The result is dehydration: the condition of losing more fluid and electrolytes than you are taking in, until you don’t have enough left for your body to function normally. (1) Knowing the signs and symptoms can help you to avoid being among the roughly half a million people who are hospitalized in the United States for dehydration each year. (2) That thirst drive declines after age 50, putting older people at greater risk of becoming dehydrated than younger adults, Dr....

The answer is no. In actuality, you should feed both a cold and a fever — and starve neither, says Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, Jenkins/Pokempner director of preventive and alternative medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. “When you have a cold or a fever, your immune system is fighting off an infection, and eating less during the early stages of an infection can actually be dangerous,” he explains....

Not only can issues around eating negatively impact quality of life, they can also have health consequences. Some research, according to a review article from January 2018 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, suggests that the weight loss and malnutrition associated with Parkinson’s disease may impact disease progression and disability. Here are some of the most common eating and digestion problems that occur with Parkinson’s disease, and expert solutions on how to address them....

Consider Barbara and Seymour Ellin of Boca Raton, Florida, otherwise known as my mother and father. During the COVID-19 lockdown, my brother and I suggested somewhat emphatically that they refrain from having their place cleaned by an outsider. Why risk bringing unnecessary germs into their home? Our parents, who are in their mid-seventies and early eighties, agreed — or so we thought. Until my dad let it slip that their housekeeper had been coming in every two weeks....

All 14 patients in the trial who completed dostarlimab (brand name Jemperli) treatment and an additional six months of follow-up had no evidence of tumors in biopsies, rectal exams, or advanced imaging scans. And not one of these patients needed chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery, all of which are often standard treatment for rectal cancers, according to results presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)....

RELATED: ‘Running 5Ks Helps Me Cope With Diabetes Burnout — Here’s How’ That’s borne out in a review of research that showed people with diabetes are 1.4 to 3 times as likely to have depression as people who do not have diabetes. And a study published in February 2015 in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research that examined data from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey found that people with diabetes were more likely to have experienced a combination of major depression and generalized anxiety than people without diabetes; further, depression and anxiety were found to be related to greater functional impairment caused by diabetes....

In response, consumers are seeking savvy solutions that are kind to their bank accounts. One of the smartest ways to stretch your grocery store dollar is to figure out how to decode those notoriously misunderstood food labels. It’s a way to avoid preemptively discarding unspoiled food. A 2011 Food Marketers Institute (FMI) study found that many Americans prefer to be safe rather than sorry in deciding whether their store-bought food is still good to eat....

Researchers examined results from 39 clinical trials that followed more than 8,000 adults with overweight or obesity to see whether using digital self-monitoring tools aided weight loss. These tools were based on a variety of platforms — examples included websites, apps, wearables, smart scales, and text messaging — and encouraged users to record a variety of variables including weight, exercise, food intake, and calories. RELATED: What Are the Best Apps to Use for Weight Loss?...

You can inherit a PTEN mutation from one of your parents or acquire one later on in life. Cowden Syndrome This disorder causes hamartomas and increases your chances of developing a number of cancers, including breast cancer, thyroid cancer, uterine cancer, and colon cancer. People with Cowden syndrome might have larger-than-normal heads (macrocephaly) and experience developmental delays, such as autism.Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome This can cause hamartomas, macrocephaly, learning disabilities, and autism....

This is not a typical list, though; I don’t need another tie or slippers. What I need are things that can help me manage and care for my psoriasis. I didn’t add the gift I’d like most of all: a cure for my psoriasis. Still, I added an item or two that might be a reach — plus one that’s a total fantasy at this point in the pandemic. It doesn’t hurt to dream a little during the holidays....

Research has confirmed what most of us know in our gut: Volunteering and helping others doesn’t just help the people or the cause that you’re giving your time and energy to; it can help you feel better, too. Volunteering can decrease feelings of depression, increase life satisfaction, and improve overall well-being, according to an analysis published in BMC Public Health. Safety First When Offering Your Services As you might have guessed, volunteering in the time of the pandemic is more complicated than in normal circumstances....

In time, the cycle of opening, draining, healing, and tunneling can result in scarring that can interfere with range of motion. “HS scars can be difficult to treat because they can be extensive and composed of different types of scars, including raised scars (keloids or hypertrophic scars), flat scars, tunneled or rope-like scars, pink scars, and/or brown scars,” says Jacqueline Watchmaker, MD, a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology in practice at U....

Mindfulness can help people with MS learn to distinguish between actual physical discomfort and the stories they tell themselves about the pain (like “I’ll never feel better”), says Diana Winston, director of mindfulness education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and coauthor of the book Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness. Mindfulness can also help improve the anxiety and depression people with the disease may experience, she says....

“We know that there’s some recovery in the brain immediately after an injury, and if you can add therapy in that time immediately after, that’s when you will see the majority of the gains,” Fritz says. In this acute-care setting, speech pathologists can evaluate a stroke patient’s ability to put together words and express themselves. They may gauge how well an individual answers questions, identifies objects, has a conversation, and carries out commands....

There’s research on both sides of the argument as to whether or not social media use contributes to or helps protect against stress. But many experts who study it agree that being more intentional about your virtual habits — and being more mindful about how much time you’re spending on your tech devices — is usually to your benefit. Studies suggest, for example, that more intentional use of social networking websites (when you’re using it to strengthen personal relationships with people you know in real life) may benefit well-being, while using these online tools in a more passive, non-connection-forming way (“Facebook stalking” your ex, for instance) may not, according to a 2017 review published in the journal Current Direction in Psychological Science....

“I was a party animal and grew up in the ’90s. I was into the party scene,” she says. Rocca, a native of Sheffield, England, was married by age 23. She had a daughter within the same year and about five years later was divorced. Being a single mother wasn’t easy for Rocca. She began to drink more heavily whenever her daughter visited her father. One weekend in 2011, Rocca says, she went on a “big, scary binge” and drank three bottles of wine instead of her usual one....

Mail-order prescriptions can be a convenient, safe way to receive the medications you need to stay on track without skipping a beat. Not to mention, using these services may help reduce your exposure to COVID-19, because you won’t need to leave home to obtain them. Here’s what you need to know about getting started with mail-order Rx and how these services may benefit you. Some people think these services are one and the same....

When it comes to selecting the best fish for a heart-healthy diet, it’s also important to factor in the possibility of environmental contaminants. According to the AHA and other leading health organizations, some types of fish may contain high levels of mercury and other harmful environmental chemicals. These contaminants can negate fish’s heart-health benefits and increase the risk of cancer, says David O. Carpenter, MD, a professor in environmental health sciences at the State University of New York in Albany....

In fact, a review published in 2021 in Crohn’s & Colitis 360 found that while people with IBD do not experience more rectal sensitivity than the general population when their IBD is in remission, they are twice as likely to have rectal sensitivity when the disease is active. One word of caution though: “When you have IBD, issues around the anus can easily lead to complications or signal an infection that needs to be treated, so please talk to your doctor and have it checked out,” says Serre-Yu Wong, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City....

“My grandmother — my dad’s mother — died before I was born, but it was still weird to talk to my father about my 23andMe results,” says Steinberg, 28, the founder of Queen V, a feminine wellness and women’s health company, who learned she has the high-risk mutation after taking a 23andMe test. “It might be generational — I feel like my generation is more open to talking about topics that have been traditionally considered taboo....