Allergies and Allergy Tests
Your immune system protects your body from potentially dangerous invaders. Allergic reactions are a type of immune response and are determined by the interplay...
Presbyopia: Causes and Treatments
Starting in the early to mid-40s, many people may have problems reading small print, whether it’s printed matter or on a computer monitor, even...
Latest Cholesterol Guidelines
Long-awaited and much-delayed, new cholesterol guidelines were released by an expert panel from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in...
Osteoarthritis: Causes and Treatments
The most prevalent kind of arthritis, often referred to as degenerative joint disease (DJD) and the medical name for a wide range of conditions...
Anal Fissues: A Pain in the Rear
Anal fissures are a condition that is rarely talked about in social settings but that affects between 250,000 and 340,000 persons annually in the...