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2 weeks ago | 
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Protein serves many vital roles, including forming muscles, bones, skin, hair, and nails, regulating the immune system, and aids brain functioning. As a result, protein deficiency may lead to many symptoms, such as brittle hair and nails, mood changes, muscle weakness, and getting sick more often. Jump to Key Takeaways. Protein is a crucial energy source, so when lacking, a person can feel weak and unusually exhausted—mentally, physically, or both.
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3 weeks 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 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months ago | 
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Most prostate cancers eventually stop responding to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). At this time, the cancers usually are metastatic, meaning the cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. The average time for cases of metastatic prostate cancer to become "castration-resistant" is around two to three years. Prostate cancer relies on testosterone (an androgen, or primary sex hormone in males) as its "nutrient" for growth.
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2 months ago | 
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is a type of advanced prostate cancer that continues to grow even though testosterone levels in the body are very low. There is no cure for CRPC, but several treatments are available to improve quality of life and prolong survival (the length of time a person lives). Newer treatments have improved the prognosis (outcome) of CRPC.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
When the wall of a blood vessel breaks, a blood clot forms to "plug" the wound site and prevent bleeding. Once the injured blood vessel heals, the body dissolves the clot naturally. Sometimes, due to an underlying disease or risk factor (e.g., recent surgery, pregnancy, coronary artery disease), blood clots develop inside blood vessels when they shouldn't and/or do not dissolve as they should.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
verywellhealth.com | Colleen Doherty
Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) is a preventive therapy for adults with chronic migraine, a debilitating neurological condition associated with frequent and severe headaches. Botox treatment involves an experienced healthcare provider injecting small doses of a bacteria-derived toxin into specific areas of the face, head, and neck. Scientific evidence supports Botox as a safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment option for chronic migraine.
