If you don't treat peripheral arterial disease, it can lead to gangrene, and you may even need to have the affected limb amputated. Listen to this week's podcast for information about PAD treatments.
Your 40s were stressful, and things aren't slowing down in your 50s. You might be dealing with menopause, sex issues or heart disease, and you need to be getting cancer screenings.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, killing 158,040 people in the U.S. in 2015, according to the American Cancer Society. But early detection and treatment improve your odds of survival. According to UVA pulmonologist Howard Malpass, MD, a 2011 study showed lung cancer screening via a low-dose CT scan of the…
Health Advice That's Not So Helpful “You’re going to start losing bone density. You should be taking calcium.“ “Happy 40th! Don’t you need a mammogram this year?” “My mom saw a story on the news about the HPV vaccine and said we should get it.” “I’m exhausted all the time,…
Jersey finger isn't a common injury, but if you play football or soccer you might know someone who's had it. "It's when an individual player is trying to tackle another player, and the finger gets caught on the jersey and then gets hyperextended at the most distal joint," explains hand surgeon…
I was struggling with what to say about 2015 that Morgan and Erica hadn’t already said. Then Hoos for Memory, a UVA student group that raises money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease research, asked us on Twitter: “Is this the year of discovering vessels?” I realized they were right. In…
It's a scene many parents know all too well: One moment your child is happy and active, enjoying a day on the playground or soccer field or gymnastics class. Then, she falls. She's sobbing that her arm hurts. It's swelling, and she screams when you try to move it. [caption id="attachment_10997"…
Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare liver cancer that affects just one in one million people. But the odds weren’t in Leslie Waller’s favor. At 33, she was healthy and enjoying her job as a high school administrator. Then she began having horrible abdominal pains. [caption id="attachment_10985" align="alignright" width="300"] Leslie…
Spinal cord injuries happen suddenly. A car crash. A skiing mishap. A fall in the home. One devastating moment can change someone's life forever. Spinal cord injuries include: Quadriplegia, or paralysis of both arms and both legs, which occurs as a result of injuries to the upper part of the…
If you have coronary artery disease, that means an artery that supplies blood to your heart has plaque in it, which can obstruct or limit blood flow. With chronic total occlusion (CTO), a form of coronary artery disease, an artery in the heart becomes completely blocked. [caption id="attachment_10966" align="alignright" width="350"] Smoking is…
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