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Disease & Conditions
Prostate cancer and other diseases of the prostate are common.
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), also called a ministroke or warning stroke, causes symptoms similar to those of a stroke.
When you feel chest pain from blocked arteries, you might see an interventional cardiologist for treatment.
Cardiac asthma can the same symptoms as true asthma, but the symptoms are caused by heart failure, which leads to buildup of fluid in the lungs.
People with this disease can't tolerate gluten, a protein in wheat, barley and rye.
Diabetes is a chronic disease that involves the regulation of blood sugar and occurs in two different forms, type 1 and type 2.
Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) used to be called exercise-induced asthma. The term bronchospasm means tightening and narrowing of the tubes that bring air in and out of your lungs.
It's a condition in which too much iron is absorbed from food and retained in the body.
Motion sickness occurs when your senses offer your brain conflicting reports about what you're doing.
Nocturnal asthma, also called sleep-related asthma, can happen at any hour during sleep, but symptoms worsen at night.
Periodontal disease refers to more than one disease. It's a large collection of diseases involving your gums and the bones inside your mouth.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious infection of the respiratory tract.
For some people, frightening memories of a terrible event can resurface months or even years after the ordeal. In reliving the event, people become fearful and unable to cope with daily life.
Rotavirus is a viral infection that causes severe diarrhea in children. A vaccine is now available to help protect youngsters against this illness.
Scalp ringworm isn’t caused by a worm. The infection is the result of a fungus, the same one that leads to athlete’s foot.
Spinal stenosis is a condition in which the spinal canal narrows and pinches the nerves, resulting in back and leg pain.
The two blood pressure numbers indicate how much pressure builds up in the arteries as the heart beats and between beats.
Most neck pain is caused by sleeping on a bed that’s too soft, poor posture, stress, neck strains or degenerative joint disease that occurs when the joints of the neck become inflamed or a disc pushes outward from its normal position.
Stroke may cause physical and mental difficulties. But the good news is that you can recoup some or all of your previous abilities.
If you or a family member has been diagnosed with a serious or chronic condition, you likely have a lot of questions regarding treatment and long-term health. Here are some suggestions on how to find accurate information.
Ultimately, there’s no right or wrong way to proceed. You just have to do the best you can.
A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast. It can find changes in the breast when a lump is too small for you or your doctor to feel.
Meningitis is an infection and inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
In many cases of suicide or attempted suicide, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness—especially depression—is to blame.
Here are answers to questions you may have about bird flu.
If your doctor recommends a hearing aid, these suggestions can help you determine which kind will suit you best.
Hives occur when something prompts cells to release histamine, a chemical found in the skin.
Every year, one in four Americans suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder that interferes with their ability to function at work or school or in their daily lives.
Strep bacteria pass from one person to another through nose and throat fluids when an infected person coughs or sneezes or touches another person or object with a hand contaminated by these fluids.
Although nausea and vomiting can make you feel miserable, it's important to remember that these are not diseases, but rather symptoms of many illnesses.
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