Health Topics by Susan

By Tara Parker-Pope
Celiac disease, a serious immune system reaction to the protein in wheat and other grains, is far more common today than it was 50 years ago, a new study shows.
People who have celiac disease can’t tolerate gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye or barley. Life with celiac is difficult because gluten [...]

By Madison Park
CNN

(CNN) — Don Lerman set a record by eating seven sticks of salted butter in five minutes. During six years of competitive eating, he gained 100 pounds.

Takeru Kobayashi has enthralled and puzzled audiences for years at the annual Nathan’s hot dog-eating contest.

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Dominick Cardo, known as “The Doginator” [...]

Differential diaganoses include proximal median nerve compression, tendonitis, cervical pathology, cubital tunnel syndrome, and reflexive sympathetic dystrophy. The physician may opt for nerve conduction studies; EMG studies; MRI; ultrasound; radiographical studies for contributing diseases such as previous injury, arthritis, or tumors; and/or blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disease.
There are many rehab [...]

Many Teens and Young Adults With HIV Don’t Know They Have the Disease, CDC Says
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
June 26, 2009 — About 50,000 adolescents and young adults aged 13 to 24 were living with the virus that causes AIDS in 2006, but nearly half of [...]

Between 2003 and 2007, the progress made in the 1990s and early 2000s in improving teen contraceptive use and reducing teen pregnancy and childbearing stalled, and may even have reversed among certain groups of teens, according to the study “Changing Behavior Risk for Pregnancy Among High School Students in the United States, 1991�,” by John [...]

Ethnic Skin: Is It Any Different? Dermatologists Say “Definitely!”
By Tamar Nordenberg

Myth: Those with darker skin needn’t be concerned about skin cancer.Fact: This misconception can be the kiss of death — literally. While ethnic skin provides some built-in “sun block” against the rays that can kill, its natural protection (approximating SPF 10) isn’t enough to promise [...]

Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?
With heart deaths linked to low vitamin D levels, an expert offers advice on getting just enough sun
By Deborah Kotz
Posted June 23, 2008
Coinciding with the first week of summer, a study published today underscores the importance of getting adequate amounts of sunlight [...]

The physical evaluation for carpal tunnel syndrome should consist of the subjective assessment and a complete objective examination. Subjective reports normally consist of parasthesia, numbness, and/or burning in the median nerve distribution of the hand, pain worsening at night, occasional radiating pain distally into the hand or proximally into the arm, and hand weakness. [...]

Planned c-sections carry risks for babies
Thu, Jun 11, 2009 (Reuters Health) — New research suggests that elective c-sections should not be performed in pregnant women until they have reached full term. Performing the operation too early in pregnancy increases the risk of complications and even death for the newborn, according to a report in the [...]

Masks for Oily Skin

Step 1
Blend oats to a fine powder and add 1 tbsp. honey and 3 big slices of chopped pineapple. Mix into a paste. Apply and leave on for 15 minutes. Oatmeal absorbs oil and exfoliates.

Step 2
Beat an egg white and add a few drops of lemon. Spread on your face and after [...]