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Symptoms of Hepatitis C on Skin, Hair, and Nails

Hepatitis C affects your liver the most, but it can cause problems with other body parts, too, including your skin. Your doctor will probably tell ...

How Not to Wreck Your Liver

It's all about a healthy lifestyle, says Ray Chung, MD, medical director of the liver transplant program at Massachusetts General Hospital. 'Taking...

Common Heartburn Triggers

What triggers heartburn can be, well, a burning question. Fatty foods, large portions, and late- night meals are the top three triggers that affect...

Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (Silent Reflux)

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is similar to another condition -- GERD -- that results from the contents of the stomach backing up (reflux). Silent...

Living & Managing

Tracking your triggers can help manage heartburn effectively and naturally.

Blueberries May Banish Belly Fat

'Some measurements were changed by blueberry even if the rats were on a high- fat diet,' researcher E. Researchers say the results suggest that ant...

Metabolic Syndrome Health Center

Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors -- high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and belly fat -- t...

Heart Disease and Stroke

Your doctor can evaluate your risk for stroke and help you control your risk factors. A stroke, sometimes called a 'brain attack,' occurs when bloo...

Why Belly Fat Hurts The Heart

Researchers have found that exercise is a must to get rid of belly fat. 29, 2008 -- Belly fat tucked deep inside your waistline may be worse for yo...

Intermittent Claudication

Claudication is pain you feel when your leg muscles don’t get enough blood while you exercise. PAD is when your arteries, especially the ones in yo...

Heart Failure: Belly Fat Bad, Exercise Good

Their evidence comes from the largest study to date of exercise for heart failure patients. More than 2,300 heart failure patients in the U.S., Can...

Treating Heart Failure with Aldactone

Aldactone protects the heart by blocking a certain chemical (aldosterone) in the body that causes salt and fluid build-up. When receiving aldactone...