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Menopause may be causing your infuriating itch: Dr MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions QUESTION: I’m 57 and had a hysterectomy over five years ago. I am now going through the menopause. Most of my symptoms are fairly mild, apart from the itchy skin, which affects my legs and arms and drives me mad. Sheila […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Efforts to halt an Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo have made “significant progress”, with the virus now contained to a far smaller and mainly rural area, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. “We have put the virus in the corner,” Michael Ryan, the executive director of WHO’s […]
As health agencies battle to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in eastern DR Congo, some survivors of the disease are playing a crucial role in aiding victims of the worst outbreak in the country’s history. More than 2,100 people have died from Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo since the haemorrhagic fever […]
DR ELLIE CANNON: Asthma makes me wheezy… so how can I get fit? I suffer with severe asthma and I use a steroid inhaler to keep it under control. My doctor says I am overweight so I need to do exercise to keep my weight down. The only problem is that I get terribly out […]
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: Hip operation rationing is so cruel, it makes people like my gran suicidal Until a hip starts hurting, you don’t appreciate quite how much you depend on it to function. As your joint becomes increasingly worn or damaged, everything becomes painful. Walking hurts. Sitting hurts. Standing up hurts. Even lying […]
DR ELLIE CANNON: Why is my food so hard to swallow? For the past month, my food has been struggling to go down, and I’ve had a pain like severe indigestion. More recently, I’ve been getting stomach cramps too. Are the two linked? The medical term for swallowing difficulties, or when your food feels like […]
Dr. Oz explains the potential dangers of too much protein after mom says diet attributed to daughter’s death An Australian mother is speaking out about the potential dangers of protein shakes and supplements after she says her 25-year-old daughter’s diet triggered an undiagnosed condition that ultimately contributed to her death. Dr. Mehmet Oz reacts on […]
DR MAX THE MIND DOCTOR: When it’s good to neglect your child and why mollycoddling them stops them coping with life Our obsession with cleanliness is making our children sick. It seems a paradox, doesn’t it, that in an attempt to keep youngsters healthy by eliminating germs, we’re making them ill? Research this week showed […]
He was a top doctor running a sleep clinic when he fell victim to insomnia himself — now in a major new series DR GUY MEADOWS reveals the secrets to getting a better night’s rest Not sleeping well is becoming the malaise of our generation. Ask someone: ‘How are you?’ and you half-expect them to […]
In her most recent Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a huge cyst on her patient’s eyebrow. Dermatologist Sandra Lee, MD, goes to work squeezing out a ton of chunky white gunk that she describes as “grits” and “mashed potato[s].” Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time this patient’s had a cyst right by his eye. […]