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Chronic Kidney Disease: Symptoms and Treatment

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the gradual and permanent loss of kidney function over time, usually over months to years. The most common causes of chronic kidney failure ...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatments

Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, is a puzzling medical condition that usually strikes women ages 30 to 50, though anyone can ...
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Chlamydia: Symptoms, Treatments and Prevention

Though it’s one of the most common and curable sexually transmitted diseases in both genders, chlamydia is often symptomless and goes untreated. When it does, the consequences in ...
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Cervical Cancer: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

Cervical cancer affects 10,000 American women — and kills 4,000 — each year, according to the Mayo Clinic. This type of cancer arises in the cervix, the area ...
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Cataracts: Symptoms and Treatment

While the vast majority of those who develop cataracts are senior citizens, this vision-blurring condition is not always related to age. More than 90 percent of Americans have ...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a nerve-related condition that affects three times as many women as men, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. It’s primarily ...
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Canker Sores: Causes & Treatments

Canker sores, or aphthous ulcers, are small sores on the inside of the mouth. They can occur in both men and women of any age, but they’re more ...
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Bulimia Nervosa: Symptoms and Treatment

Bulimia nervosa — an eating disorder that affects three times as many women as men — can be deadly. Individuals with the disorder “binge and purge,” meaning they ...
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Bipolar Disorder: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

Bipolar disorder is a chronic cyclical mental disorder where periods of manic, mixed-manic and depressive episodes are interspersed with relatively normal states of well-being. It affects approximately 5.7 ...
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Spider and Insect Bites and Stings: Symptoms and Treatments

Many insect bites and stings are uncomfortable, but few produce truly life-threatening symptoms. Whether from spiders, wasps, ticks, mosquitoes or other venomous insects or arachnids, however, stings and ...
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