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Exercise after heart surgery is something I know a little too much about. Over the past three years, I have had six heart procedures. I caught an infection, I developed...

Prostate inflammation, also known as prostatitis, is a condition that occurs in men most commonly in their late teens and early twenties, or about the age of 60 and older...

What Is Acid Reflux? Food travels through the esophagus towards the stomach. At its very end, esophagus is narrowed due to a sphincter (concentric muscle) located in its wall. This...

During ejaculation, semen is rapidly ejected from the testicles into the urethra and then eliminated from the body in jets. On its long way, the male urethra passes through the...

Prostate is an exocrine gland which produces important components of semen. It is located in the male pelvis, right beneath the urinary bladder, and the urethra passes through its tissue...

About 15 years ago I went to an academic seminar on treating stress-related diseases. I met an amazingly inventive engineer named Saul Lyss. He had invented something you could call...

I have to admit I have a bias in writing about "random," unexplained nausea. I had a mesenteric blood clot, myself. It caused severe pain, but I also remember thinking...

Caffeine is probably the world's most popular drug. Legal everywhere (I once had a cup of coffee at the Denny's across from Temple Square in Salt Lake City), caffeine is...

Autoimmune hepatitis (previously known as autoimmune liver disease and autoimmune chronic active hepatitis) is condition that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the liver. Usually there is some kind...

A hip replacement is a surgery in which the diseased part of the hip joint is replaced with an artificial part called a prosthesis. If it involves the whole of...