It’s common, it’s physically harmless, but the skin disorder known as melasma can pack an emotional wallop that raises a person’s self-consciousness and lowers self-esteem. Melasma promotes the appearance of unsightly, asymmetrical brown or blue-gray patches — most notably on the face, but on the neck and forearms as well, primarily in women and individuals… Continue reading Melasma Blotches: Common, Harmless, but Often Emotional
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Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Broken Bone Isn’t Healing, Third Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. The first week of this riddle, the patient reported her symptoms to her PCP. The doctor proceeded with… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Broken Bone Isn’t Healing, Third Week
Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Broken Bone Isn’t Healing, First Week
Editor’s note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth as we share the details of what happened when a patient presented with a problem that stumped the physician at first. We’ll start this week by letting you know what the patient told her PCP and how the doctor… Continue reading Solve the Medical Riddle: Her Broken Bone Isn’t Healing, First Week