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ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) Overview

What is ERCP? Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, or ERCP, is a procedure to diagnose and treat problems in the ...

Yellow Nail Syndrome

With yellow nail syndrome, nails thicken and new growth slows. This results in a yellowish discoloration of the nails. Nails ...

Agoraphobia Theories

The theory of simple and complex agoraphobia says that anxiety caused by trauma, drugs, or illness would be simple, and ...

Gastroparesis Symptoms

What causes gastroparesis? Gastroparesis is caused when your vagus nerve is damaged or stops working. The vagus nerve controls ...

Vesicoureteral Reflux Symptoms

How is VUR Measured? The doctor looks at an X-ray of the urinary tract to find out the reflux grade. This shows how much urine ...

Fibromyalgia and Fertility Pregnancy

Though there has been little research in this area, there’s no evidence that fibromyalgia negatively affects how fertile ...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Mean age at HCM death was 56 years (range, 7-87 years); 21 deaths (72%) were considered premature, occurring before age 75 ...

Pins and Needles and Diabetes

High blood sugar can cause diabetic neuropathy, which damages the nerves that send signals from your hands and feet. Diabetic ...

Cesarean Section Recovery

It takes about six weeks to recover from a C-section, but each person’s timeline will be different. An incision ...

Lissencephaly Types

Lissencephaly is a group of disorders that is characterized by an abnormally smooth surface of the cerebral cortex. It has ...

Miliaria Treatments

In most cases the rash will clear without any treatment. However, severe cases can last for several weeks. One or more of the ...

Photoplethysmography (PPG) for Heart Disease

PPG typically measures blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and cardiac output through a series of waves and peak detection. ...

Glaucoma Management

Glaucoma is treated by lowering your eye pressure (intraocular pressure). Depending on your situation, your options may ...

BRCA1 Interactions

BRCA1 contains several functional domains that interact directly or indirectly with a variety of molecules, including tumor ...

Neurosyphilis

Neurosyphilis is a bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord. It usually occurs in people who have had untreated ...

Is Cancer a Metabolic Disorder

Emerging evidence indicates that cancer is primarily a metabolic disease involving disturbances in energy production through ...

Causes of Neck Pain

Neck pain causes include: Muscle strains. Overuse, such as too many hours hunched over your computer or smartphone, often ...

History of the Ketogenic Diet

Fasting and other dietary regimens have been used to treat epilepsy since at least 500 BC. To mimic the metabolism of fasting, ...

Breast Fat Necrosis

Fat necrosis is a benign (non-cancerous) breast condition that can develop when an area of fatty breast tissue is injured. It ...

Pathophysiology of the link between obesity and breast cancer

One hypothesis is that the biological cause of the association between obesity and post-menopausal breast cancer is the ...

Osteoporosis in Men

Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become weak and lose their strength, making them break more easily than ...

Causes of ringworm

Ringworm is caused by a type of fungi. It can be passed on through close contact with: an infected person or animal. infected ...

Orbital Blowout Fracture

An orbital blowout fracture is a traumatic deformity of the orbital floor or medial wall, typically resulting from impact of a ...

Nail Tumors

A nail tumor is a lesion found under the nail plate. It is attached to the nail bed or matrix. Most tumor growths of the nail ...

What is Radioiodine?

Radioiodine therapy is used to treat hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer. Hyperthyroidism occurs when your thyroid gland makes ...

Cataract Classification

There are three main types of cataracts, affecting different parts of the lens: posterior subcapsular cataracts. nuclear ...

Neuroblastoma Screening

There is no standard or routine screening test used to find neuroblastoma. A urine test is sometimes used to check for ...

RelapsedRefractory Follicular Lymphoma

The term relapsed refers to disease that reappears or grows again after a period of remission. The term refractory is used to ...

Measles Diagnosis

How is measles diagnosed? A doctor will suspect measles based on the common symptoms including fever and rash, and especially ...

Haemophilia Differential Diagnosis

The differential diagnoses for hemophilia B include Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, factor V, VII, and XI deficiencies, hemophilia A, ...