Healthy articles

Some teenagers are faking Tourette's and Dissociative Identity Disorder on YouTube and TikTok, and many others are led to believe that they may have ADHD, OCD, or depression after watching a short video. What's going on?

Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks liver cells of the same organism. This causes the liver to become inflamed, resulting in hepatitis.

Palpitations are pounding or racing feelings in your heart. You may become suddenly aware of your heartbeat, or feel that your heartbeat is not as it used to be.

Cholesterol is a type of fat made by the body, essential for good health. Cholesterol is an ingredient of every cell in the body.

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It is a very serious disease in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and doesn't work as well as it should.

With Sjogren’s syndrome, changes occur in the immune system. This is the body’s defense against disease. The problem is that the immune system lacks the usual controls.

Many people start getting depressed in the fall and feel dowright miserable by the first day of winter--all because they don't get enough bright light. Here are causes and cures of the wintertime blues, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

Mono or mononucleosis, also called the kissing disease, is named after its transmission via infected saliva. However, this disease is not as funny as the name implies. The virus that causes it is Epstein-Barr, or EBV virus.

Scoliosis occurs relatively frequently in the general population. Its frequency depends upon the magnitude of the curve of the spine. Scoliosis of greater than 25 degrees occurs in many people all around the world.

Diverticulitis is a common problem that can occur due to diverticula inflammation in the intestine, which are tiny pouches or weak areas that bulge out from the lining of the wall of the intestine.