bowel movement. The strain can increase pressure in your brain and cause bleeding. Ask your healthcare provider about a stool softener or laxative if you are constipated. Do not use enemas or suppositories. Use a cool mist humidifier to increase moisture in your...
If the clot forms in the heart, a heart attack can occur; if the clot forms in the brain, a stroke is possible. (MORE: Different approaches to recognizing loneliness in the elderly) By intervening on platelet function, aspirin can potentially prevent a heart attack or stroke...
CAA can be found in a range from 70.0% to 97.6% of AD cases [2], and the incidence of CAA may increase according to the severity of AD pathology in the brain [12]. Although the prevalence of
specializing in cardiac imaging techniques. The call came from a veterinarian at the Los Angeles Zoo. An elderly female chimpanzee had woken up with a facial droop and the veterinarians were worried that she'd had a stroke. They asked if I'd come to the zoo and image the anim...
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a skin disease caused by the return of a chickenpox infection from latently infected nerve cells in the spinal cord or brain. It begins as a painful sensation which is often mistaken for a musculoskeletal injury or even a heart attack. It is soon ...
Of course, there are things in my life I don’t reveal easily. There is a year that I refer to as “the dark year” when I made consistent bad choices that I’d love to forget ever happened. But, alas… we don’t get to go back and fix mistakes or change decisions so why dwel...
You may not have any symptoms. You may bleed or bruise more easily or have tiny red or purple spots on your skin. You may feel tired or bleed from your gums or nose. You may have blood in your urine or bowel movement. You may have heavy menstrual bleeding if you are a woman....
If you’re a woman who’s gone through menopause, you have another reason to keep having sex. Without regular intercourse, yourvaginacan tighten and its tissues can get thinner and be more likely to get injured, tear, or even bleed during sex. This can be so uncomfortable that women with...
As the skin gradually loses it's color, patch by patch, other people may treat someone with vitiligo like a leper, thinking they have a contagiousskin disease. In fact, vitiligo is called "whiteleprosy" in India. Women with it are often discriminated against in marriage. If they develop vi...