In the United States, someone has a stroke once every 40 seconds. Even worse, every four minutes, one of those strokes proves fatal. For this reason, it’s critical to know potential risk factors for a stroke, which include the following… 10. Age The risk of a stroke doubles every 10 years after the age of …
About 80 percent of adults will experience pain in their lower back pain at some point in their lifetime, according to the National Institute Of Health. Whether it’s sudden, sharp, and severe or chronic and dull, living with back pain can negatively impact someone’s daily life. Curious to know what might be the root cause of …
Strokes are life-threatening attacks that block or burst the brain’s blood vessels, and even strokes that aren’t fatal can result in permanent damage. The best way to reduce the risk of death and permanent disability once a stroke happens is to get help as soon as possible. That means knowing how to spot the signs …
Diverticulitis is a health condition in which inflamed pouches (diverticula) develop in your digestive tract, according to Mayo Clinic. These pouches can cause severe abdominal pain and sometimes result in a trip to the ER. As far as treatment goes, changing your diet is one of the best ways to reduce diverticulitis symptoms. Curious about …
Nothing is more important than our health, and one of the easiest ways to monitor our health is none other than our urine! While it’s common for urine to change color every now and again, consistency changes, bizarre sights and smells, and color changes in urine might indicate you need to visit a doctor. So, …
Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a serious and common disease. While symptoms, like diarrhea, nausea, weight loss, and abdominal cramping, are commonly known, surprisingly, the causes of Crohn’s disease are still not commonly known. The following risk factors have been identified as playing a key role in the development of the disease… …
Experts estimate that roughly 1 in 10 people in the United States will develop a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Despite how common (and painful) these stones are, most people don’t know much about them or what the risk factors for kidney stones are. So, what behaviors or other risk factors can …
While most people over the age of 50 are encouraged to get regular colonoscopies, it’s important to remember that cancer can strike at any age. So, catching colon cancer early on is the best way to battle it. You can spot cancer by knowing some of the following symptoms… Changes in Stool Appearance Believe it …
Osteoporosis is a serious medical condition, especially for people over 65, because it can turn relatively minor trauma into a dangerous injury. It’s caused by low bone mass and can make it difficult for new bone tissue to develop. Because osteoporosis is so dangerous, it’s important to know some of its key symptoms, which include… …
Get ready to protect your skin because the most common cancer in the United States is skin cancer, according to the CDC*. Medical providers typically divide skin cancer into two primary categories: malignant melanoma (often just called melanoma) and non-melanoma (sometimes spelled nonmelanoma). However, there are also plenty of sub-categories of skin cancer worth knowing …