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Fortunately, the advent of technologies such as smartphones and electronic organizers has made time management a lot easier for people with adult ADHD. We spoke to experts about the best high-tech devices to help with ADHD. Here are their top eight selections. High-Tech Watches “One difficulty experienced by people with ADHD is that they have little access to an ‘internal clock,’ so they have difficulty estimating and monitoring how long tasks take,” said Robert D....

RELATED: What People With Diabetes Must Know About COVID-19 With type 2 diabetes, it is always important to eat a balanced diet and monitor your carbohydrate intake because that macronutrient (the other two being protein and fat) can have a direct effect on your blood sugar. As for how much: “There is no blanket answer for the amount of carbs to eat, as that amount depends on many factors,” says Amy Gorin, a registered dietitian-nutritionist in Union City, New Jersey....

“Many female patients tell me that they read something online or were told by their doctors that they couldn’t … start a family,” says Nirupama N. Bonthala, MD, a gastroenterologist who is part of the Integrated IBD Pregnancy and Fertility Program at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. “But most [women with Crohn’s] can have a healthy pregnancy and healthy babies.” It’s true that you may need to take a few extra steps to ensure a healthy outcome for yourself and baby, but you can likely start — or expand — your family when you’re ready....

However, that doesn’t mean that people who have MS need to give up on being able to get around on their own. Indeed, experts suggest many ways that people with MS can work to maintain their mobility for as long as possible. “Difficulty walking is among the most common of the symptoms that first bring a person with undiagnosed MS to the clinic,” notes Alexius E.G. Sandoval, MD, medical director of the multiple sclerosis rehabilitation program at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore....

If you’re going through chemotherapy treatment, you probably feel as if you’ve gone a few rounds in the boxing ring: beat-up and just plain beat. “Fatigue is probably the main side effect of chemotherapy,” says naturopathic oncologist Leanna Standish, ND, medical director of the Bastyr University Integrative Oncology Research Center in Seattle. Patients undergoing chemotherapy are in a triple bind. First, cancer itself is tiring. Second, 50%-90% of all cancer patients suffer from fatigue, according to a 2011 Brazilian study....

For some, it may mean accepting a considerable amount of help from loved ones to finish school and find work. Others may need support in maintaining relationships and setting goals for themselves. And how each caregiver supports their loved one may differ from person to person. “Supporting an individual’s autonomy is very important when it comes to engaging in care. Each person is different, and respecting their boundaries and unique needs is crucial,” says Aubrey Moe, PhD, a psychologist in the department of psychiatry and behavioral health at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus....

Adjustment disorder A group of symptoms, such as sadness and hopelessness, that happen after someone experiences a stressful life event. Anhedonia The inability to feel pleasure. Antidepressants Medication that is used to treat depression. There are different types of antidepressants, including: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), tricyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), and atypical antidepressants. Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome A condition that happens when someone stops taking antidepressants....

Nurses are being applauded as heroes for putting their own lives in danger daily as they tend to people with this highly communicable disease. An April 2020 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that at least 9,200 healthcare personnel have tested positive for the virus. Kaiser Health News says that the true number of infections is certainly far higher. Keeping up with such a tremendous wave of severely ill patients can take its toll mentally and emotionally....

Ankylosing spondylitis often involves lower back pain and stiffness, so it might seem logical that spinal manipulation done by a chiropractor could help your symptoms. But doctors say the opposite is true: Because the spine can fuse in people with ankylosing spondylitis, traditional chiropractic adjustments are not recommended. Ankylosing spondylitis treatment guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology published in February 2016 in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology recommend against the use of spinal manipulation....

Axial spondyloarthritis includes ankylosing spondylitis and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis. Peripheral spondyloarthritis includes psoriatic arthritis, enteropathic arthritis, and reactive arthritis. These inflammatory diseases affect 3.2 million Americans — more than are affected by rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis combined, according to the Spondylitis Association of America. In 2013, former college athlete Charis Hill, 34, of Sacramento, California, was diagnosed with axial spondyloarthritis. After taking some time to adjust to the diagnosis, Hill has since become a prominent voice in the effort to raise money and awareness for this disease that, despite its prevalence, is relatively unknown....

“Alcohol is part of the culture as far as celebrating goes,” says Elisa Hallerman PhD , the founder of Recovery Management Agency and author of Soulbriety: A Plan to Heal Your Trauma, Overcome Addiction, and Reconnect with Your Soul . Dr. Hallerman, who’s in her 20th year of sobriety, adds that some people still absentmindedly offer her a bottle of wine as a hostess gift during the holidays. If you’re one of the roughly 14 million in the United States with an AUD, the stakes are high, and it can make holiday parties feel more like exhausting obstacle courses than joyful celebrations....

But once the aneurysm expands and puts pressure on neighboring nerves and tissues, it can cause pain, numbness, or other symptoms. More severe (and even life-threatening) symptoms occur when an aneurysm leaks or ruptures. The specific symptoms of aneurysms depend on the type of aneurysm, its location, and whether it’s affecting other organs or structures in the body. Because most aneurysms can be successfully treated, knowing the signs and symptoms can save your life....

How Ankylosing Spondylitis Affects Your Ribs: The Bucket Handle Inflammation in this area can cause discomfort or pain when you breathe, and over time, can lead to scarring of tissue at these connection points, causing stiffness. This can decrease your chest’s ability to expand fully, making it more difficult to breathe. “Chest expansion is reduced in people with ankylosing spondylitis, and this can cause significant respiratory restrictions,” says David Minna, MD, a rheumatologist and professor of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas....

Instead, treatment helps to reduce the symptoms of eczema (particularly itchiness) and establish long-lasting disease control (more than half of all children with eczema will outgrow it by the age of 12, though there is no cure for childhood eczema, either). The ultimate goal of treatment is to allow people with the condition to resume their normal daily functions at work, home, or school. Eczema treatment plans often include at-home skin-care routines, such as moisturizing the skin....

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New manufacturers have been entering the space ever since OTC hearing aids hit shelves in mid-October 2022. With so many options available, how do you know which brands are the best quality and what features to look for? Read our review for all this and more, based on our hands-on testing, research, and discussions with audiologists and hearing instrument specialists. For details on both OTC and prescription hearing aids, read our review of the Best Hearing Aids of 2023....

Researchers from Stanford University in California set out to determine how VR technology could be used to help children and young adults manage symptoms associated with IBD. They focused on short sessions centered on mindfulness and asked participants to rate their pain and anxiety before and after the session. They presented their findings at the 2020 Crohn’s and Colitis Congress. RELATED: Mindfulness Meditation Reduces IBS Symptoms and Anxiety, Study Finds The small study included 52 IBD patients ages 10 to 25 years old, all of whom were being treated for IBD at an outpatient clinic....

The incidence of several early-onset cancers, including tumors of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas, has dramatically increased around the world since 1990, researchers report in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. “From our data, we observed something called the birth cohort effect. This effect shows that each successive group of people born at a later time — for example, a decade-later — have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life, likely due to risk factors they were exposed to at a young age,” senior study author Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD, a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, said in a statement....

Doctors have recently learned, however, that chemotherapy may be more effective at controlling metastatic prostate cancer as an initial treatment, rather than when the cancer has become resistant to hormone therapy. “In just over the past few years, chemotherapy has a new role for us in this patient population,” says Mark Pomerantz, MD, a medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. RELATED: Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Clinics Improve Care...

“Most girls and women who have a chlamydia infection don’t know that they have it,” says Julie Dombrowski, MD, MPH, deputy director of the HIV/STD Program for the public health department of Seattle and King County in Washington. Without realizing that there is any problem, these girls and women easily transmit the infection to their sex partners, who often then pass it to others. Chlamydia symptoms in girls and women can include the following:...