In the video above, I interview Dr. James O’Keefe, a cardiologist with the Mid-America Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, about exercise dosing. He completed his cardiology training at Mayo Clinic. He and three other coauthors published a meta-analysis in the March-April 2023 issue of Missouri Medicine,1 the journal of the Missouri… Read More »
Is your bad skin getting you down? Nutritionist Eve Kalinik reveals how where your spots are on your face could reveal signs about your health Why do those dreaded spotty breakouts occur and what do they say about our health? According to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Ayurvedic medicine, which have both been used for… Read More »
Melanoma, which accounts for over 70 percent of all skin cancers, occurs when pigment producing cells called melanocytes multiply uncontrollably. This cancer is typically diagnosed through visual inspection of Suspicious Pigmented Lesions (SPLs), and such early detection of lesions in a physician’s office are often life-saving. However, there are several disadvantages with this approach, including… Read More »
Blood samples taken at home and sent by post to labs to screen for HIV and syphilis are more likely to be successfully processed when the collection technique used is dried blood spots rather than mini tubes, investigators from the UK report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Close to 95% of dried blood spot samples were… Read More »
Welcome to Ask Doctor Zac, a weekly column from news.com.au. This week Dr Zac Turner looks at how your diet can affect your skin, in particular acne. QUESTION: Hi Dr Zac, after reading your column about the dangers of sunscreen chemicals, I began to read all the bottles in my bathroom and realised so many… Read More »
“There is nothing to be embarrassed about, they’ve seen it all before.” However much we hear this and know it’s true, many of us will admit to still getting a bit shy when it comes to speaking to our doctor about what we consider “embarrassing” issues. Sexual health, problems ‘down there’ and issues around going… Read More »