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What to Know About Hiatal Hernias

Sep 10, 2020 · Kate Brophy · Digestive Health

Aging puts you at risk for more health issues, particularly if you're overweight or obese. One such issue that has become more common as the U.S. obesity rate increases is hiatal hernia pain. Estimates suggest that up to half of adults age 60 and older have this type of hernia. … Read More

Impacted Bowel: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Sep 10, 2020 · Matthew Solan · Digestive Health

An impacted bowel is one of the more unpleasant digestive issues you can experience. Bowel obstruction symptoms occur when a mass of dry, hard stool will not pass out of the colon or rectum. Bowel impaction can become a serious issue if not treated, and in extreme cases may even … Read More

Should You Use an Enema for Constipation?

Sep 9, 2020 · Cindy Foley · Digestive Health

Being constipated stinks—your bowel movements are dry, almost painful to pass, with little relief. Worse yet, you can manage to push something through only a couple of days a week. You feel bloated, fatigued, and just plain uncomfortable. It’s all you can think about. And, after a week or so, … Read More

Are Potato Chips Bad for You?

Sep 8, 2020 · Shandley McMurray · Digestive Health

Salt and vinegar, barbecue, kettle-cooked, ruffled — to me, all potato chips are delicious. If there's a bag on the counter, I’ll polish it off easily. Are potato chips bad for you? I know the answer, so I’ve tried to replace my chip craving with healthy options like carrot sticks … Read More

PSA: What’s a Normal Prostate Specific Antigen?

Aug 25, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

PSA is prostate specific antigen, a protein made by prostate cells that shows up in your blood with a PSA blood test. PSA levels increase with prostate cancer, so PSA has been used as a screening test for prostate cancer for many years. A cancer screening test is a test … Read More

Lockjaw vs. Locked Jaw: Common Causes of Jaw Pain

Aug 25, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

Medical dictionaries describe lockjaw as a tightness or spasm of the jaw muscles due to a bacterial infection from Clostridium tetani, commonly called tetanus. [1] Tetanus has become very rare in the United States with only about 30 reported cases per year. Almost everyone who gets tetanus today has not … Read More

5 Heart Disease Warning Signs to Watch Out For

Aug 25, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

There are many types of heart disease, but the most common in the United Sates is coronary artery disease (CAD) which is decreased blood flow to your heart. Heart attack, abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias), and heart failure are other common heart disease conditions. [1] Common heart disease warning signs for these … Read More

What to Do for a Back Spasm

Aug 12, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

Almost everyone gets back pain at some point. People may say they have a backache or back spasm, or that they threw their back out. These are all descriptions of acute low back pain, back pain that starts suddenly. A muscle spasm is another word for a muscle cramp. It … Read More

What Is Leptin?

Aug 12, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

Leptin is a hormone that was only discovered in 1994. A hormone is a chemical messenger that carries instructions from one part of your body to another. It is produced in fat cells. Fat cells release this hormone when they have gathered enough energy from calories in your diet. Leptin … Read More

What to Know About Twitching While Sleeping

Aug 12, 2020 · Chris Iliades, MD · Digestive Health

Have you ever been jerked out of sleep by a sudden twitch or uncontrolled muscle movement, or noticed jerks and twitches in your sleep partner? You are not alone, since these movements during sleep occur in up to 70 percent of people. They are commonly called sleep starts or hypnic … Read More

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