The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. It was in Chicago in 1971, and the man had gotten drunk and passed out in the snow, his fingers so frozen that gangrene eventually set in. Dr. Hackett later worked at Mount Everest Basecamp, on Denali, Alaska,…
What’s more, while people with M.C.I. may go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, the progression is not a guarantee. Treating M.C.I. can “prolong that period of being independent by months or years,” said Andrew Kiselica, a neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri who specializes in diagnosing dementia. Lifestyle Changes and Adjustments The…
Roughly 75 percent of women will deal with the burning, itching and discomfort associated with a yeast infection at least once in their lifetimes, and almost half will more than once. But here’s the twist: Most people who think they have a yeast infection actually don’t have one. “There’s some fairly simple things that can…
King Charles III will have a procedure to address an enlarged prostate at a hospital next week. The 75-year-old British monarch’s diagnosis is common among men his age, and experts say that typical treatments are not dangerous. An enlarged prostate, known also as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is a noncancerous condition that occurs frequently…
