Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a therapy in which the doctor gently presses on, massages, or stretches a patient’s body to help the body feel, work, and move better. OMT is a unique approach because it treats the whole body rather than...
Chemoprevention is treatment to help prevent cancer. You might use medicine, vitamins, or supplements. This treatment also may stop cancer from coming back. And it can help people who have a high risk of cancer. This might be due to their health...
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a type of diabetes. With diabetes, the body doesn't make enough insulin or can't use the insulin it makes. Insulin is a hormone that helps sugar (glucose) enter the body’s cells so it can be used as...
Nocardiosis is a rare bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs, skin, and central nervous system. Learn what the symptoms are, how it spreads, and how to diagnose, treat, and prevent it.
Graft-versus-host disease is a possible complication of a stem cell transplant in which the donor's cells include some immune cells that can attack your body. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
It’s important to have regularly scheduled checkups, often called well visits, with your doctor. These visits usually happen once a year. Well visits can help you stay healthy and find any problems early. During a visit, your doctor will do a...
Baby-led weaning (BLW) is a way to introduce solid foods to your baby. Your baby will go from having only breast milk or formula to having a mixed diet that includes breast milk or formula and some solid foods. Using BLW can teach your baby to feed...
Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the death of a person with epilepsy that happens suddenly and with no warning. With SUDEP, no other cause of death can be found. This includes injury, drowning, or prolonged seizure (status epilepticus)
Learn what breast implant removal surgery is, how it's done, what the risks are, and what to expect as you recover.
Having chronic kidney disease means that for some time your kidneys have not been working the way they should. Your kidneys have the important job of filtering your blood. They remove waste products and extra fluid and flush them from your body as...