Millville Medical Center

08/11/2026

Fenugreek extract twice daily for six weeks is thought to be the simplest safe natural treatment for poor libido.

08/11/2026

Charley horse is a muscle cramp. It is an informal name used almost entirely in North America. The muscle cramping is sudden and painful. It is often healthy people who get a charley horse with exercise.
Muscle cramping can often happen to people in leg muscles at nighttime. Charley horse cramping is the same symptom happening with exercise.
Whether it is muscle cramping with exercise or muscle cramping at night, there is an overlap in causes and symptoms.
Nighttime cramping is not the same as restless legs. Restless legs are more of a general discomfort while cramping is more painful and sudden.

08/11/2026

Did you know our brain is made of mostly fat? About 60 percent to be precise, with half of that being omega-3. It should come as no surprise that omega-3-rich fish, such as salmon, herring, and mackerel, sardines are considered healthy brain food.
Omega-3 fatty acids have been linked to a number of brain-related benefits, including slowing cognitive decline, and improving mental health. It may even help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

08/11/2026

Kidney, pinto, black, red—beans (plus their legume cousins, lentils and chickpeas) are an awesome source of high-quality plant protein. Unfortunately the carbohydrates in beans tend to be indigestible, and that's what gives them their gassy, belly-bloating reputation. Beans boost the health of so many dishes, from chili to soup to burritos, that it would be a nutritional crime to dump them out of your diet entirely especially for a vegetarian. The solution: take an over-the-counter anti-gas product such as Beano along with your beans. Beano contains the enzyme we're missing that makes the carbohydrates digestible. It's safe to take, and it prevents the uncomfortable puffy feeling.

08/11/2026

Older patients who undergo anesthesia and surgery have a significantly increased risk for dementia, a large population-based study shows.
Patients older than 50 years who underwent anesthesia for the first time had nearly a 2-fold increased risk for dementia, mainly Alzheimer's disease, compared with nonanesthetized patients.

08/11/2026

A high triglyceride (TG) level provides valuable information on nutrition (too much sugar), inflammation (associated with high CRP), fatty liver risk, pancreatitis risk, risk of small dense LDL particle size, and risk of atherosclerotic plaque.

08/11/2026

Our healthcare should be able to do better....

Patient advocacy is essential when systems fail. A personal story about a billing error reveals why noticing is the difference between harm and healing.

08/11/2026

FDA proposal would bring new insights into additives used by food companies,
U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.

The proposal would change a decades-old policy that advocates have called a regulatory loophole, blaming it for allowing thousands of unvetted ingredients into the U.S. food supply.

Under the proposed rule from the FDA, companies would have to document and submit their safety findings for new ingredients, giving regulators the opportunity to investigate if they see a potential safety risk. Currently, companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient or additive is "generally recognized as safe" and there is no requirement for companies to notify or submit evidence to the FDA, although some do.

FDA proposal would bring new insights into additives used by food companies

08/11/2026

A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of your eye. Cataracts are very common as you get older. In fact, more than half of all Americans age 80 or older either have cataracts or have had surgery to get rid of cataracts.

08/11/2026

Hamster exposure was associated with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia in a hospital-based case-control study.
This relationship was not seen with exposure to dogs, cats, or other animals.
Exposed patients showed distinctive neurologic signs and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid findings.

Exposure was associated with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia in a hospital case-control study