Receiving a diagnosis of melanoma is a nightmare for most patients. After times of uncertainty, you finally know what it is, but for most diagnosed patients, it is just the...

Willis-Ekbom disease, better known as restless legs syndrome or RLS, is a (sleep) condition that affects between 7% and 10% of the people in our country. Despite the condition's name...

Menopause means that you haven't had your period for 12 months while you're not pregnant or ill. It occurs because the levels of female hormones, such as estrogen, progesterone, and...

Streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), is a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils caused by a group A streptococcal infection. All age groups can be affected by this bacterium. In...

It’s flu season, which means you want to be sure you’ve caught influenza and not just a common cold. After all, you don’t want to infect someone else with it....

Cardiovascular disease - diseases that occur in the heart or blood vessels - is the leading cause of death for men and women in our country - that's 1 in...

Receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer is a nightmare for most patients. After times of uncertainty, you finally know what it is, but for most diagnosed patients, it is just...

Gallstones, medically known as cholelithiasis, are a very common health condition in developed countries, like the United States or Canada. About 20% of Americans who are 65 or older suffer...

Last year more than 3.6 million babies were born in our country. This was a slight increase from the year before. All these (new) mothers must have experienced pregnancy symptoms...

You might think food poisoning is a simple and insignificant medical problem, but did you know that approximately 3,000 Americans die from complications related to food poisoning every year? 48...

Last year more than 3.5 million children were born in the United States. All these pregnancies have come to an end and are completed successfully. Unfortunately, this isn't always the...

Each year, more than 350 thousand Americans have been admitted to the hospital with pancreatitis. This may not seem like much, but this condition is on the rise. In other...