Diseases and Conditions

Can you imagine a headache that lasts for days, months or even years? Millions of migraine sufferers can. It's a condition that affects many people -- so why are migraines still greatly underdiagnosed?

By Jennifer Pocock

Heart disease is more common in people with even mild to moderate kidney disease than in those of the same age and sex without kidney disease. Why is that? And what are the risks?

By Jill Ferguson

Diuretic drugs help remove excess fluid from the bodies of heart failure patients. But long-term use of diuretics may not be the best treatment for these patients.

By Jill Ferguson

People who suffer from diabetes have a greater risk of depression than people who don't have diabetes. Learn more facts about depression and diabetes, prevention, and treatment.

If you suffer from diabetes, your doctor might order an oral glucose tolerance test to measure your glucose levels. Learn more facts about diabetes, prevention, and treatment.

Sleep can be affected by diabetes. Learn more about sleep and diabetes in this article.

You wake up suddenly, gasping for air, coughing and wheezing. It could be paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. What causes it, and how can you treat it?

By Jill Ferguson

Jugular venous distension can be a sign of heart disease -- it happens when high blood pressure swells your jugular vein. How do doctors diagnose it, and how do they treat it?

By Jill Ferguson

The human body is approximately 60 percent water, which is essential to almost every life process. But sometimes a condition called fluid overload can occur, in which more fluid (primarily water) is going into your body than is coming out.

By Jill Ferguson

MRSA, also called the superbug, is a bacterium becoming resistant to antibiotics. Read about treating MRSA infections and how MRSA can be controlled.

By Josh Clark

How does it feel to die? Is there a worst way, or is it totally subjective? What factors make some ways of dying so much grislier than others?

By Josh Clark

What if your muscles, tendons and ligaments turned to bone? What if you formed a second skeleton on top of the one you already have? That's what happens with FOP.

By Katie Lambert

There are times when it feels like a pretty lucky thing to be living in the 21st century -- diseases like polio and smallpox took countless lives before a cure was found. Read our list of 12 diseases that were cured in the 20th century.

By the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.

Where you live has a lot to do with how you meet your Maker. See our list of the 15 most common causes of death in the United States, including Diabetes mellitus and heart diseases.

By the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.

These 15 causes of death make up about 58 percent of all deaths, according to the World Health Organization's World Health Report. Some of these statistics might just surprise you.

By the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.

Some causes of death stand out for their sheer level of peculiarity. See our list of 7 strange ways to die, including being struck by a tortoise falling from the air and laughing too hard.

By the Editors of Publications International, Ltd.

Feet are among the most complex and hardest-working body parts we have--no wonder they get injured every now and then. Learn how to ease, treat, or even avoid, the pain of blisters, gout, ankle sprains, fallen arches, and other ailments in your feet.

By Michael King

Feet are like snowflakes: no two are the same--even those on the same body. While many foot problems are hereditary, many can be caused by your shoes. Learn some easy suggestions to treat more common foot problems like calluses, corns, and bunions.

By Michael King

Swallowing sugar, pulling your tongue, biting a lemon, holding your breath -- these are all homegrown hiccup cures. What makes hiccups so hard to stop?

By Melissa Jeffries

Cardiovascular disease kills more Americans than the next four causes of death combined. Coronary heart disease is the most common culprit. Find out how to avoid becoming a statistic.

By Neil Stone

Foods and supplements that can help lower cholesterol are a powerful tool in the fight against heart disease. Learn which foods, as part of a healthy diet, act as the most potent cholesterol-lowering agents.

By Adrienne Forman

Cholesterol produces a wealth of highly valuable substances in the body. It makes its mark in digestion, absorption of vitamins, and even reproduction. Find out why your body needs cholesterol.

By Neil Stone

The giddiness over studies showing that circumcision reduces a man's risk of contracting AIDS from an infected woman has died down a bit in the wake of subsequent research. It appears that a woman's risk of contracting AIDS from an infected man may be greater if he's circumcised.

By Julia Layton

Monitoring your blood sugar is a vital part of the diabetes management process, and frequent self-monitoring is the key to successful diabetes care. Learn more about blood sugar and diabetes.

By Dr. Allen Bennett King & Dr. Dana Armstrong

A research group in Atlanta has developed an AIDS vaccine that shows 96 percent effectiveness in non-human, pre-clinical trials. It's already in Phase I human trials and could be on the market within four years.

By Julia Layton