Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths for both men and women around the world. While cases have been on the decline in Western countries due to early screening, the problem ...

A parasitic infection, also known as Chagas disease, that is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, It is largely transmitted through the bite of an insect known as the kissing bug or “triatomine ...

Top diet experts say a Mediterranean-style diet can help ease the mystery weight gain, crushing fatigue and palpitations suffered by women with thyroid disease – which affects one in 20 in the UK. The ...

Top diet experts say a Mediterranean-style diet can help ease the mystery weight gain, crushing fatigue and palpitations suffered by women with thyroid disease – which affects one in 20 in the UK. The ...

Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. More than 33 million people in the United States have ...

Itchy feet in people with diabetes can be caused by poor circulation or damage to the nerve fibers in the legs and feet. High blood sugar can contribute to both conditions. Diabetes that isn’t ...

The lower urinary tract is innervated by a complex system of autonomic and somatic nerves, the former of which control the smooth muscle of the bladder and the urethra and the latter of which activate ...

Mast cell activation syndrome is a condition that causes mast cells to release an inappropriate amount of chemicals into your body. This causes allergy symptoms and a wide range of other symptoms.

After the success of the preliminary Boston trials for the Pill in 1954 and 1955, John Rock and Gregory Pincus were confident they had honed in on an oral contraceptive. But without large-scale human ...