Author: Lance Garrison

You’ve probably heard that “getting your steps in” can help you stay healthy. But for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), walking even a few blocks might feel as challenging as a 10-mile run.This common circulatory condition, which affects an estimated 8.5 million Americans, happens when the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of your body become narrowed. This hampers blood flow to your limbs — your legs, in particular. That can have a serious impact on your legs and feet.“Your feet are at the end of the totem pole,” says Jeff Ross, MD, DPM,…

Facing this predicament, the Israeli Red Team would suggest a radical alternative: Israel should call for a permanent cease-fire that would be followed by an immediate Israeli withdrawal of all military forces in Gaza on the condition that Hamas return all the hostages it has left, civilians and military, and any dead. But Hamas would get no Palestinian prisoners in return. Just a clean deal — Israeli withdrawal and a permanent cease-fire in return for the 130-plus Israeli hostages.There would be an Israeli asterisk, though, which wouldn’t be written in, but everyone would understand it is there: Israel reserves the…

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) develops over time. And in the early stages, you may not realize it’s happening. But there are things you can do to lower your odds of ever getting PAD. The first step is to understand how it takes hold, if you’re at risk, and how it happens.PAD happens when certain arteries — usually in your legs — narrow because of plaque buildup. This keeps blood from flowing to your limbs like it’s supposed to.Some people don’t feel symptoms, while others may ignore them if they’re subtle at first. If you don’t pinpoint it and get treatment,…

Forty years after the American military attacked them, the people of Tropeang Phlong village in Cambodia were still traumatized.Beginning around 1969, U.S. helicopters regularly strafed the village, according to survivors. The American choppers used the wind off their blades to blow the thatch roofs off homes, turned their machine guns on those who fled and on men and women working in the rice paddies and fired incendiary rockets that set houses ablaze. Aircraft dropped bombs and gleaming napalm canisters that tumbled end over end and bloomed into fiery explosions.“My nephew was killed — his stomach was blown out — and…

Ruth Zalta, right, with her children Cradling her newborn son, Erin F. saw herself tripping and falling down the single step to her living room, knocking the scissors off the handrail. As the scene vividly played out in her mind, the shears stabbed through her arm into the infant she carried, killing him. (Erin asked WebMD not to use her last name because of the stigma that comes with mental illness.)After that, the 41-year-old first-time mom feared stepping down stairs with her baby – any stairs. And for a while, she didn’t. But she couldn’t shake the feeling harm might…

Elon Musk is so smart that you have to wonder if trashing X, formerly Twitter, is somehow in his best interest. This couldn’t possibly be one giant mistake, could it?Actually I think it is a giant mistake. There is, however, an unlikely scenario where damaging X in the short run might benefit Musk in the long run. Just for kicks, and because everyone is fascinated by the world’s richest person, I’ll take you through it.First, though, a refresher on why people are talking about Musk and X this week. It’s because he once again did something seemingly inexplicable. On Wednesday…

Photo Credit: Yuri Arcurs peopleimages.com / Getty Images Rodney McKinley found out he had peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in 2011, when his frequent walks dissolved into searing pain. “When I would lay down in bed to sleep, it felt like someone had a blowtorch under my toes,” he says.McKinley had bypass surgery in his groin — with 32 staples — and two more bypasses in both lower legs. His pain eased for a year. But then it came back.“I ate more painkillers than I did food,” says McKinley, 64, of Johnson City, TN. He tried many treatments, including hyperbaric oxygen…

To the Editor:Re “Henry A. Kissinger, 1923-2023: Refugee From Nazis, He Shaped World History” (obituary, front page, Dec. 1):Henry Kissinger was one of the most powerful political figures in the world from 1969 to 1977. He served as the national security adviser and secretary of state under President Richard M. Nixon and later President Gerald R. Ford.President Nixon and Mr. Kissinger extended the war in Vietnam, concocted a “secret plan” to end the war and carpet-bombed Cambodia and Laos — a strategy that failed miserably and led to a devastating death toll among innocent noncombatants.Mr. Kissinger is also fairly blamed…

Pain, swelling, and stiffness – things you’re familiar with if you have  rheumatoid arthritis (RA) . You may wonder what causes these symptoms, how to treat them, and if alternative therapies can help. In the WebMD webinar, “ Ins and Outs of Rheumatoid Arthritis, ” Stanley B. Cohen, MD, broke down all things RA, including people most often affected, risk factors for additional health issues when you have RA, and lifestyle habits that can help.  Cohen is a clinical professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of…

It’s not just his grift and vanity that made Santos such a perfect avatar of the MAGA ethos. Even more significant was the defiance he showed as his flagrant wrongdoing was revealed and the way that defiance endeared him to some of Trump’s most avid supporters. In December 2022, after Santos was elected but before he took office, The New York Times reported that he’d lied about his education, purported career in finance, family wealth and charitable endeavors and that he’d been charged in Brazil with using stolen checks. Santos’s response was, as Chiusano writes, to “post through it,” making…