HB Mag Health Research Team

Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder caused by certain medications, most often older antipsychotic drugs. It causes repeated, involuntary movements — usually of the face, mouth, tongue, or jaw. Explaining it to others starts with one clear idea: the person is not fidgeting or making faces on purpose, and the movements are a side effect … Read more

Crisco is not lard. Lard is rendered pork fat. Crisco is a vegetable shortening made from soybean oil and other plant oils that have been processed to stay solid at room temperature. The two products look alike in the tub and behave similarly in a pie crust, but they come from completely different sources and … Read more

Hemorrhoid pain eases fastest with a few simple steps: a warm sitz bath for 10 to 15 minutes, an over-the-counter topical treatment, a stool softener to prevent straining, and keeping the area clean and dry. Most flare-ups calm down within a few days with home care. The bigger job is preventing the next one, because … Read more

Cancer treatment changed when researchers stopped asking how to poison tumors and started asking what makes them different from normal tissue. PDGFR inhibitors belong to that second approach. They are drugs that block a specific signaling pathway inside cells — the platelet-derived growth factor receptor, or PDGFR. By interrupting that signal, they aim to slow … Read more

Traditional olive oil is made by crushing olives into a paste, pressing that paste to release the oil, and then separating the oil from the watery juice that comes out with it. The best traditional oils are made from fruit picked and pressed within a day or two, using equipment that keeps temperatures low. The … Read more

Gallstones are common, and most people who have them never find out. When symptoms do appear, doctors usually confirm cholelithiasis with an abdominal ultrasound, which is the first-line imaging test for gallstones. The diagnosis combines your symptoms, a physical exam, blood tests, and imaging. Here is how each piece fits together, and what the tests … Read more

Cramping in early pregnancy usually eases as the first trimester ends, and for most women it settles by around weeks 12 to 14. The mild, period-like cramping many women feel in the first weeks is often linked to the uterus stretching and hormone changes, and it tends to fade gradually rather than stop on a … Read more

There is no official diet for the menstrual cycle. No health body publishes a “cycle eating plan,” and no large trial has tested whether phase-specific eating changes symptoms or energy. What does exist is solid physiology: estrogen and progesterone rise and fall in patterns that affect appetite, body temperature, insulin sensitivity, and cravings. Eating with … Read more