Body & Health Conditions Medical Answers

Hashimoto’s disease, also called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease. What this means is that the body’s immune system treats one of its own organs as a foreign agent and...

Pimples on skin can be caused by various skin disorders. The word “pimple” is an urban term which represents all kinds of lumps on the skin, but there are some...

Although not a life-threatening condition, acne vulgaris has a huge impact on a person’s life. This disorder affects people at the most sensitive age (adolescence) when all kinds of physical...

Hemorrhoids affect a great number of people worldwide, and although they are mild and temporary in most people, they can really produce debilitating symptoms in some cases. There are several...

Skin conditions are always very disconcerting to people since they have a high amount of visibility and cosmetic disfigurement attached to them. This may be temporary, but can cause a...

The problem of having ingrown hair is quite common. This is the condition in which hair starts to curl back towards the skin after growing and then pierces the skin...

Chemotherapy, and for purposes of keeping the conversation simple, let's use the term to refer to cancer chemotherapy, can have profound effects on the immune system. Changes in the immune...

Certain Central American countries, especially Nicaragua, have very high rates of stomach cancer. They also have endemic infections with Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium associated with gastric and duodenal ulcers (peptic ulcer...

"Cold" was accepted as a cause of disease for thousands of years. The ancient Chinese master physician Zhang Zhongjing described "wind evil" and "pathogenic cold" as causes of disease nearly...

There is a very straightforward answer to the question of whether teenagers can get cancer: Yes, but it's relatively rare. In the United States, where good records are kept, about...