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Add in the fatigue that often comes along with RA, and it’s no wonder that getting simple things done can seem so hard, says Kristin Malone, an occupational therapist in Lockport, Illinois. Falling is also a risk with RA. According to a study published in April 2020 in the journal Medical Science Monitor, more than 50 percent of people with RA enrolled in the study experienced falls. The good news: Simple modifications around your home can make it easier for you to manage if you’re exhausted or in a lot of pain and help you conserve energy, which is key with RA, Malone says....

My doctors and I attribute my first symptom of MS when I was 22 years of age, but my official diagnosis didn’t come until I was 35. I’m not blaming my doctors; hell, I’m not even sure that I would have wanted to know then. My symptoms were so random and, for the most part, nothing but a curiosity or a nuisance. A little buzzing in my neck from time to time, stiffness and weakness in an arm or hand, LOADS of stumbles and broken glassware were as bad as it got for a long time....

Adding a multivitamin to your daily routine is a great way to ensure that you’re getting the proper fuel to support a healthy, active lifestyle. While multivitamins shouldn’t be a replacement for food or an excuse to eat poorly, they can be useful when they fill an identified nutrition gap that cannot or is not being met by intake of food, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....

In 2021, an estimated 476,000 Americans were diagnosed with Lyme disease, and the number of Lyme disease cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has more than quadrupled since 1990. (1) While it’s not clear what’s causing the upswing in tick populations and bite-related infections, ticks have been expanding their geographic range. Despite the prevalence of ticks and the exposure they’ve garnered in the news, many people are still in the dark about tick-borne diseases....

For the study, researchers examined data on 100 Black patients and 277 white patients treated at one of 21 specialized heart failure centers in the United States. Overall, 11 percent of Black patients received a heart transplant or a mechanical heart pump known as a ventricular assist device (VAD), compared with 22 percent of white patients. This racial disparity in access to care persisted even after researchers accounted for heart failure severity and several so-called social determinants of health, such as whether patients had the resources and caregiving help necessary to aid recovery from these complex medical procedures, researchers reported October 19 in Circulation: Heart Failure....

You burn most of your daily calories with zero effort, movement, or even thinking. Whether you’re sleeping, talking on the phone, working at a keyboard, or simply watching TV, your body is burning calories to keep your organs functioning such as your heart pumping and your lungs breathing. The calories used to maintain these basic bodily functions add up to your BMR. “Basal” essentially means “base” — think of it as the amount of energy (aka number of calories) that’s just enough to cover all your body’s bases....

If you’re ready to pack up the U-Haul and follow your bliss (or at least daydream for a few minutes), here’s your travel guide — WalletHub’s 2022 Happiest Cities report. After crunching the data on the 182 largest cities in America across three key dimensions — emotional and physical well-being, income and employment and community and environment, WalletHub designated Fremont, California, as 2022’s happiest city in the United States. Indeed, California cities claimed 6 out of the 10 top spots in the analysis....

Turmeric is also known to help ailments including arthritis to anxiety. And some people consume turmeric in the hope that it will prevent or treat cancer. While various internet accounts profess that turmeric can cure cancer, current research doesn’t support these bold claims. There’s some evidence that substances in turmeric kill cancer cells, but more studies need to be done. RELATED: 8 Flavor-Packed Turmeric Tea Recipes to Try What Exactly Is Turmeric?...

As the old saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention, and the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, leading to the COVID-19 pandemic, has also led to the rapid adoption of virtual medicine. With a highly contagious disease infecting millions, people have been forced to stay home. That situation has driven the healthcare industry to come up with innovative ways to diagnose, advise, and treat patients remotely. Technology and healthcare entrepreneur Drew Schiller highlighted data from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that illustrates how telemedicine exploded during the pandemic....

Despite the absence of heartburn, many people with LPR report a wide variety of symptoms due to the damage the acid causes to their voice box, respiratory system, teeth, and throat. “Reflux can be what we call extra-esophageal,” notes Michael Vaezi, MD, PhD, clinical director of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology and director of the Center for Esophageal Motility Disorders at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. “These patients may not have heartburn sensation in the chest....

“My first biopsy was poorly done — it was a liquid biopsy instead of a tissue biopsy — and my diagnosis then was stage 1B breast cancer,” she says. “Six months later the tumor had grown and spread.” Since then, Paz, the CEO of Own Your Voice, a healthcare innovation consulting firm, and a Harvard-certified emotional intelligence expert, has been on a mission to transform the cancer patient journey in healthcare....

“Our brain talks to our gut, and the microbiome (organisms that live in our gut) talk to our brain,” says Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD, a professor in the department of pathology and a faculty member of the digestive health research institute at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. Researchers like Dr. Ghannoum are looking into how the gut microbiome and the mind communicate, as well as how the microbiome influences depression, a condition that affects more than 17 million adults in the United States....

“Loss of appetite can be an early sign of depression or a warning of a depression relapse. On the other hand, some people can’t stop eating when they are depressed,” says Gary Kennedy, MD, director of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York. “A sudden change in weight, either gaining or losing, can be a warning of depression, especially in someone who has other symptoms of depression or a history of depression....

Depression symptoms aren’t always as obvious as frequent crying and overwhelming despair. “Oftentimes the changes are subtle, and the person may not notice, but their friends and loved ones may,” says Boadie W. Dunlop, MD, director of the mood and anxiety disorders program in the psychiatry department at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. There’s no one pattern to depression, and the condition can vary in progression from person to person....

Now 62 years old, the Philadelphia native was first diagnosed with the condition, a type of eczema, as a 3-year-old, when her mother took her to a dermatologist because Litz had developed rashes all over her body. That dermatologist prescribed coal tar, which her mother had to apply all over Litz’s body in the evening. The messy, sticky treatment, which she kept on overnight, made it hard for her to sleep....

On its surface, it sounds logical. After all, cold therapy, typically in the form of ice packs, is often recommended to bring relief to achy joints. But cryotherapy isn’t just cold. It is way below freezing. The temperature where water freezes is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). Whole-body cryotherapy temporarily exposes skin to temperatures as low as minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit. RELATED: 10 Foods to Help Fight RA Inflammation...

For the review, researchers pulled from 694 data sources, profiling who and how much those in a global population were drinking, and from 592 studies looking at the relationship between alcohol and disease. They found that 2.8 million deaths were attributed to alcohol use in 2016. If you drink alcohol, you probably want to take a moment now to mention that previous studies have shown imbibing in moderation is good for your heart....

How to Treat Intestinal E. Coli Infections For intestinal E. coli infections, what a person doesn’t do to treat symptoms is as important as what that person does do. For instance, intestinal E. coli infections caused by Shiga toxin–producing E. coli, or STEC — which spurs an estimated 265,000 foodborne infections each year in the United States — does not require antibiotic treatment. (1) In fact, treating these cases with antibiotics can triple your risk of developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication in which toxins destroy red blood cells, disrupting the kidneys’ filtering system and possibly causing kidney failure, according to a report published in the journal Toxins....

Eargo is known for innovative, nearly invisible CIC hearing aids with advanced hearing technology. Its devices appeal to active adults in particular. So, are Eargo hearing aids right for you? To help you decide, our reviews team compared the best hearing aids on the market and determined that Eargo is “Best for a Discreet Look.” Here is a more detailed review of Eargo hearing aid models, prices, features, and more....

“For someone interested in weight management or weight loss, quite often the tendency is to shy away from calorie-dense foods,” says the study’s first author, Xiaoran Liu, PhD, a research associate in the nutrition department of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. The researchers looked at the effects of adding nuts to participants’ diets and swapping nuts for other snacks, including red meat, processed meat, fries, desserts, and chips....