Frostbite is a common but often underestimated condition where your skin freezes during exposure to cold weather or water. Frostbite symptoms can include numbness, swelling, blisters and blackened skin. While winter weather can be fun, it can also be dangerous. Dress accordingly to prevent frostbite. What is frostbite? Frostbite is a potentially permanent condition that happens when your… Read More »
The human eye is like a camera that collects, focuses, and transmits light through a lens to create an image of its surroundings. In a camera, the image is created on film or an image sensor. In the eye, the image is created on the retina, a thin layer of light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. Like… Read More »
Practice Essentials Early pregnancy loss is defined as the termination of pregnancy before 20 weeks’ gestation or with a fetal weight of below 500 g. According to the definition set forth by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, recurrent pregnancy loss is a disease distinct from infertility and is defined by the spontaneous loss of two or more pregnancies. … Read More »
Many people who have depression may experience a relapse or recurrence. According to one review, it usually happens within 5 years, but it can occur weeks, months, or even many years after the first episode. About half of the people who experience an episode of depression for the first time will remain well. For the other half, depression can return one… Read More »
Are your eyelids sagging as the afternoon wears on? When low energy drags you down, don’t look to a candy bar, cup of coffee, or energy drink for a lift. The sugar and caffeine might give you an immediate pick-me-up, but after that quick high wears off, you’ll crash and feel even more drained What you need: a lasting solution… Read More »
Glycerin has long been used by our mothers and grandmothers and was an essential part of their beauty repertoire. This is because of the many glycerin skin benefits that held them in good stead long before all the fancy creams and lotions flooded our markets. Glycerin has been as popular as it has a beauty essential over the years because it… Read More »
Infertility has traditionally been thought of as a woman’s problem. But as it turns out, we men don’t get off that easily. About one out of every three cases of infertility is due to the man alone, and we’re somehow involved in infertility about half the time. A diagnosis of male infertility can be one of the hardest challenges a… Read More »
The louse (plural: lice) is a parasite that attaches itself to human hair and feeds on human blood. The most prevalent kind of lice is head lice. An infestation with head lice is medically known as Pedicurists capitis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that up to 12 million lice infestations occur every year in the United States. Female… Read More »
Keeping your back happy Back pain can interrupt your day or interfere with your plans. In fact, there’s an 84 percent chance that you will develop low back pain in your lifetime. But back pain isn’t always something you can ignore or wait for it to resolve on its own. Thankfully, there are several ways to treat back… Read More »
The results were published in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity. Kerri N. Boutelle, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, and colleagues set out to assess whether parent-only groups are an equally viable method for weight loss. “Our results showed that the parent-only group was not… Read More »