Sometimes when people lose their vision, they can begin to have hallucinations. It鈥檚 called Charles Bonet Syndrome (CBS) and is more common than you think. It may sound scary but...
Broken bones can occasionally heal in the wrong position, forming a 鈥渕alunion鈥 or 鈥渕alalignment鈥 after treatment. These misaligned bones can cause further problems and pain in the body. Dr. Tom...
Most research says getting less than the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep a night can be detrimental to your health. But as many as 10 percent of Americans...
You have a piece of food stuck in your throat. Maybe a piece of steak you didn鈥檛 chew well enough. It isn鈥檛 blocking your airway, but it鈥檚 definitely not going...
It鈥檚 that time of the month when your hormones are supposedly out of whack, everything annoys you, and it feels like a shark is attacking your abdominal area. As much...
If you are at risk for skin cancer, you'd want to take every precaution to prevent melanoma. Mole mapping is an excellent tool to detect skin conditions earlier. Dermatologist Dr...
What do doctors consider when determining whether to use a CT scan or a MRI for a patient? Radiologist Dr. Ulrich Rassner says there are many factors that go into...
There are many feeding recommendations for infants鈥攊t can be hard as a parent to keep up with all the latest research and advice. Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner shares the facts...
If you get a call from your doctor鈥檚 office about an abnormal pap smear, you might start to freak out. Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones says it鈥檚 a good idea to...
For most kids who are active, complaints about joint pain can be both common and harmless. But if your child鈥檚 joint pain is severe or chronic, it may be early...
In one way or another, you find yourself punctured with a freshly sharpened No. 2 pencil. There might even be a bit of a dark spot from the graphite underneath...
After menopause, a majority of women don't take hormonal therapy with estrogen and often find they have a sense of dryness or burning in the vaginal area. The good news...
Medical experts recommend pregnant women sleep on their side, but what if it makes you so uncomfortable you can鈥檛 even fall asleep? Is going to sleep in a different position...
鈥淛ust as you鈥檙e figuring out something, it changes on you.鈥 Peter and Annie met in junior high school, but didn鈥檛 start dating until a few years later. When Peter decided...
Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the tonsils that is relatively common. It鈥檚 contagious and can lead to a very sore throat, so the earlier it鈥檚 treated, the better...
Severe grief or disruption can cause anyone to cry, and that鈥檚 normal. Prolonged crying that persists without reason is not normal and may indicate a serious condition requiring treatment. Dr...
You wake up in the morning with stomach pain so severe that you can鈥檛 stand up straight. Emergency physician Dr. Scott Youngquist tells you if that鈥檚 a reason to go...
鈥淎m I really going to derail the path that I鈥檓 on right now to line up with somebody else?鈥 Antigone and Ira have different versions of how they met, but...
It may seem like a given鈥攊f you run long distances regularly, then you鈥檒l eventually need a knee replacement. But from a doctor's perspective, that's actually not true. Emergency physician Dr...
Some of the health issues that concerns women don鈥檛 actually pertain to their own health, but rather, the health of the men in their life. One of the health problems...
鈥淭ry to put them first and reduce the stressors in their life.鈥 Zach met his wife Tenley, while she had taken a year off to improve her application for medical...
You feel a pain in your chest and left arm. You immediately start worrying that you're having a heart attack. At what point do chest pains equal a heart attack...
