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Is It Time to Consider Surgery for Your Pinched Spinal Nerve?
If you have been diagnosed with a pinched spinal nerve, your doctor is in no rush to suggest a surgical solution.
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Understanding Multiple Sclerosis
If you talk with people who have multiple sclerosis (MS), you will likely find a common theme —their symptoms aren’t the same. For many people, it’s only after several puzzling and sometimes distressing symptoms appear that they are diagnosed with this serious but nonfatal disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million people around the world.
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Pain, Tingling, Numbness: Could It Be Peripheral Neuropathy?
The magnificent human nervous system carries electrical signals from the brain to every corner of the body and back, so if something goes wrong, it could happen anywhere on that neural highway. The symptoms of the malfunction vary greatly depending on the locale, and so does the treatment.
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Signs You Might Have Sleep Apnea
It’s hard to function when you aren’t getting good sleep. As many as one in three Americans struggles with sleeping because of a sleep disorder – and many don’t know they have it.
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“Kissing Bugs” Carrying Potentially Fatal Disease Reported in Florida
The Centers for Disease and Prevention is warning residents in the southern United States that deadly “kissing bugs” have invaded the region.
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Pregnancy Loss: 1 in 4
How many children do you have? It may seem like a simple question, but for women who have endured a miscarriage or stillbirth, that question can bring sadness and pain. Even if they now have other children, the child (or children) lost is not forgotten.
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Connection Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline?
Hearing loss affects 30 percent of Americans in their 60s, and that percentage more than doubles for those 70 and older. While it’s one of the most common conditions affecting older adults, some studies indicate that hearing loss can signal an even more serious deterioration—that of cognitive ability.
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Why Pro Soccer Players Suffer So Many Knee Injuries
During Orlando City Soccer Club’s first home game of the 2021 Major League Soccer season, star player Alexandre Pato suffered a knee injury that required surgery. Knee injuries are among the most common soccer players face, affecting one player in every 10 games played.
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How Occupational Therapy Can Help Counter Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, potentially debilitating disease that affects the central nervous system. More than 2.3 million people are affected worldwide, with symptoms that range from fatigue to difficulty seeing, to challenges with mobility. Symptoms can start or worsen without warning, taking a mental toll as well.
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Reconstruction Advances Help Restore Sensation in Breast Cancer Patients
Breast cancer is unlike other cancers: Successful treatment isn’t the end of the story. For most patients, some sort of breast reconstruction will follow, and the outcome of that often plays a big role in how a woman sees herself going forward. The good news for patients is that breast reconstruction techniques and alternatives have changed a great deal in the last 15 years. Before that, plastic surgeons often were just trying to fashion something that would “look right” in clothing and more or less fit into a bra.
