Author Archives : Dr. Victor Marchione

Menopause is a natural phenomenon that occurs in all women at some point in their lives. It can happen in your 40s or 50s, with the average age of onset being 51 in the United States. This biological process comes with its fair share of annoying physical and emotional side effects, the most common of ...click here to read more

Stroke and heart attacks are usually a phenomenon reserved for older adults, as younger people typically have good health. However, a new study shows that high blood pressure and diabetes—major contributors to heart attack and stroke—are becoming increasingly prevalent in younger demographics. New research suggests that strokes are happening to Americans under 65 years of ...click here to read more

Multivitamins are an effective way to supplement diets that do not provide a person’s daily recommended vitamin intake. It is estimated that millions of American take multivitamins daily, with the assumption that they are promoting health and preventing disease. However, according to a new study, men taking a multivitamin every day aren’t helping their cardiovascular ...click here to read more

According to a new study, blood tests used to diagnose and monitor rheumatoid arthritis may be inaccurate if the patient happens to be an obese woman. This makes it harder to track the progression of the disease, as the signs of rheumatoid arthritis become obscured by the bodily changes associated with obesity. “Physicians might assume ...click here to read more

In most diagnostic testing cases, in order to get the most accurate result, a biopsy much be taken and analyzed. This also tends to be the case with liver pathology, but according to a new study from Linköping University in Sweden, taking a tissue sample from the liver to diagnose fatty liver can be replaced ...click here to read more

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular rapid heart rate that can increase your risk of stroke, and according to researchers, big women have nearly a threefold increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation than smaller women. In individuals with atrial fibrillation, the two upper chambers of the heart—the right and left atria—beat irregularly and out of ...click here to read more

Silent heart attack (silent ischemia) has been found to leave scars on the heart. A silent heart attack is a heart attack with minimal, if any, symptoms. For this reason, it is difficult to know when you are experiencing a heart attack, which can lead to further complications an even death. Some reports of silent ...click here to read more

Hard stools can be unpleasant to pass and may occur occasionally or chronically for some. When we eat, the nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine, which releases liquid and fiber into the large intestine. In the large intestine, then, the stool is formed. As the newly formed stool moves along the large intestine, the ...click here to read more