Allergy shots can benefit people who suffer from severe allergy symptoms year-round and do not want to take medications for a long time.

A brush biopsy is a newly developed noninvasive screening tool that uses a cytology brush to collect cells from potentially cancerous oral lesions to diagnose oral squamous cell carcinoma.

A superbug is a strain of virus, bacteria, fungi, or parasites that have become resistant to antibiotics or other medications that are used to treat the infections they cause.

Traditional pacemakers send electric pulses through wires, also called leads. The matchbox-sized device is placed outside the heart, in the chest or abdomen. It is connected through wires to electrodes inside one to…

Treatment-resistant depression is a form of major depressive disorder that fails to respond to the standard depression treatments involving taking an anti-depressant or going to psychotherapy.

Cellulitis is a painful skin infection caused by bacteria that affects the middle layer of the skin. It makes the affected skin appear discolored and swollen, which feels tender and hot.

Targeted therapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs or substances to attack specific cancer cells. It is designed to treat cancers by targeting the genetic mutations or changes that turn healthy cells into cancer…

The condition can happen because of many reasons, including hemorrhoids, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), anal fissures, or colorectal cancer.

Ocular melanoma is an extremely rare type of cancer that affects adults. The aggressive cancer forms in the melanin-producing cells (melanocytes) in the eye. Melanocytes produce melanin, a pigment that gives color to…

Ketamine is defined as a dissociative anesthetic that can also produce hallucinogenic effects similar to LSD at high doses. It was originally used as an anesthetic for animals in Belgium in the 1960s and would later be…

When a person is exposed to extremely low temperatures, the body’s metabolic process generates heat to maintain balance in their core body temperature.

The terms ‘vertigo’ and ‘dizziness’ are often used interchangeably to describe two different sensations.