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One of the diagnostic tests for coronary heart disease is an echocardiography. How does it work?

Many different tests are used during the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, one of which is known as an exercise (cardiac) stress test. What can you expect from an exercise cardiac test?

Take-outs are easy to order and they come right to your door, wonderful news if you don't have time to cook something yourself. However, if you're planning on losing weight, take-outs and restaurants can really get in the way.

Hepatitis E is more dangerous than you thought, and people in developed countries may be at risk, too. What else didn't you know about this kind of viral hepatitis?

Asthma is a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which affects people of all ages. Still, its onset is most common during childhood. There are some differences in asthma diagnosis between children and adults.

Cold sores or oral herpes infections are extremely common and affects almost every single person in the world. The severity of this infection can vary quite significantly, as can the affected complications. Here is everything you need to know about it!

People become addicted to an incredibly wide variety of substances and behaviors. What do they all have in common, and how do these common features allow doctors to make a diagnosis of addiction?

What are the causes and risk factors of peripartum cardiomyopathy? How can peripartum cardiomyopathy be diagnosed? We delve into the topic to find out more about the condition.

A tooth abscess is caused when a tooth infection starts to spread into the surrounding spaces. It is a serious condition that requires immediate intervention to prevent tooth loss or the spread of infection to other parts of the jaw and face.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition that thickens portions of the heart muscle. About one in 500 adults are affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and many cases are not yet diagnosed.