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Hospital Medication Errors: Reducing Your Risk

Medication errors are unfortunately common in the practice of healthcare.

Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is the condition that results when any part of your ear isn’t working the way it should. Doctors classify hearing loss by degrees. It ...

Causes and Symptoms of Severe Hearing Loss

Conductive hearing loss happens because of a problem in the ear canal, eardrum, or the middle ear that prevents sound from carrying well to the inn...

What is a Growth Hormone Stimulation Test?

A test can measure the amount of GH in your blood. That is why doctors use different methods to stimulate or suppress the release of growth hormone...

Ganglion Cyst

A ganglion cyst is a small sac of fluid that forms over a joint or tendon (tissue that connects muscle to bone). One theory suggests that trauma ca...

What is Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia?

Anemia is a condition that happens when you don’t have enough red blood cells to carry oxygen to your body’s tissues. For instance, people with cel...

Fine Needle Aspiration

Using endoscopy, doctors can also reach areas deeper in the body. Or, the biopsy sample may be sent to a lab for further testing. Final results of ...

Tips for a Successful Doctor Visit

No matter how much you love your doctor, it’s likely that once you don that gaping gown and hop on the exam table, you hope for a visit that’s as q...

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)

The virus is found in saliva, so you can catch mono from kissing someone who’s infected. EBV stays in your body long after you get over mono. One t...

Elephantiasis: what to Know

They can live there for years and cause a lot of damage to your lymph system. You may not know you have elephantiasis until you notice the swelling...

What is Eisenmenger Syndrome?

When that oxygen-carrying blood goes back to the heart, the left atrium takes it in and passes it to the left ventricle, which sends it out to your...

What is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a disease that weakens the connective tissues of your body. EDS can make your joints loose and your skin thin and e...