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Anorexia
Hypochondria

I am sick dammit!  I know I am! 

Hypochondriasis is a type of somatoform disorder, a mental illness in which a person has symptoms of a medical illness, but the symptoms cannot be fully explained by an actual physical disorder. People with h...

Instructions
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Iyengar
Iyengar Yoga
Alternative Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
The nervous system carries messages to and from the rest of your body. Normally, delicate nerves are protected with a covering called myelin. With multiple sclerosis (MS), the myelin becomes inflamed and eventually dissolves. Over time, scar tissue (...
Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus (the endometrium, from endo, "inside", and metrium, "mother") migrates to or generates in other parts of the body. The condition can lead to serious health co...

Bird Flu
Bird flu is an infection caused by avian (bird) influenza (flu) viruses. These flu viruses occur naturally among birds. Wild birds worldwide carry the viruses in their intestines, but usually do not get sick from them. However, bird flu is very conta...
Influenza
Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. The most familiar aspect of the flu is the way it can "knock you off your feet" as it sweeps through entire communities.
Ear Wax Removal
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Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized in the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (neurofibrillary tangles) composed of misplaced proteins. Age is the most important ris...
Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs
Dermatology
No description
Spa
Hot tub
Megaloblastic Anemia
No description
Binge Eating Disorder
People with binge eating disorder (BED) frequently eat large amounts of food while feeling a loss of control over their eating. This fact sheet describes the symptoms, causes, complications, and treatment of BED, along with a profile of those at risk...
Co-Enzyme Q10
Coenzyme Q-10 is used extensively in Japan, and its use is more common in Europe and western Asia than it is in the United States. However, specific coenzyme Q-10 products have been given orphan drug status in the United States. An orphan drug has re...
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease of the mucus glands. It causes chronic, progressive damage to the respiratory system, chronic digestive system problems, and can affect other organs.

The signs and symptoms of this disorder are caused by the pr...

Prozac
FLUOXETINE (ProzacŪ and ProzacŪ Weekly™) is an antidepressant. It helps improve a person''s mood. Fluoxetine can also help people with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress....
Hearing Loss
Do people seem to mumble a lot lately? Do you have trouble hearing in church or theaters? Is it hard to pick up what others say at the dinner table or at family gatherings? Does your family ask you to turn down the volume on the TV or radio? These ar...
Hayfever - Hay Fever

Hay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, is an allergic response to pollen, mold or other microscopic substances. Pollen is the male component of the plant reproductive system.

Hay fever signs and symptoms can range from mild to severe. If your con...

Hair Loss
Most men and women experience hair loss as they get older; indeed, most men have some degree of baldness by age 60. This is quite normal and affects some persons more than others, especially if baldness runs in the family.
Gingivitis
What is gum disease? Gum disease is an infection of the gums, the pink tissues that surround and support the teeth. Gum disease is usually painless and starts as swelling, called gingivitis. Gingivitis can worsen and lead to a severe form of gum dise...
Food Allergy
Food allergy is hypersensitivity to dietary substances, leading to various types of gastrointestinal complaints. It occurs mainly, but not exclusively, in children. It is a common type of allergy, and is usually treated with an exclusion diet.
Edema
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Eczema
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that affects the skin. It is not contagious; it cannot be passed from one person to another. The word "dermatitis" means inflammation of the skin. "Atopic" refers to a group of...
Diaper Rash
Diaper rash is caused by a skin reaction to irritating diapers and prolongedcontact with stool, urine, perspiration, soaps, detergents or creams. Typically, the rash affects the groin around the genitals and buttocks; it is red and scaly with tiny bu...
Croup
Croup (also called laryngotracheobronchitis) is a disease which afflicts infants and young children, typically aged between 3 months and 5 years. It is characterized by a harsh 'barking' cough, inspiratory stridor and fever.

It is most often caused by...
Chicken Pox
What is chickenpox? Chickenpox is a common illness caused by a virus (germ) called varicella zoster. People often get the virus as young children. A child with chickenpox can easily give the virus to other children. Almost all children catch chickenp...
Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the cervix. The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a fetus grows). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (b...
Cataracts
A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens or lens capsule of the eye. A cataract blocks or distorts light entering the eye. This causes problems with glare from lamps or the sun. Vision gradually becomes dull and fuzzy, even in daylight. Most of the ti...
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when tendons or ligaments in the wrist become enlarged, often from inflammation, after being aggravated. The narrowed tunnel of bones and ligaments in the wrist pinches the nerves that reach the fingers and the muscles a...
Candidiasis - Thrush - Yeast Infection

Thrush (also called monilia or candida) is a vagonal infection. The organism is a yeast which is commonly found in the body without causing any problems. At times a woman may notice symptoms, particularly during pregnancy, or when she is on antibioti...

Athlete's Foot
Athlete's foot is a fungal infection of the skin, usually between the toes, caused by parasitic fungi.
Arthritis
Arthritis is an illness that can cause pain and swelling in joints. Over time, the joint can become severely damaged. Joints are places where two bones meet, such as elbow or knee. Some kinds of arthritis can cause problems in other organs, such as y...
Angina
Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle does not get enough blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. The pain may also occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back. It may also feel li...
Abcess
An abscess is a swelling filled with pus.
Rolfing - Structural Integration
Structural Integration focuses not on the muscles but on their protective layer, called fascia (also known as connective tissue). Muscles are contracting tissues that give the body and organs physical movement. The fascia surrounds the muscles, bones...
Meditation
Mental calmness and physical relaxation is achieved [with meditation] by suspending the stream of thoughts that normally occupy the mind. Generally performed once or twice a day for approximately 20 minutes at a time, meditation is used to reduce str...
Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most c...

Breast Implants
A breast implant is a prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery to enlarge the size of a woman's breasts (known as breast augmentation) or to reconstruct the breast (for example, after a mastectomy, or during male-to-female sex reassignment surgery). There...
Angioplasty
Angioplasty (Balloon Angioplasty) is a procedure performed by cardiologists to help open narrowings in the coronary arteries. This procedure requires cardiac catheterization and involves passing a catheter with a balloon into the artery. The balloon...
Chelation Therapy
Chelation therapy is the use of chelating agents such as EDTA to remove heavy metals from the body. While in conventional medicine, chelation therapy is used only to treat heavy metal poisoning, some alternative practitioners advocate the use of chel...
The South Beach Diet
The South Beach Diet was developed by renowned cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD. He developed an eating plan that would improve the cholesterol and insulin levels of his patients with heart disease.  The diet was hugely successful at not onl...
Traditional Chinese Medicine
TCM is based on the philosophical concept that the human body is a small universe with a set of complete and sophisticated closely-related sub-systems. Those systems usually work balancely and harmoniously to maintain the normal function of the human...
Acupressure
Acupressure is a traditional Chinese medicine bodywork technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. It involves placing physical pressure, by hand, elbow, or with the aid of various devices, on different pressure points on the surface of the bod...
Back Pain
Back pain is a symptom that can arise from many causes. It can range from a dull, annoying ache to absolute agony. Many cases of back pain are caused by stresses on the muscles and ligaments that support the spine. Sedentary jobs and lifestyles may c...
Ayurveda Yoga
Yoga is a "combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, practiced for over 5,000 years, calms the nervous system and balances body, mind, and spirit. It is thought to prevent specific diseases and maladies by keeping th...
Acne
Acne is the term for plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads), pimples, and even deeper lumps (cysts or nodules) that occur on the face, neck, chest, back, shoulders and even the upper arms. Acne affects most teenagers to some extent. However, the d...
Ruptured Disk
Ruptured spinal disks can be painful and cripling.
Amenorrhea
Amenorrhea is the term used to describe the absence of a period in young women who haven't started menstruating by age 16, or the absence of a period in women who used to have a regular period. Causes of amenorrhea include pregnancy, breastfeeding, a...
Weight Loss
Americans are too damn fat.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used medical procedures in the world. Research shows that acupuncture is beneficial in treating a variety of health conditions. The term acupuncture describes a family of procedures involving stimulatio...
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder—the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental illnesses. The first signs of schizophrenia, which typically emerge in young people in their teens or twenties, are confusing and often shocking t...
Qigong
Qigong (?? - pinyin: q? gong, Wade-Giles: ch'i kung) is an increasingly popular aspect of Chinese medicine. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes, but there are also some who teach it, especially in China, for therapeutic int...
Anesthesiology
Anesthesia is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. There are several forms of anesthesia inclu...
Turner Syndrome
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects development in females. Women with this condition tend to be shorter than average and are usually infertile, or unable to conceive a child, because of a loss of ovarian function. Other features...
Menstruation
Periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus. From puberty until menopause, menstruation occurs about every 28 days when a woman is not pregnant.
Relaxation
Relaxation is the opposite of tension. Relaxtion therapy can help with many stress related conditions.
Magnetic Therapy
Placing magnets against the body in various places is thought to cure illness or alleviate certain symptoms.  Magnetic bracelets are the most common use.
Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is a broad term for any diagnostic method, method of treatment or therapy that is not an accepted part of contemporary scientific medicine.
Heart Disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) and atherosclerotic heart disease, is the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the he...
Arrhythmia
A cardiac arrhythmia, also called cardiac dysrhythmia, is a disturbance in the regular rhythm of the heartbeat. Several forms of cardiac arrhythmia are life-threatening and a medical emergency. A rhythm of the heart at a rate of more than 100 beats/m...
Headache
Although headache pain sometimes can be severe, in most cases it''s not the result of an underlying disease. The vast majority of headaches are so-called primary headaches. These include migraine, cluster headache and tension headache.
Gout
Gout is one of the most painful rheumatic diseases. It results from deposits of needle-like crystals of uric acid in connective tissue, in the joint space between two bones, or in both. These deposits lead to inflammatory arthritis, which causes swel...
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, mouth, and rectum of both men and women. In women, the opening to the uterus, the cervix, is the...
Glaucoma
Glaucoma happens when the pressure of the liquid in the eye gets too high and causes damage. Glaucoma tends to run in families and is one of the most common major eye disorders in people over the age of 60. In fact, the risk of getting glaucoma incre...
Gallstones
Like many people, you may have gallstones and not know it. In fact, gallstones — solid deposits of cholesterol or calcium salts that form in your gallbladder or nearby bile ducts — often cause no symptoms and require no treatment.
Gallbladder - Gall Bladder
The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ located beneath the liver on the right side of the abdomen. The gallbladder''s primary functions are to store and concentrate bile, and secrete bile into the small intestine to help digest food. The gallbl...
Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia syndrome is a common and chronic disorder characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points. The word fibromyalgia comes from the Latin term for fibrous tissue (fibro) and the Greek ones for muscle (myo) and pa...

Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain that causes a tendency to have recurrent seizures. Two or more seizures must occur before a person can receive the diagnosis of epilepsy, also known as a seizure disorder.
Emphysema
Pulmonary emphysema is a disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs. The transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs takes place in the walls of the alveoli. In emphysema, the alveoli become abnormally inflated, damaging their...
Ear Infection - Earache
An ear infection is a bacterial infection of the middle ear (the space behind the eardrum). It usually is a complication of a cold, occurring after the cold blocks off the eustachian tube (the passage connecting the middle ear to the back of of the e...
Diverticulitis - Diverticulosis
Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots, like an inner tube that pokes through weak places in a tire. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Pouches (plural) are called diverticula. The condition of having d...
Diarrhea
Diarrhea--loose, watery stools occurring more than three times in one day--is a common problem that usually lasts a day or two and goes away on its own without any special treatment. However, prolonged diarrhea can be a sign of other problems. People...
Traveler's Diarrhea
Diarrhea--loose, watery stools occurring more than three times in one day--is a common problem that usually lasts a day or two and goes away on its own without any special treatment. However, prolonged diarrhea can be a sign of other problems. People...
Diabetes
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism--the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, g...
Cystitis
Genitourinary disorders refers to the group of diseases and conditions associated with the urinary and genital organs.
Constipation

Constipation is passage of small amounts of hard, dry bowel movements, usually fewer than three times a week. People who are constipated may find it difficult and painful to have a bowel movement. Other symptoms of constipation include feeling bloate...

Conjunctivitis - Pink Eye
Pink eye (conjunctivitis) is an inflammation or infection of the transparent membrane (conjunctiva) that lines your eyelids and part of your eyeballs. The cause of pink eye is usually a bacterial or viral infection, an allergic reaction or — in...
Colic
Colic is one of the most frustrating conditions parents deal with. Your baby cries for hours on end for no apparent reason, tucking those tiny knees close to the stomach as if in severe pain. Typically, the attacks start in the evening when you''re m...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is the medical name for a condition of extreme and persistent fatigue. To have a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a patient must meet the following two criteria: 1) have severe chronic fatigue for 6 months o...
Cholesterol - High Cholesterol
Cholesterol can be both good and bad, so it's important to learn what cholesterol is, how it affects your health and how to manage your blood cholesterol levels. Understanding the facts about cholesterol will help you take better care of your heart a...
Chlamydia
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman?s reproductive organs. Even though symptoms of chlamydia are usually mild or absent, serious complications that cause...
Bursitis
If you have bursitis, you may notice: A dull ache or stiffness in the area of your elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, big toe or other joints A worsening of pain with movement or pressure An area that feels swollen or warm to the touch Occasional skin redne...
Burn Treatment
Burns can result from dry heat (fire), moist heat (steam, hot liquids), electricity, chemicals, or from radiation including sunlight. Treatment for burns depends on: The depth of the burn (whether it is first, second, or third degree). How much area...
Bulimia
Bulimia (buh-LEE -me-ah) nervosa, typically called bulimia, is a type of eating disorder. Someone with bulimia eats a lot of food in a short amount of time (called bingeing) and then tries to prevent weight gain by purging. Purging might be done in t...
Bronchitis
Bronchitis is an obstructive pulmonary disease characterized by inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs. It is a common disease of habitual smokers and residents of polluted cities. Like many disorders, bronchitis can be acute (short-term), or chron...
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a malignancy of the breast, usually involving the ductal or lobular tissues (the tissues involved in milk production). A small percentage of breast cancers tend to cluster in families. These cancers can be caused by mutations in part...
Autism
Autism is classified as one of the pervasive developmental disorders of the brain. It is not a disease. People with classical autism show three types of symptoms: impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unus...
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis (ath-er-o-skle-RO-sis) is the hardening and narrowing of the arteries. It is caused by the slow buildup of plaque (plak) on the inside of walls of the arteries. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to...
Asthma
Asthma (AZ-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation (IN-fla-MAY-shun) makes the air...
Appendicitis
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. Once it starts, there is no effective medical therapy, so appendicitis is considered a medical emergency. When treated promptly, most patients recover without difficulty. If treatment is delayed, the a...
Anxiety and Panic
Anxiety is a complex combination of the feeling of fear, apprehension and worry often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain and/or shortness of breath. It may exist as a primary disorder or may be associated with other m...
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which there is a severe and prolonged inability to eat, with marked weight loss.
Anemia

Anemia is a lower than normal number of red blood cells (erythrocytes) in the blood, usually measured by a decrease in the amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the red pigment in red blood cells that transports oxygen. Anemia can be temporary or long-...

Alcoholics Anonymous
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AIDS/HIV
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system. AIDS begins when a person with HIV infection has a CD4 cell count below 200. (CD4 is also called "T-c...
Sexual Addiction
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Ayurveda
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Restless Leg Syndrome
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sleep disorder in which a person experiences unpleasant sensations in the legs described as creeping, crawling, tingling, pulling, or painful. These sensations usually occur in the calf area but may be felt anywhere...
Cancer
A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissues and can spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is ca...
Reiki
Reiki purports to be an energy healing therapy, which is claimed to help the body's ability to heal itself through the flow and focusing of healing energy (Reiki means universal healing energy). During treatment, this healing energy is said to be cha...
Reflexology
Reflexology (or zone therapy) is the practice of stimulating points on the feet, hands, or ears (termed reflex zones), in the hopes that it will have a beneficial effect on some other parts of the body, or will improve general health. The most common...
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is the body of medicine that originally used strictly manipulative techniques for correcting somatic abnormalities thought to cause disease and inhibit recovery. However, over the past century, osteopathy has embraced the full spectrum of...
Nutrition
Nutrition is the study of the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. It is defined as the study of food. Absence of adequate nutrients can cause certain diseases to take hold that can potentially result in death.

Between the extre...
Allergies

An allergy is a immune malfunction whereby a person's body is hypersensitised to react immunologically to typically nonimmunogenic substances. When a person is hypersensitised these substances are known as allergens. The word allergy derives from the...

Naturopathy
Naturopathy is a system of healing, originating from Europe, that views disease as a manifestation of alterations in the processes by which the body naturally heals itself. It emphasizes health restoration as well as disease treatment. The term &quot...
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Several different viruses cause viral hepatitis. They are named the hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses. All of these viruses cause acute, or short-term, viral hepatitis.
The Bates Method
The Bates method is a controversial system that is intended to improve vision through a set of practices that are intended to relax the eyes. It was first described in 1920 by William Horatio Bates in a book entitled Perfect Sight Without Glasses.
Biofeedback

Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their health by using signals from their own bodies. Physical therapists use biofeedback to help stroke victims regain movement in paralyzed muscles. Psychologists use it to...

Chiropractic Medicine
Chiropractic is a popular form of alternative medicine whose physical mode of action is spinal manipulations that allegedly unblock nerve signals sent by the brain so that the body can heal itself. "It is primarily used to treat back problems, h...
Post Traumatic Stress
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assa...
Chinese Herbal Medicine
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Alexander Technique

Alexander Technique is an educational discipline practiced to prevent the physical decline caused by habituated mannerisms. Learning it can lead the way to improved sensory discrimination, a greater awareness of body, mind and the connection between...

Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of the oldest, most commonly used medical procedures in the world. Research shows that acupuncture is beneficial in treating a variety of health conditions. The term acupuncture describes a family of procedures involving stimulatio...
Fibromyalgia
Although fibromyalgia is often considered an arthritis related condition, it is not truly a form of arthritis (a disease of the joints) because it does not cause inflammation or damage to the joints, muscles, or other tissues. Like arthritis, however...
Tonsillitis
A tonsillectomy is a surgical procedure, during which the tonsils are removed. Sometimes the adenoids are removed at the same time. Most tonsillectomies are performed on children, and there is some debate among pediatricians about the value of this s...
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
A chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease marked by skin rashes, joint pain and swelling, inflammation of the kidneys, inflammation of the fibrous tissue surrounding the heart (i.e., the pericardium), as well as other problems. Not all affecte...
Nervous System
The nervous system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and processes input from the senses, and initiates actions. (see Central Nervous System).

In animals without brains, the nervous system does not...

Insomniac
I cant sleep!
Hypertension
Primary pulmonary hypertension is a progressive disorder characterized by abnormally high blood pressure (hypertension) in the arteries of the lungs (pulmonary arteries). "Primary" means that the condition is not caused by other diseases of...
Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial organism that is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected tick. Most people bitten by an infected tick develop a characteristic skin rash around the area of the bite. The rash may feel hot to the touch,...
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids, often called piles, are swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and rectum. They may result from straining when having a bowel movement or the increased pressure on these veins during pregnancy. A sometimes embarrassing topic of discussi...
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a chronic (long-lasting) skin disease of scaling and inflammation that affects 2 to 2.6 percent of the United States population, or between 5.8 and 7.5 million people. Although the disease occurs in all age groups, it primarily affects a...
Multiple Sclerosis
A disorder of the central nervous system marked by weakness, numbness, a loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control. Multiple sclerosis is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system d...
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease belongs to a group of conditions called motor system disorders. Parkinson's and related disorders are the result of the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells. Dopamine is a chemical messenger responsible for transmitting signals...
Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia is a condition caused by an abnormally low level of blood sugar (glucose) , your body''s main energy source. Hypoglycemia affects about one out of every 1,000 people in the United States, many of whom have diabetes.
Herpes Simplex
Genital herpes is an infection of the genitals, buttocks, or anal area caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV). There are two types of HSV. HSV type 1 most commonly infects the mouth and lips, causing sores known as fever blisters or cold sores. It is a...
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder that affects hemoglobin, a protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen to all parts of the body. The disorder produces abnormal hemoglobin, which causes the red blood cells to sickle or become cres...
Stroke
A stroke happens when blood flow to the brain stops. There are two different kinds of stroke. The most common is an ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel or artery in the brain. The other, less common, is a hemorrhagic st...
Mumps
Mumps is a viral illness characterized by parotitis preceded by a prodrome that may include fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and anorexia.

Following licensure of the vaccine in 1967, mumps cases in the United States have steadily decreased from an...

Whooping Cough
An acute, highly communicable bacterial disease, characterizedby a paroxysmal or spasmodic cough that usually ends in a prolonged, high-pitched, crowing inspiration (the whoop). Bordetella pertussis is the bacteria that causes pertussis.
Hyperthyroid - Hyperthyroidism

The Thyroid is a gland located beneath the voice box (larynx) that produces thyroid hormone. The thyroid helps regulate growth and metabolism.

Overactivity of the thyroid gland may be caused by a functioning growth or tumor, such as a benign nodule or...

Indigestion
ndigestion, also known as upset stomach or dyspepsia, is discomfort or a burning feeling in the upper abdomen, often accompanied by nausea, abdominal bloating, belching, and sometimes vomiting. Some people also use the term indigestion to describe th...
Surgery
A procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. An operation.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the prostate. The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system located just below the bladder (the organ that collects and empties urine) and in front of the...
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior or sometim...
Heartburn
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) does not close properly and stomach contents leak back, or reflux, into the esophagus. The LES is a ring of muscle at the bottom of the esophagus that acts lik...
Meningitis
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. The inflammation is usually caused by bacteria or viruses (viral meningitis is also called aseptic meningitis). Less common causes include fungi, proto...
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, air-filled sacs (alveoli) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes...
Peptic Ulcer
Too much stress, too much spicy food, and you may be headed for an ulcer — or so the thinking used to go. Peptic ulcers are open sores that develop on the inside lining of your stomach, upper small intestine or esophagus. The most common sympto...
Laryngitis
Laryngitis is an inflammation of your voice box (larynx) due to overuse, irritation or infection. The larynx is a framework of cartilage, muscles and mucous membranes that forms the entrance of your windpipe (trachea).
Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by bacteria. You can get syphilis by having sex with someone who already has syphilis. Syphilis can infect the mouth, genital area, or rectum. It also may get into your body through cuts or brok...
Sinusitis
Sinusitis is an inflammation, or swelling, of the tissue lining the sinuses. Normally, sinuses are filled with air. But when sinuses become blocked and filled with fluid, bacteria can grow and cause an infection.
Herpes
Genital herpes is an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus or HSV. There are two types of HSV, and both can cause genital herpes. HSV type 1 most commonly infects the lips, causing sores known as fever blisters or cold sores, but it also can i...
Herpes Zoster - Shingles
Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an attack of chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in the nerve tissue. As we get older, it is possible for the virus to reappear in the form of shi...
Tendonitis
Tendonitis (also tenonitis or tendinitis) is an inflammation of a tendon. For example, patellar tendonitis (jumper's knee) is an inflammation of the patellar tendon, which connects the tibia to the patella.

Chronic overuse of tendons leads to micros...

Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is a progressive eye condition affecting as many as 15 million Americans and millions more around the world. The disease attacks the macula of the eye, where our sharpest central vision occurs. Although it rarely results in compl...
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis (oss-tee-oh-puh-ro-sis) is a condition that means your bones are weak, and you're more likely to break a bone. Since there are no symptoms, you might not know your bones are getting weaker until you break a bone!

A broken bone can...

Obesity
Do you weigh more than you should? If so, you're like the two-thirds of American adults who are overweight. About one in three American adults is considered to be obese. And childhood obesity is at an all-time high.
Motion Sickness
Motion sickness, a common problem in travelers by automobile, train, air, and particularly sea, usually causes mild to moderate discomfort but in severe cases can be incapacitating. It affects up to half of children traveling in automobiles or airpla...
Hives
What is Urticaria? Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of swollen, pale red bumps or patches (wheals) on the skin that appear suddenly as a result of the body''s adverse reaction to certain allergens or for unknown reasons. Hives usually c...
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which breathing stops during sleep for 10 seconds or more, sometimes more than 300 times a night. The hallmark of the disorder is excessive daytime sleepiness and compromised quality of life, including significant...
Insomnia

Insomnia is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following:

1) difficulty falling asleep

2) waking up frequently during the night with difficulty returning to sleep

3) waking up too early in th...

Snoring
Snoring is the sound heard when the airway is blocked during sleep. It can result from a number of things: obesity, enlarged tonsils and adenoids, deformities in the nasal passages, etc. Smoking, heavy drinking, overeating, especially before bedtime,...
High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher. Both numbers are important. Nearly one in three American adults has high blood pressure. Once high blood pressure develops, it usually lasts a lifetime. The good news is that i...

Hyperactivity - ADD/ADHD
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that affects 3-5 percent of all American children. It interferes with a person''s ability to stay on a task and to exercise age-appropriate inhibition (cognitive alone or b...
Infection

An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. An infection is, in effect, a war in which the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host's resources in order to multiply at the expense of the host. The infect...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - IBS
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a term used to describe discomfort in the bowel (the colon, or large intestine). Symptoms of IBS may include crampy pain, bloating, gas, mucus in the stool, and changes in bowel habits. Some people with IBS have cons...
Crohn's Disease

Crohn's disease causes inflammation in the small intestine. Crohn's disease usually occurs in the lower part of the small intestine, called the ileum, but it can affect any part of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus. The inflammation ext...

Jaundice
A condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked.
Kidney Stones

Kidney stones, one of the most painful of the urologic disorders, are not a product of modern life. Scientists have found evidence of kidney stones in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. Unfortunately, kidney stones are one of the most common disorders...

Head Lice
Lice are tiny, wingless, parasitic insects that feed on your blood. This itchy infestation is easily spread — especially by school children — through close personal contact and by sharing personal belongings.
Measles
Measles is an infectious viral disease that occurs most often in the late winter and spring. It begins with a fever that lasts for a couple of days, followed by a cough, runny nose, and conjunctivitis (pink eye). A rash starts on the face and upper n...
Men's Health
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Menopause
Menopause is a normal change in a woman's life when her period stops. That's why some people call menopause "the change of life." During menopause a woman's body slowly makes less of the hormones estrogen and progesteron...
Menstrual Cramps
Menstrual cramps, or dysmenorrhea (as physicians call it), are one of the most common healthcare problems that women suffer during their reproductive years. It has been estimated that as many as 30 to 50 percent of all women suffer from pain during t...
Mental Health
Mental health is a concept that refers to a human individual's emotional and psychological well-being. Merriam-Webster defines mental health as "A state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her c...
Migraine Headache
The pain of a migraine headache is often described as an intense pulsing or throbbing pain in one area of the head. It is often accompanied by extreme sensitivity to light and sound, nausea, and vomiting. Migraine is three times more common in women...
Miscarriage
Miscarriage describes the natural or accidental termination of a pregnancy at a stage where the fetus is incapable of surviving. The medical term for Miscarriage is "spontaneous abortion," Miscarriages can occur for many reasons, not all of...
Nausea
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Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis. This is the form that usually comes with age and most often affects the fingers, knees, and hips. Sometimes osteoarthritis follows an injury to a joint. For example, a young person might hurt his k...
Pregnancy - Childbirth
What you eat every day, even before you are pregnant, is important for your health as well as for the health of your baby. Your diet before pregnancy and while you are pregnant should contain the vitamins and nutrients that your body will need to hel...
Seizures
Seizures (or convulsions) are temporary alterations in brain function expressing themselves as a changed mental state, such as tonic or clonic movements and various other symptoms. They are due to temporary abnormal electrical activity of a group of...
Quit Smoking
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Sore Throat
What causes sore throat? Sore throat, or pharyngitis, is an infection of the throat and sometimes tonsils. It is most commonly caused by bacteria called Streptococcus, which then becomes known as "strep throat."
Stress
Stress is your body's physical and psychological response to anything you perceive as overwhelming. This may be viewed as a result of life's demands, pleasant or unpleasant, and your lack of resources to meet them. When stressed, your body creates ex...
Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of one or both testicles. The testicles are 2 egg-shaped glands located inside the scrotum (a sac of loose skin that lies directly below the penis). The testicles ar...
TMJ - Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
TMJ disorders are a variety of conditions that cause tenderness and pain in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Your TMJ is the hinge joint on each side of your head where your lower jawbone (mandible) joins the temporal bone of your skull.