Warmer weather is here and so are the mosquitoes. Here’s what happens when a mozzie bites and our body reacts.

Calcium deposits are also called calcification. They can cause the affected soft tissues to harden, which may interfere with their function. Calcifications, or calcium deposits, are hard nodules that ...

Because styes are typically caused by staphylococcus bacteria, there’s usually no need for testing to determine the cause of the infection. You can lower your risk of a stye by washing your ...

It’s also responsible for nearly 350,000 deaths. Keep reading to learn more about the symptoms, types, and causes of sepsis, as well as how it’s treated.

Gastritis causes inflammation of the stomach lining (known as the mucosa). The stomach's lining protects it from digestive acids and potentially harmful microbes, such as bacteria. Irritation or ...

“That’s because those hormones can trigger cholecystitis, which causes the gallbladder to be less active and contributes to the formation of gallstones,” says Lazar. Gallbladder problems are ...

However, pancreatic cancer can run in families. Certain gene mutations have been identified as able to cause pancreatic cancer and other health conditions. However, not every genetic mutation that ...

What I mean, by contrast, is this: What was the essence, the substance, or what is called in philosophy the material cause of the Protestant Reformation? Another way to ask it would be this: What was ...

Different epilepsies are due to many different underlying causes. The causes can be complex, and sometimes hard to identify. A person might start having seizures because they have one or more of the ...

Iliopsoas bursitis, commonly known as snapping hip, is a rarer type of bursitis that arises due to inflamed bursa on the inside of the hip (by the groin). This type causes pain in the front of the hip ...

which causes pain at the front of the knee. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that cushions the knee muscles, tendons, and bones. Your knee has six of these sacs. When these bursa sacs become irritated ...

(1) There are many causes of this issue, but almost 10 years of working with clients as a personal trainer has shown me that hip bursitis is among the top three most common causes of hip pain. In this ...