While arthritis is a common condition, many people have questions about the disorder. Arthritis Awareness Month creates an opportunity to learn about disorders that affect the joints. The annual observance is also a great time to share your personal experiences with arthritis, and to ask and answer questions. Arthritis Awareness Month is a Great Ti...
"The good news is that your CT of the abdomen looked fine. Unfortunately, your scan showed something suspicious in your lungs." Those were the scariest words I had ever heard in my life. Out of the blue, I had an incidental finding on a CT scan. The American College of Radiology (ACR) defines an incidental finding as "an incidentally discover...
The COVID-19 pandemic is over for most people, but for some, the effects of the virus continue two years after the infection. Known as "long COVID," "Post-COVID Conditions (PCC)," or "long haul COVID," the condition causes a wide range of ongoing health issues that can last weeks, months, or even years – in fact, nobody knows how long post-CO...
At least 5.3 million people in the United States have disability related to a permanent brain injury; every year, more than 2.8 million Americans sustain a brain injury. The lasting effects of brain injuries can affect someone's personality, mood, and ability to work or function independently. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) sp...
Time seemed to stand still on the football field that night. Football fans and players watched in stunned silence as Buffalo Bill's Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after colliding with another player during the first quarter. The players and coaches formed a human circle around the fallen athlete as team doctors performed CPR and used an automa...
How the Heart Works If you think heart attack and cardiac arrest are the same thing, you are not alone – 87 percent of people responding to a Cleveland Clinic survey mistakenly believe that cardiac arrest is another term heart attack. You might be surprised to learn that the two heart conditions are quite different. The two conditions have differen...
Doctors rely on laboratory testing and medical imaging to diagnose kidney stones. When the patient's symptoms and laboratory tests suggest kidney stones, doctors would turn to medical imaging to determine the number and location of those stones. For many years, computed tomography (CT) scans have been the go-to imaging test when it comes to di...
Every November, healthcare professionals and patients come together to share information about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a group of diseases that make it hard to breathe. During COPD Awareness Month, doctors and others help inform the public about COPD, its symptoms and treatments by holding events, posting on social media, and ...
