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The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

What is Cushing's syndrome? Cushing's syndrome is a hormonal disorder. It’s caused when you have high levels of the hormone cortisol over a long time. Cushing's syndrome is fairly rare. It most often ...

They usually have many of the same symptoms. Many of the conditions, including IBS, diverticulitis, and IBD, can cause belly pain, cramps, diarrhea, constipation, or a mix of these symptoms.

Background and Aim For years, the natural course of diverticulitis in the young has been debatable in terms of its severity and recurrence rate, and no consensus has been reached regarding its ...

Too much stress can produce both physical and emotional symptoms. Let’s look at some of the emotional signs of stress and what you can do to reduce and manage them. The Anxiety and Depression ...

Polyneuropathy occurs when multiple peripheral nerves become damaged. Symptoms include problems with sensation, coordination, or other body functions. Polyneuropathy is also known as peripheral ...

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The time at which people experience pregnancy symptoms will depend on the time of egg fertilization and subsequent uterus implantation. In this article, we look at the early signs and symptoms of ...

Signs and symptoms are abnormalities that can indicate a potential medical condition. Whereas a symptom is subjective, that is, apparent only to the patient (for example back pain or fatigue), a ...

Eventually, these conditions can lead to end-stage heart failure and/or death. End-stage heart failure means that both sides of the heart fail to pump enough blood to sustain your body. A blood test ...

According to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society, incidence rates of lung cancer are now higher in women than in men among people ... or a never-smoker goes to the doctor with lung ...