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"Old guys" more often than not are familiar the sensation of needing to urinate without being able to urinate. By the time men are 85 or so, over 90 percent...

Cheilitis is inflammation of the lip. There are several different forms of the disease: Cheilitis granulomatosa produces a mass of malformed tissue (sometimes black, sometimes not) after the immune system is...

The only way you can know for sure what is causing sudden loss of vision in just one eye is to have a doctor examine you, and you may not...

Gallstones can make you miserable. Gallbladder surgery can make you miserable, too. Whether you, like most people, have the small-incision laparoscopic surgery, or you can't tolerate the carbon dioxide the...

You wouldn't think that everyday bathroom functions could have a profound short-term effect on the heart. But the truth is that simple defecation or urination can alter heartbeat enough to...

Millions of people have damage to the median nerve, which flows through the carpal tunnel in the wrist to the hand. Most of the time the problem is something called...

Erythema nodosum is a painful and sometimes persistent skin condition also know as panniculitis. The writers of medical textbooks and the kinds of pamphlets you might get in your doctor's...

The skin of the lower leg region is very susceptible to various inflammatory conditions due to poor vascularization and very fragile innervation. Different metabolic, infectious, and hypersensitivity reactions often affect...

Although seemingly simple, the eyelids are organs with very complex structure and function. They are composed of several layers of soft tissue lying between a thin layer of skin on the outside...

Have you been living with severe eczema? Have none of the treatments you have tried so far offered you much relief? Don't stop looking. There's more to eczema treatment than...