Conditions & Diseases

You have prob­a­bly heard that too much sun expo­sure can cause skin can­cer — includ­ing melanoma. But do you know these oth­er melanoma risk factors?

Learn how head and neck can­cer is con­nect­ed to oral HPV and what you can do to pre­vent both health conditions. 

Vestibu­lar reha­bil­i­ta­tion ther­a­py is an exer­cise-based ther­a­py to treat imbal­ance, dizzi­ness, and ver­ti­go. Here’s what you need to know.

Occu­pa­tion­al ther­a­py is known to help phys­i­cal dis­abil­i­ties and injuries, but it can help with much more. Learn about these sur­pris­ing rea­sons to go to OT.

Nor­mal vagi­nal dis­charge is just part of being a woman. But some­times, vagi­nal dis­charge can be a sign of some­thing else going on.

Does your skin blush or flush eas­i­ly? Does your face have a red appear­ance with bumps or pim­ples? Does your skin seem over­ly sen­si­tive? You may be one of approx­i­mate­ly 16 mil­lion Amer­i­cans suf­fer­ing from rosacea. 

Com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent things hap­pen inter­nal­ly when you have a heart attack vs going into car­diac arrest. Learn the dif­fer­ence between them.

Dry skin is com­mon and can cause flak­ing and crack­ing. Here are the caus­es of dry skin, how to get rid of it, and when to see a dermatologist.

Shin­gles symp­toms can be itchy and painful — but vac­cines can pre­vent cas­es from devel­op­ing. If you’re over 50 years old, it may be time to get vaccinated.

Kid­ney stones are one of those med­ical con­di­tions that you may hear about, but don’t ful­ly under­stand how they may affect you until you are expe­ri­enc­ing them your­self. They are so painful that some peo­ple even com­pare pass­ing a kid­ney stone to the pain of childbirth.