You may be surprised if your healthcare provider recommends an antidepressant for chronic pain. Is this because she believes you are depressed? Or can antidepressants help with pain even for people ...

Background: Pilonidal disease is an acute or chronic infection in the subcutaneous ... This method is also problematic in patients with a pilonidal sinus larger than 4–5 cm and in those who ...

On physical examination, there is mild edema on the dorsal surface of ... How would you manage her leg symptoms? Chronic venous insufficiency manifests as a spectrum of signs and symptoms ...

The cause of Meniere’s disease is unknown ... However, if the congestion is due to a more persistent issue such as chronic sinusitis, Eustachian tube dysfunction, or an ear infection, it ...

Anemia is more common in later-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), with diabetes and dialysis increasing the risk. Treating the underlying cause can improve symptoms and quality of life.

A previously unknown disease making the rounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a severe form of malaria, the country’s health ministry has announced. Health authorities on Tuesday ...

The connection between infection and chronic disease is one I know personally. A few years ago, I was diagnosed with oral cancer. My doctors tracked the cause to a human papillomavirus (HPV) ...

Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults reported living with chronic pain in 2023, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just over 24 percent (24.3 percent ...

A view of the Panzi General Referral Hospital in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has seen an outbreak of a mystery disease [Lucien Lufutu/AP] Goma, Democratic Republic of the ...

This unsettling event has reignited discussions about “Disease X.” Disease X is not an actual but a hypothetical disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) coined the term in 2018 to ...

JOHANNESBURG – Dozens of people have died and hundreds have been struck by a flu-like illness dubbed Disease X that was first detected in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in ...