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2 days ago |
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
While it's normal to feel a little breathless with moderate or vigorous exercise, shortness of breath when walking short distances warrants a medical evaluation. There are multiple causes, some less serious, like physical deconditioning, and some potentially dangerous, such as underlying heart or lung conditions. Jump to Key Takeaways. The medical term for shortness of breath is dyspnea. It's a common symptom, but one that needs to be taken seriously.
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1 week ago |
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Migraine headaches are predominantly classified as either migraine without aura or migraine with aura, with a few rare subtypes of migraine with aura. Also, some migraine types exist on their own, such as chronic migraine, probable migraine, and menstrual migraine. Jump to Key Takeaways. Migraine is an intense headache that usually manifests on one side of the head.
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2 weeks ago |
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Migraine attacks can cause or involve symptoms other than a headache, including mood swings. If rapid shifts in emotion are severe or persistent, they might be a sign of an underlying mood disorder, such as depression or anxiety, which occur more often in people with migraine than in the general population. Jump to Key Takeaways. Migraine attacks last four to 72 hours and cycle through up to four phases, known as prodrome, aura, headache, and postdrome.
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3 weeks ago |
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Hormone treatment, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), is a cornerstone of treatment for advanced prostate cancer. Hormone treatment decreases prostate cancer growth by lowering testosterone levels in the body via medicine or surgery.
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3 weeks ago |
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is common, affecting over half of people in the United States over age 40. The most common type is primary hypertension, which has no identifiable cause but can stem from a variety of factors like unhealthy lifestyle habits (e.g., physical inactivity or a high-salt diet), genetics, and aging. Secondary hypertension is less common, impacting around 10% of adults with high blood pressure.
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