Diseases and Conditions
Know how to prevent, treat and control the symptoms of various diseases and medical conditions. We explain what's happening in your body when disease strikes, and what you can do to feel better faster.
Can Pollen Allergies Make You Tired?
The Science Behind the Pollen Count
Why There Is So Much Confusion About Who Has Food Allergies
Are there stretches you can do for osteoarthritis of the hip?
How do you cope with multi-level degenerative osteoarthritis?
Do You Need to Have a Positive Attitude to Beat Cancer?
8 Thoughtful Ways to Help a Loved One Going Through Chemo
Why Is Pancreatic Cancer So Deadly?
What's the Difference Between Cardiac Arrest and a Heart Attack?
How the Graphene Blood Pressure Tattoo Will Change Monitoring
Cyanosis: Why Your Fingers Turn Blue
The 1918 Spanish Flu Killed Millions — and Experts Fear It Could Happen Again
Can the Change in Temperature Really Make You Sick?
Quiz: What's the difference between flu and a cold?
10 Tips for How to Relieve Sinus Pressure
4 Occupations Prone to Sinus Trouble
Understanding Sinus Congestion
How does your body know when to secrete insulin?
Yeast Overgrowth
How to Cure A UTI Naturally
Urinary Tract Infection Lifestyle Tips
Urinary Tract Infection Prevention
The Curse of Brewing Beer in Your Own Belly
Is the BRAT Diet Still Beneficial?
Crazy Common Things People Swallow (That They Shouldn’t)
Why Your Baby Could Be Giving You Mommy Thumb
How Whole-Body Cryotherapy Works
How to Relieve Sciatic Nerve Pain
Is Polio Back? Here's What You Need to Know
Can Viruses Make You Smell More Attractive to Mosquitoes?
1 in 3 Who Had COVID-19 Have Long COVID Symptoms, Says Oxford Study
No Joke: Dead Butt Syndrome Is a Real Pain
What the Heck is Tech Neck? How Millennials Could Be the Wrinkliest Generation
Can you really get a bone infection?
Monkeypox Is a Global Health Emergency, But Don't Panic Yet
Nematodes: Do We Still Need to Worry About Roundworms and Bare Feet?
Scurvy: The Scourge of the High Seas Remains at Large Today
Monkeypox Confirmed in the U.S. and Europe. What You Need to Know
How to Clean and Store Your Cloth Face Mask
How Anosmia, or 'Smell Blindness,' Can Help Pinpoint COVID-19
Do People Really Die of Old Age?
The Sarco Suicide Pod: Controversial or Compassionate?
Telling Doctors Not to Resuscitate, by Tattoo
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Red wine contains potentially bothersome elements like tannins, histamines and sulfites. Learn whether red wine can cause skin rashes in this article.
Allergic contact dermatitis is an itchy rash you can get from touching something you're allergic to. Learn whether you can have a skin allergy to tomato plants in this article.
Some stroke patients end up with constant hiccups because of damage to their brain. Learn how recovering stroke patients can deal with hiccups in this article.
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Altitude sickness can be mild or severe. Learn whether specific foods can help treat altitude sickness in this article.
SARS originated in the Guangdong province of China in 2002. Learn more about the origins of SARS from this article.
Waking up feeling like you are suffocating can be a terrifying experience and is commonly attributed to a condition known as paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. Learn more about why you wake up with shortness of breath by reading this article.
It's important for children to know how their bodies work, so here's how you can explain the respiratory system to a child. Learn how to explain the respiratory system to a child in this article.
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The renal system controls the amount of acids and bases excreted from the body, in order to compensate for respiratory alkalosis. Learn more about how the kidneys compensate for conditions of respiratory alkalosis by reading this article.
Heavy mucous build-up can cause difficulty breathing, but there are simple methods that you can try at home to clear the mucous. Learn more about how you can treat heavy mucous build-up by reading this article.
The last reported human case of SARS was in the spring of 2004. Learn more about the eradication of SARS from this article.
Although you may experience hiccups with nausea or hiccups with a paraganglioma, hiccups don’t actually cause nausea or paraganglioma. Learn whether hiccups cause nausea or paraganglioma by reading this article.
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Vitamin C has proven to be effective in treating respiratory congestion. Learn whether vitamin C can help treat respiratory congestion in this article.
Altitude sickness can cause headaches, nausea and fatigue. Learn whether you always get a bloody nose with altitude sickness in this article.
People with allergies to alcohol may suffer from nasal congestion after consuming alcoholic drinks. Find out more about the link between alcohol and nasal congestion from this article.
Altitude sickness affects a large percentage of people who travel to high elevations. Learn whether coca leaf tea helps with altitude sickness in this article.
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How do you know if that cough, wheeze, of shortness of breath is a symptom of congestion or a lung fungus? Read this article to learn how to identify lung fungus symptoms.
Hiccups can last a few minutes or a few months. Learn whether gender has an effect on hiccups in this article.
Hiccups are common in infants and are nothing to be concerned about. Read this article to learn more about infants getting the hiccups.
Orthopnea is typically due to pericardial effusion or pulmonary edema. Learn more about whether orthopnea can come from stress from this article.
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Altitude sickness affects people who travel from a lower elevation to a significantly higher one. Learn whether there are vitamins to take for altitude sickness in this article.
Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic response. Learn whether anaphylaxis can cause inflammation in your joints in this article.
You can prevent cystic fibrosis from occurring in your offspring by doing genetic counseling. Learn if cystic fibrosis can be prevented from this article.
Chest X-rays are important for monitoring lung function in cystic fibrosis patients. Learn more about chest X-rays for cystic fibrosis from this article.
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There are some foods that may cause hiccups although, usually, the cause for hiccups is not known. Learn whether there are foods that cause hiccups in this article.
Some alcohol allergy symptoms include stomach cramps, difficulty breathing and skin rashes. Learn what some alcohol allergy symptoms are in this article.