At 86, I’m still competitively racing frostbite dinghies. I’ve noticed that my heartbeat becomes irregular during the races and for hours afterward. It feels like a weak beat after every two normal heartbeats. Is this a normal exercise reaction?
We hear a lot about colon cancer, and sometimes about stomach cancer, but hardly ever anything about cancer of the small intestine. Why? Is it rare?
Researchers from Sweden have demonstrated that the heart is capable of growing new muscle cells, though this process occurs very slowly.
Mindfulness is a form of meditation that encourages greater awareness of one’s surroundings and experiences. Volunteers with heart failure who participated in a mindfulness study reported lower levels of anxiety and feelings of better overall health.
A comparison of studies found that drinking cocoa lowered blood pressure approximately as much as blood pressure medication did, while drinking tea did not produce any change.
Last year, I had an aortic dissection. My surgeon says not to do any cardio or resistance exercise and to keep my heart rate down. My cardiologist says I can do light cardio and resistance exercise but to watch my blood pressure. Whom should I believe?
A panel of gastroenterology experts has revised the guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome, simplifying the definition of the disorder and the tests typically required for a diagnosis.
Burning mouth syndrome is a burning or stinging pain in the mouth. While a burning sensation in the mouth can be caused by other conditions and some medications, the primary form of the disorder may be caused by faulty nerve fibers.
Dupuytren’s contracture is a condition in which one or more fingers is chronically bent. A nonsurgical treatment uses an injection of an enzyme solution that allows the contracture to be released.
Bell’s palsy is an inflammation of the facial nerve, believed to be caused by a viral infection, that results in paralysis of one side of the face. It can take several weeks to return to normal, and treatment is typically a corticosteroid medication.