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Clear explainers for patients, practices, and healthcare professionals.
Vanessa Trump has shared only a limited amount of information about her breast cancer diagnosis, but the updates she has made public provide a…
Christina Applegate has spoken about multiple sclerosis in a way that is often uncomfortable, funny, angry, and deeply personal—all at once. She announced her…
Freddie Freeman gave the Los Angeles Dodgers two injury scares within the span of a week in August 2026. The first involved his right…
T.J. Watt went from an ordinary day at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ practice facility to the hospital in a matter of hours. On December 10,…
Plastic surgery is often talked about as if it means one thing: changing the way someone looks. The specialty is much broader than that.…
Testosterone gets talked about as though one number on a blood test can explain everything from energy and sex drive to mood, muscle, and…
Leprosy has carried centuries of fear and stigma, but much of what people still believe about it is outdated. Today, doctors know that leprosy—also…
You wake up in the middle of the night because your hand feels numb. You shake it a few times, the tingling settles down,…
Someone with narcolepsy may get a full night’s sleep and still spend the next day fighting an overpowering urge to doze off. It can…
A hard workout can leave almost anyone sore the next morning. Rhabdomyolysis is different. With rhabdomyolysis, often shortened to rhabdo, skeletal muscle cells are…