Study finds long COVID patients feel pressure to prove their illness is real
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People living with long COVID often feel dismissed, disbelieved, and unsupported by their health care providers,...
Diseases and medical conditions
Why your medical condition might be named after a food
From watermelon stomach to chocolate cysts, you might wonder why doctors decided to name some ailments after foods – after...
The hidden struggle of women with rare diseases
Rare diseases were not something I studied in any depth in medical school or residency. It was my aunt, Dr....
Get a leg up on deep-vein thrombosis
If you experience leg pain, your first thought may be a strained muscle or an injury. However, if the pain...
10 Severe Medical Conditions with Surprising Health Benefits
Throughout human evolution, genetic variations that cause devastating diseases have persisted in populations at rates that seem to defy natural...
1 gene may explain 30 mysterious medical conditions
Scientists' investigation of a rare disorder in a single patient has solved medical mysteries affecting at least 30 people.These patients...
Rare Genetic Disorders In Peril Amid Latest U.S. Research Budget Cuts
Scientists working in the laboratorygetty Amongst the political shockwaves that have to date characterized President Donald Trump’s first few weeks...
Oral health
Key factsOral diseases, while largely preventable, pose a major health burden for many countries and affect people throughout their lifetime,...
“Rare” but Not Uncommon: The Hidden Crisis of Rare Diseases
Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases...
