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Dermatomyositis is an inflammatory condition of the skin and muscles. Regions of inflammation can calcify, especially when the disease strikes children and adolescents, and the condition can spread from skin...

About 1 out of every 25,000 people in the world will develop Huntington disease. That means 24,999 out of every 25,000 people will not. The Baylisascaris procyonis parasite is found in...

Medical procedures in the United States are breathtakingly expensive. A heart catheterization is typically $50,000 to $100,000. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) might cost $25,000 to $50,000. Inguinal hernia repair...

Strange sensations and strange sounds from the abdomen are symptoms of many diseases. Known as borborygmus, some tummy rumbles are so loud that they can be heard from across a...

Polymyositis is an inflammatory disease that attacks muscles. IIn polymyositis, T-cells that ordinarily would release chemicals and B-cells that would ordinarily release antigens to destroy a germ instead release the same...

Intense ear pain is usually something entirely different from, say, an itchy ear canal. You can have a pain in the ear that feels like your head is about to...

Anyone who lives in the United States can file a complaint about a defective medication or product with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It's important to understand that the...

The most common source of pain in just one nostril is one or more nasal polyps. A polyp is an abnormal growth that is the end result of a long...

A surgical abortion is an extremely common procedure and is in fact considered to be the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the United States of America. The routine nature...

PCOS or Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a condition in which the level of the estrogen does not fluctuate as it should and thus causes an irregular menstrual cycle. This hormonal disturbance...