The heart-protecting benefit of low-dose daily aspirin may vary between different people, although the reasons remain unclear. Taking an uncoated aspirin may help to ensure full absorption. Take the uncoated aspirin with food to prevent stomach upset.
Online tests for Alzheimer’s disease are unscientific and unreliable. Online testing can be harmful if a person with real memory problems “passes” the online test and decides not to seek a doctor’s opinion. Discuss memory problems with a doctor.
Daily walking is essential to treat leg pain that starts when you walk for a while but subsides when you rest, a condition called intermittent claudication caused by blockages in the leg arteries that impede blood flow. Medication can also help.
A cough from the common cold can last from several weeks to two months. A persistent cough with worrying symptoms like coughing up blood, shortness of breath, or weight loss needs immediate medical attention.
A national panel of experts on primary care, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, recommends that all baby boomers (people born between 1945 and 1965) should be screened at least once for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional stage before dementia. There is no treatment yet to stop MCI from progressing, but a healthy lifestyle and optimal medical care may slow it down and improve day-to-day function.
Heart-healthy nutrition helps prevent prostate cancer and may slow the progression of low-risk prostate cancer to a more aggressive form. A key step is replacing animal fats and refined carbohydrates with healthier vegetable fats.
Exercise to strengthen an arthritic knee reduces pain and improves daily functioning. It is important to match the right type and amount of exercise to the arthritis condition. Severe knee arthritis limits the amount of exercise possible.
In a large national study, it took over two hours for people having a stroke to receive a drug to break up the blood clot in the brain causing the problem. It is vital to get to a hospital as soon as possible after noticing stroke symptoms.
People who take a cholesterol-lowering statin are more likely to report muscle strains and sprains.