Her son has had allergic reactions to mold before, including itchy eyes and coughing, and the threat of it happening again ...

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We often discuss depression and dementia separately, although scientists have long observed a connection between the two: People with depression appear to have a higher likelihood of developing ...

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Heart disease can sneak up on a person, something Dr. Jennifer Haythe sees as she treats patients dealing with the No. 1 killer of Americans. “You can have many risk factors for heart disease that is ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation are common symptoms of bowel obstruction. Partial bowel obstruction symptoms may come and go for days or weeks before worsening. Intussusception in children ...

Lupita Nyong’o marked her birthday with a different kind of Instagram post on Sunday—one that highlighted not her age but the number of fibroids (a.k.a. usually non-cancerous uterine tumors) she has ...

Everyone knows the feeling: you forget to drink water for hours on end and start to feel strange. Your throat might feel dry and scratchy; maybe your muscles start to feel tight muscles. But inside ...

In the United States, some vitamin deficiencies are more common than others (like vitamin D, for example). One that lands on the rarer end of the spectrum is a deficiency in vitamin B2, or riboflavin.

If you have a vagina, you know things can ebb and flow in your lower region. Maybe you wake up with heinous cramps and wonder if your period is en route—or perhaps your cycle is off-kilter, and you ...

Introduction Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is an infection of the central nervous system that accounts for approximately 19% ...