Health Videos

Dr. Amy Konvalin gives us insight: The joints in your head When thinking of joints we have in the body, most people think of the obvious ones: elbows, knees, shoulders, hips. Then they’ll remember the ankles and wrists, and maybe even the fingers and toes. Few will remember that the spine is one big stack…

Here’s what’s going on when your hearing dials itself up to eleven: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee First, tinnitus is: tinnitus is hearing sounds such as ringing, buzzing, hissing, or clicking when there is no external sound producing them. About one in seven people worldwide experiences it. Next, how hearing normally works: sound waves vibrate structures in your ear…

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, arthritis specialist, shows us what to do: Upstairs, downstairs Because walking on flat ground mainly moves your body forwards, while stairs require your legs to also lift/lower your full body weight against gravity, stairs mean a lot more work. And in particular: To improve things, there are some exercise that can be…

Including why it often causes hair loss: From death to life Chemotherapy was discovery born from war: during World War I, mustard gas was found to severely damage bone marrow and stop blood-cell production. Because cancer cells, like bone marrow cells, divide rapidly, researchers wondered whether mustard-gas compounds could destroy cancer cells. By the end…

Dr. Andrea Suarez, dermatologist, sheds some light on the dark patches: The inflammatory truth Hyperpigmentation is often a mark left after inflammation. In particular, dark spots can remain after acne, eczema, contact dermatitis, rosacea, insect bites, skin injuries, cosmetic procedures, skin-picking, and many other things that “bother” the skin. However, the inflammation that triggered the…

That “stage 1–4” involves more information than most people realize: What’s going on in there Most people know that cancer stages (usually: 1–4) are a progression from bad to worse. But what do they actually mean? First, understand that the cancer stage numbers are based on the TNM system, which evaluates the tumor itself, nearby…

Will Harlow, the over-50s specialist physio, gives us his professional insights: Things to know & apply We’ll get right into it: For more on all of this, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more? You might also like: Over-50s Physio: What My 5 Oldest Patients (Average Age 92)…

Yeast infections aren’t too tricky to cure, but they’re no fun at all, and so prevention is certainly best, and some of it may be counterintuitive! In other words, many people accidentally give themselves yeast infections by the very actions they take in trying to avoid such: Yeast is everywhere Well not truly everywhere, but…

Mobility coach Liv Townsend gives us the insider info of how resistance training can make people stiffer or more flexible, and how to ensure it’s the latter! All the way Contrary to popular belief, muscle growth does not inherently reduce flexibility: hypertrophy increases the size of existing muscle fibers, and the processes that drive muscle…

Dr. Vonda Wright walks us through it: Down to a “T” Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans measure bone mineral density and can help identify fracture risk. This bone mineral density (before we get to working out T-scores) is reported in grams per square centimeter. Dr. Wright describes approximately 1 g/cm² as a generally healthy value,…

Mobility coach and former professional gymnast Alisa Zuravskaja shows us how: The safer way to do it It’s about gently mobilizing one thing and then the next in line, in a progressive sequence: For more on all of this plus visual demonstrations, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn…

Dr. Andrea Suarez explains the options, with their pros and cons: Many ways to do it First, what DHT is: dihydrotestosterone is a potent androgen made from testosterone by 5-alpha-reductase. It is normal and important in the body, but genetically susceptible hair follicles can be highly sensitive to it. DHT progressively miniaturizes susceptible follicles, producing…