Medical Minute: What is An EKG?
Rapper Bow Wow was recently diagnosed with tonsillitis while on tour down under in Australia. He confused his social media followers by posting an image showing EKG lead stickies attached to his torso....
View ArticleMedical Minute: Pockmarks, Acne Scarring Treatment
Pockmarks, also called pick marks, refer to deep craters, holes or indentations in the skin that occur when the deep layers of the skin are damaged. Severe cystic acne, chickenpox, or infections leave...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Selma Blair Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
Actress Selma Blair, who is best known for her roles in films like Legally Blonde and Cruel Intentions, announced she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in August. Blair, 46, made the announcement...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Skin tags, Causes and Removal
Beyonce Knowles posted photos showing skin tags growing on her face and neck. The images were posted on the 37-year-old singer’s personal website, Beyonce.com. Skin tags are harmless skin growths,...
View ArticleIVF Babies: Health Problems Linked to IVF
Actress Gabrielle Union, 46, and NBA star Dwyane Wade, 36 (pictured above), used IVF to produce their newborn daughter who was born via a surrogate last week. Michelle Obama, 57, recently revealed she...
View ArticleExcessive Neck Fat Can Lead to Health Problems
The jokes wrote themselves after the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office uploaded a mugshot of detainee Charles Dion McDowell to its Facebook page. McDowell, who was arrested for fleeing the police and...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Dehydration, Causes, Treatment
The human body is 60-70% water. The brain and heart are composed of 75% water and the lungs are composed of 85% water. Dehydration is defined as water loss that exceeds the amount of water you take in....
View ArticleMedical Minute: Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)
Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes do not properly align with each other. The eyes don’t work together to look at an object or a person. Strabismus is also known as cross-eyes or lazy eye. Up...
View ArticleMedical Minute: HIV Transmission – The Basics
This post is about HIV transmission - not treatment or testing. There has been a lot of misinformation in my comments section about how HIV is transmitted and why certain people are infected while...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Double Pneumonia
According to sources, Kim Porter, mom to 3 of Sean Combs' 5 children, died from a rare case of double pneumonia brought on by the flu. Double pneumonia is an obsolete term to describe an infection in...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Eating Disorders in Men
About 1 in 3 Americans struggle with eating disorders according to the latest statistics. Eating disorders include binge eating, starvation dieting, purging (vomiting), consuming flat stomach tea...
View ArticleMedical Minute: How to Enjoy a Healthy and Satisfying Sex Life After Herpes...
Usher Raymond fans were shocked and saddened when a Georgia woman filed a lawsuit in 2018 accusing him of infecting her with the herpes virus. Nothing ruins a sex symbol's public image like the...
View ArticleMedical Minute: CBD-Infused Jelly Beans Sold Out; Why CBD Oil May Not Be Healthy
CBD oil-infused candy launched by the Jelly Beans candy founder are sold out everywhere. David Klein sells the cannabis jelly bean candy with about 10 milligrams of CBD oil inside each bean. Klein...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
What is Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)? Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also known as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), are infections that are spread via sexual contact or close...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Prostate Cancer
NeNe Leakes was recently honored for raising awareness of cancer at the Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies annual Mother's Day Luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. It was...
View ArticleMedical Minute: 10 Side Effects of Not Drinking Water
Yesterday, some of my readers discussed rapper Yung Miami's dangerous habit of not drinking any water. Apparently, other young women are following her lead and have stopped drinking water. Not drinking...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Sex Addiction
Jada Pinkett Smith is opening up about her "unhealthy" addiction to pornography before she met her husband Will Smith. The 47-year-old actress revealed her addiction on the latest episode of her...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Erectile Dysfunction
Actor Danny Trejo revealed he is suffering from erectile dysfunction. The "Desperado" actor told London's The Sun that every man should go public about their experience with erectile dysfunction....
View ArticleMedical Minute: Are You Raising a Narcissist?
The following is an update of my Medical Minute on raising children to be narcissists. Photos in this post are shown for illustrative purposes only. We have all done this: a friend shows us a photo of...
View ArticleMedical Minute: Face Mites
What Are Face Mites? Demodex are tiny mites that live in or near hair follicles on humans and dogs. Two species of the arachnids live on humans, specifically on the face, hence the term face mite....
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