Acoustic neuroma, also known as vestibular schwannoma, is a noncancerous and usually slow-growing tumor that develops on the main (vestibular) nerve leading from your inner ear to your brain. Branches of this nerve directly influence your balance and hearing, and pressure from an acoustic neuroma can cause hearing loss, ringing in your ear and unsteadiness. […]

Achilles tendon rupture is an injury that affects the back of your lower leg. It mainly occurs in people playing recreational sports, but it can happen to anyone. The Achilles tendon is a strong fibrous cord that connects the muscles in the back of your calf to your heel bone. If you overstretch your Achilles […]

Acanthosis nigricans is a condition that causes areas of dark, thick velvety skin in body folds and creases. It typically affects the armpits, groin and neck. Acanthosis nigricans (ak-an-THOE-sis NIE-grih-kuns) tends to affect people with obesity. It is a rare health condition. Rarely, the skin condition can be a sign of cancer in an internal […]

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an enlarged area in the lower part of the major vessel that supplies blood to the body (aorta). The aorta runs from the heart through the center of the chest and abdomen. The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, so a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm can cause […]

Athritis is the swelling and tenderness of one or more joints. The main symptoms are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. Osteoarthritis causes cartilage — the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint — to break down. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which the immune […]

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder or PMDD, is a cyclic, hormone-based mood disorder, commonly considered a severe and disabling form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). While up to 85% of women experience PMS, only around 5% of women are diagnosed with PMDD, according to a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry. While the core symptoms of PMDD […]

Psychosis is a condition in which a person begins to see and/or hear things that aren’t really there or experience false ideas about reality.  When psychosis occurs alongside depression, it is called psychotic depression. Women are twice as likely as men to develop depression than men. About two-thirds of those who develop severe depression are […]

Constipation is generally described as having fewer than three bowel movements a week. Treatment for chronic constipation depends in part on the underlying cause. The common causes of constipation include tiny tears in the skin around the anus, a blockage in the intestines, Colon cancer, Narrowing of the colon and rectum bulge through the back […]

Diagnosis of PTSD requires exposure to an event that involved the actual or possible threat of death, violence or serious injury. Your exposure can happen in one or more of these ways directly experienced the traumatic event, witnessed, in person, the traumatic event occurring to others, or learned someone close to you experienced or was […]

Diagnosis of PTSD requires exposure to an event that involved the actual or possible threat of death, violence or serious injury. You may have PTSD if the problems you experience after this exposure continue for more than a month and cause significant problems in your ability to function in social and work settings and negatively […]