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 ...

9. What is the prognosis of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome? Short Term: Analysis of the published catastrophic APS case reports shows that mortality from this condition has been decreasing ...

Charles and colleagues’ overview of management of acute pain crisis in sickle cell disease is welcome,1 especially as patients move away from city centres to areas that typically have a less ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that causes symptoms like abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in bowel habits. The symptoms can range from mild to severe ...

Mild symptoms are usually managed conservatively. Drugs may also be offered, such as alpha-adrenoceptor blockers and 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors. If other treatments have not worked, surgical options ...

There is even a medical name for the condition: retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (R-CPD), also known as "no burp syndrome." The cricopharyngeus is the main muscle of the upper esophageal ...

Into that void have sprouted many competing hypotheses about the biology of long Covid, as well as connected ideas about potential treatments ... chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), another ...

Data around flat head syndrome is scarce, and scientists at the clinic are carrying out research to investigate further. Image: Becky Darby said getting the helmet treatment was the 'best decision ...

At the hospital, a CT scan detected subdural hematoma, or a collection of blood between the brain and the skull—one of the symptoms typically associated with "shaken baby syndrome" (SBS), now ...

Last month, media reports claimed that the accelerated accumulation of space debris had raised the real possibility of a "collision cascading" effect called the Kessler Syndrome. Kessler Syndrome ...

Jacobson and Fry. Because muscle twitches are, largely, “relatively harmless,” Fry says, treatment is usually about identifying what triggers them and reigning that in. So, for example ...