Healthy Medical Answers

Weakness and pain around joints, ligaments, and tendons in the postpartum period is not unusual — whether you look around SteadyHealth or other online places where women who have recently...

Ureter stents are common and 74 percent of patients with some form of urinary stones will require this device to be used. Stones are a problem in 11 percent of men and 7 percent of...

Carotidynia, or Fay syndrome, is a medical condition that has received a lot of attention over the years. Even now, it is unclear if this is in fact just an unusual...

Aviane is a progestin and estrogen combination pill used for contraception. It prevents ovulation (a process in which an egg is released from an ovary) and this is its primary mechanism...

Penile health problems are not so common in everyday medical practice and a vast majority of them are benign and easy to treat. On the other hand, patients who have...

Aortic dissections are a common and dangerous condition that plague modern society. Even with advancements in modern medicine, guidelines and treatment strategies are ambiguous as to what is the "next...

Poop, stool, feces, or bowel movement — regardless of what you personally call the stuff that emerges from the digestive system, chances are that you don't think about it much...

Overview During the first trimester of pregnancy, some women may be diagnosed with ovarian cysts on routine ultrasound examination of the developing fetus. Most of the time these cysts are...

Overview of ADHD Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that affects many children worldwide and can even continue through into adulthood. The condition is characterized by a combination of persistent issues...

Overview Brown and black patches on the skin of the penis and scrotum can be caused by various conditions.   Most of these issues are benign (non-cancerous) and self-limiting which means...