What Is Diabetic Amyotrophy?
Diabetic amyotrophy is a rare complication of diabetes that impacts the nerves in the lower body, especially the hip and thigh. It can cause weakness, muscle loss, and debilitating pain, making it difficult or impossible to walk. Diabetic amyotrophy can come on quickly and last anywhere from a few months to a couple of years, but usually gets better...
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk
Common cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins may offer significant brain health benefits, according to a recent study.A new analysis involving more than half a million adults shows that a reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the “bad” kind) is linked to a substantial decrease in dementia risk, including Alzheimer’s disease.What’s more, taking statins when you already have optimal LDL...
10 Celebrities Living With Type 1 Diabetes
Victor Garber’s acting career has spanned decades and includes such films and television series as Titanic, Argo, Godspell, and Alias. Garber has also been living with type 1 diabetes for nearly 65 years, having received his diagnosis at the age of 12.Growing up, Garber didn’t have a community who could understand what it was like to live with type...
Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
There are six types of systemic mastocytosis. Each type has different symptoms, but in general, the higher the abnormal mast cell accumulation, the greater the likelihood of serious health complications.Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM)Indolent (slower growing) systemic mastocytosis is the most common form of systemic mastocytosis in adults. People usually have milder symptoms that develop over many years. Skin and...
Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms
Ulcerative colitis symptoms tend to come and go, with periods of remission between flare-ups. Remission can last for months or years, which can make it difficult to know whether a treatment helped or a spontaneous remission occurred. ( 1 ) Ulcerative colitis may progress over time, affecting greater areas of the colon. In general, the more of the colon...
Black, Asian, and Hispanic Americans With IBD Are Less Likely to Receive Advanced Care
Working-age Black Americans with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are more likely to use steroids, go to the ER, and be hospitalized for their IBD than their white peers, according to a new study.“Our study found significant disparities in how different racial and ethnic groups access and use healthcare services for inflammatory bowel disease in the U.S.,” says the study...
For Weight Loss, 4:3 Intermittent Fasting Beats a Daily Low-Calorie Diet
For people who are overweight or have obesity, intermittent fasting may lead to better weight loss results than counting and limiting calories every day.In a new study, participants who practiced the 4:3 approach to intermittent fasting for a year — eating whatever they wanted four days a week while severely limiting calories the other three days — lost several pounds...
Protein Amount for Eggs, Plus Other Health Benefits
Reyna Franco, RDN, is a New York City–based dietitian-nutritionist, certified specialist in sports dietetics, and certified personal trainer. She is a diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and has a master's degree in nutrition and exercise physiology from Columbia University.In her private practice, she provides medical nutrition therapy for weight management, sports nutrition, diabetes, cardiac disease, renal...
What Is Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the Red Meat Allergy Caused by Tick Bites?
Alpha-gal syndrome is the name for a red meat allergy that develops after a tick bite. Alpha-gal syndrome is rare. But as climate change leads to warmer winters and longer, hotter summers, tick populations are growing and spreading to new areas, increasing the threat of all tick-borne illnesses, including alpha-gal.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629a40c109a-5369-4aec-98c2-a84ca69fca6e Overview ...
5 Common Antipsychotic Side Effects and How to Cope With Them
Antipsychotics can be life-changing for anyone experiencing psychosis, including people with schizophrenia . But they can also come with challenging side effects.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e5976294da2de8a-627d-4195-a820-dfce5c5b1ce9 Older, first-generation antipsychotics, like chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and haloperidol (Haldol), usually cause movement-related side effects, such as tremors, says Randall Turner, DO , a psychiatrist based in Southern California. Newer, second-generation antipsychotics like aripiprazole (Abilify) and olanzapine (Zyprexa)...
