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Doctors in the emergency room are issuing an urgent warning to car passengers who get too comfortable in their seats. Many passengers instinctively prop their feet on the dashboard to sit back and relax during a road trip, often without considering the potential dangers of this seemingly harmless habit. But placing one’s feet on the dashboard is extremely dangerous. In …

We recently wrote a post where medical professionals revealed the health “lies” people should stop believing. In the comments, more doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals revealed the misconceptions you need to know. Here’s what they had to say: 1. “If you think you might be having a heart attack, DO NOT DRIVE YOURSELF TO THE ER. If you pass …

3. “Antidepressants aren’t cures for mental illnesses! They help, but you still need to do therapy in order to help with your mental health. It’s like when you break a leg, and you need a cast for a period of time. Once it comes off, you need physiotherapy to help the leg regain strength and go back to working. The …

When Peter Atkinson first heard a faint ringing in his ears one Monday morning at work, he thought it was nothing to worry about. But the noise refused to go away – and soon the 62-year-old business owner was barely sleeping. Despite how much it was affecting him, doctors dismissed his concerns, saying his scans were clear and that he’d …

I’ve had a patient claim that amputations run in his family. He said that was the only reason he needed both legs taken off above the knee. He was adamant that it was not actually due to his uncontrolled diabetes, his enormous and continual sugar intake, his refusal to use insulin, or his refusal of treatment for the giant infected …

Doctors have been warned against prescribing two widely used drugs together amid fears the combination could increase the risk of seizures. Researchers found patients given the opioid painkiller tramadol alongside certain widely used antidepressants were almost 10 per cent more likely to suffer a seizure. The study, by scientists at Ohio State University, analysed health records from more than 70,000 …

Doctors And Patients Reveal The “Harmless” Symptoms That Could Actually Signal A Health Issue  BuzzFeed Source link

Doctors Are Sounding The Alarm On “Menorexia”, So Here’s Why You Need To Take This Seriously  BuzzFeed The Link Between Menopause and Eating Disorders  KATU Doctors Are Sounding The Alarm On “Menorexia,” So Here’s Why You Need To Take This Health Issue Seriously  Yahoo News Canada Eating disorders in midlife are on the rise – is menopause the cause? 3 women share their …

32 Moments Patients Swore Everything Was Fine, But Doctors Instantly Knew Something Wasn’t Right  AOL.com Source link

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scientists have had early success transplanting genetically modified pig kidneys and hearts into humans, and pig …