Double jointed: what joint hypermobility means, the 9-point Beighton test with age-based cut-offs, links to joint pain and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and what helps
Double Jointed: What It Really Means, How to Test It, and When It Matters

Bending your thumb back to touch your forearm, locking your elbows backward or folding your fingers into odd shapes is a classic party trick. People call it being "double jointed".…

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What side is your heart on: the heart sits in the center of the chest tilted to the left, why the heartbeat is felt on the left, dextrocardia, chest pain by side, and CPR hand position
What Side Is Your Heart On? Where It Sits and Why It Matters

Put your hand over your heart. If you are like most people, it went to the left side of your chest, the way we do for the pledge or an…

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Medications That Cause Weight Gain: the drug classes, the mechanisms, and what to do
Medications That Cause Weight Gain (and Loss)

You changed nothing. Same food, same walks, same everything. Then the scale started climbing anyway, and the only thing different in your life is the prescription you started three months…

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The Ultimate Guide to Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, and How to Take Control
The Ultimate Guide to Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, and How to Take Control

Nearly half of American adults are walking around with high blood pressure, and most of them cannot feel a thing. That is exactly what makes hypertension so dangerous. It works…

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ICD-10 code for hypertension guide featured graphic by Fantisfy showing the I10 code
ICD-10 Code for Hypertension (I10): The Full Code Family, With CKD Stages

The ICD-10 code for hypertension is one you have typed more times than you can count: I10. Yet hypertension coding is more layered than that single code suggests. The moment…

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Does Gabapentin Make You Gain Weight
Does Gabapentin Make You Gain Weight? What the Trials Show

You started gabapentin for nerve pain, seizures, restless legs or sleep, and a few months later the scale has crept up, or your ankles look puffier than they used to.…

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