For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
The bacteria Mycobacteria tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis, or TB, primarily affects the lungs, it can spread through the blood stream to other sites, a circumstance called extrapulmonary or disseminated tuberculosis.
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The upper back contains two segments of the backbone, known as the cervical and thoracic spine. Multiple nerves come out of the spine in the upper back and can become compressed or pinched. A slipped disc or pressure from nearby muscles and tendons can compress nerves.
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Pain at the top of your calf can occur for a variety of reasons, ranging from harmless and to potentially life-threatening conditions. Here's what you need to know about the causes of this symptom.
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The left back and shoulder region includes many structures that can cause pain, including your shoulder joint, ribs, shoulder blade and various muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Pain in the left back and posterior shoulder can caused by injuries, including joint sprains and muscle strains.
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Your belly button is located directly in front of your lower-digestive system, and its pain could be sign of a digestive health condition. The most probable causes of belly button pain after eating include gas pains, a stomach ulcer and food intolerances. Candidiasis or a hernia are also possibilities.
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When there is a break, laceration or incision in the skin, a large number of bacteria — especially the bacteria that normally colonize the skin — can enter the body and cause infection.
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Even if you’re not a breast cancer survivor, you can help women recovering from breast cancer surgery. Buy any Athleta bra from Oct 2-15 and the company will donate an Empower Bra to UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, up to a maximum of 2,500 bras.
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This is what living with cancer is like. It’s not living “in spite” of cancer, or “through” cancer, or “above” cancer. It’s having it. And it’s also having all the other stuff too, the stuff that makes life rich and fun and hard.
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It shouldn’t take surviving stage three triple negative breast cancer to make you live every day like it’s your last.
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Here's what it feels like to go to the doctor when you’re pretty sure you have breast cancer. You have to leave the solid ground of before. You have to leap into after. Your life depends on it.
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I learned that while you can’t “catch” cancer, I have what’s called a cancer history, meaning there was a chance I might carry the BRCA gene mutation — something that greatly increases the likelihood of getting the disease.
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Paige More, 26, underwent a preventative double mastectomy in January 2017 after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene mutation.
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The secret to keeping keto? Flavorful fat bombs that deliver a combination of high fat and protein for some fat-burning boosts. Here are ten recipes for you to try.
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Itching on the bottom of the feet has a variety of possible causes. Walking barefoot and wearing sweaty shoes make the feet susceptible to some disorders that cause itching. Other causes, such as scabies, may also cause itching on the bottom of the feet.
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Exercise is even better for your health than previously thought. New research claims it has both vision and brain benefits.
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Breast tissue is sensitive to hormonal changes. Hormonal changes can cause an increase in size, tenderness and breast composition. These changes occur during every menstrual cycle. The introduction of hormones might change breast size, but it can also cause many unwanted and unpleasant side effects.
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Initially, vape pens were touted as cigarette smoking cessation devices, but that's shaping up not to be the case. Here's everything you need to know about vaping. Spoiler alert: It's not quite the safe alternative it's touted to be.
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The generic term steroids includes both corticosteroids and anabolic steroids. Each type of steroid can lead to side effects in both women and men. Here's what you need to know about these side effects.
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Marie Forleo, host of MarieTV, knows a thing or two about having a busy life. After leaving the corporate world, Forleo launched a successful life-coaching business, which now comprises the weekly show she hosts on MarieTV, online training courses and a book. She calls herself a “multi-passionate entrepreneur.
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Chef Seamus Mullen believes in food as a healing agent. Growing up on a farm in Vermont, Mullen is no stranger to whole, nutrient-dense foods. He “didn’t know what a bad tomato was” until he went to school. But as he got older, certain foods severely affected his well-being.
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