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5 Medical Tests Worth Questioning Before You Pay Out of Pocket

You visit your doctor for a routine appointment, and before you leave, someone hands you an order for additional testing. A few weeks later, a...

Saving Advice · Oct 24

Why Tumour Marker Tests Sold to Healthy People Create False Alarms

A blood test that promises to detect cancer early sounds like exactly the kind of thing a cautious person should do. Increasingly, diagnostic labs across India are bundling tests for CA-125, PSA, CEA, AFP, and CA 19-9 into routine health packages marketed to people who feel perfectly well. The logic…

Times Life · Oct 24

Clare Balding shares emotional end-of-life plans after thyroid cancer battle

The BBC presenter, 55, realised how short life was after being diagnosed with thyroid cancer

Evening Standard · Oct 23

Premature Graying in Teens: 6 Health Conditions Worth Checking

Gray hair at fourteen is not always just a quirk of genetics. Sometimes it is the scalp's way of signaling something the rest of the body has not announced yet. Melanocytes, the cells inside each hair follicle that produce pigment, are sensitive to nutritional status, hormone levels, and immune activity.…

Times Life · Oct 22

Silver Hair in Your Teens: How to Own It Without Apology

The first silver strand usually shows up without warning, and the first instinct is almost always to pull it out. That instinct says something about how we have been taught to read grey hair, as a mistake, an early arrival, something to be corrected. For teenagers, that pressure is sharper…

Times Life · Oct 22

Always Have Cold Hands and Feet? Here's What Could Be Behind It

You are sitting in a warm room, wearing comfortable clothes, yet your fingers feel icy and your toes refuse to warm up. You rub your hands together, pull on another pair of socks, or hold a warm cup of tea, but the cold feeling keeps returning.If this sounds familiar, you…

MyLifeXP · Oct 22

6 Tests in Full Body Packages That Rarely Change Your Treatment

The appeal of a full body health package is easy to understand. One appointment, one bill, a printout that says you are fine. But the tests inside these packages are not all equal, and some have a weak record of prompting any change in treatment for people who had no…

Times Life · Oct 22

7 Signs Your Body Is Stressed Before You Realise It

Have you ever noticed your shoulders getting tight during a busy day, your stomach feeling uncomfortable before an important meeting, or your heart beating faster for no obvious reason?You might blame these changes on tiredness, hunger, or a bad night's sleep. But sometimes, your body is responding to stress before…

MyLifeXP · Oct 21

6 Situations Where a Thyroid Nodule Genuinely Needs a Biopsy

When Size Crosses a Threshold the Ultrasound Cannot Reassure AwayNodules smaller than one centimetre are almost always monitored rather than biopsied, because the risk of a clinically significant cancer in that size range is low enough that intervention causes more harm than it prevents. Once a nodule reaches or exceeds…

Times Life · Oct 21

Thyroid Eye Disease Patients Gain First At-Home Injection Option as FDA Clears Roche's Enspryng for Adults

The FDA approved Roche's Enspryng for thyroid eye disease, the first treatment patients or caregivers can inject at home every four weeks.

Medical Daily · Oct 20