Mononucleosis is a viral infection that causes extreme fatigue, body aches, fever, and other symptoms. Also known as mono, the infection is often called "the ki...
Macular degeneration is disorder that effects cells in the retina, causing changes in vision. Macular degeneration causes vary, but the disease is most commonly...
Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of a black-legged tick, or deer tick. (1) Depending on how much time has passed since the bite from an infected tick, Ly...
Kidney stones are hard deposits made of minerals and salts, which form inside your kidneys. (1) While they can be painful, there are numerous kidney stone treat...
Herpes is a common virus that causes cold sores on the mouth or sores on the genitals. The two most common types are HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-1 causes cold sores to...
Hemorrhoids are a common condition that over half of all people will develop at some point in their lives. Symptomatic hemorrhoids affect millions of people aro...
Hyperlipidemia is the medical term for high cholesterol. Many factors lead to high cholesterol, including a sedentary lifestyle, a poor diet, and smoking. While...
The human papillomavirus or HPV, is the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in the United States. HPV is a group of common and infectious viruses that c...
When the kidneys stop working well enough to keep you alive, kidney failure occurs. Kidney failure causes include taking certain medications, being overweight o...
Fibroids, which are the most frequently seen tumors of the female reproductive system, come in a variety of types. Intramural and cervical, for example, are com...
An enlarged spleen is a sign that the immune system is fighting to remove threats from the body, but failing to do so. There are numerous causes for an enlarged...
Dementia. Just the word strikes fear in the heart. However, there are many dementia types, so the condition isn't easily described as a specific disease. But de...
