General Health (Page 53)

Do you know the most depressed country? Or why we don't have insane asylums anymore? Why do people go off their meds? We answer these and other questions about modern psychiatry, so you have the facts.

Many people who seek help for depression don't respond to standard treatments. For them, transcranial magnetic stimulation may be a good option.

Going through cancer treatment can feel stressful. You might want to drink alcohol to manage. But will drinking hurt your chances to heal? Find out the risks.

Nobody knows quite what to do or what to say when they’ve just found out a dear friend has cancer. I wouldn’t know how to help a friend with cancer if I hadn’t had it, but because I have, I can tell you the best ways you can support your…

Bedsores, or pressure ulcers, may develop when a cancer patient is bedridden or confined to a wheelchair. Because bedsores can become infected and lead to complications, patients and caregivers should know the signs as well as how to prevent them.

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.

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…

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…

Ryan Gentzler, MD, specializes in thoracic oncology at UVA and is part of the multidisciplinary lung cancer team at UVA Cancer Center. In this post, Gentzler debunks common myths about lung cancer in support of Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung Cancer: Get The Facts 1) All patients who get lung…