While sepsis and septic shock can be fatal, many patients can make a complete recovery if they are diagnosed and treated early with antibiotics, intravenous fluids, and blood pressure support
Huntington’s disease is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative condition that slowly and permanently robs a person’s physical and mental health.
Concussion testing is done when a person experiences a minor head trauma, typically caused by blunt trauma to the head.
Hydrocephalus is a condition in which fluid that helps cushion the brain and the spinal cord accumulates inside the skull, causing neurological problems.
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is when blood vessels not located near the heart or brain narrow, inhibiting blood flow and causing pain.
If you are bitten by a tick, there's no need to panic. Tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease can be treated effectively if caught early.
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Prolonged periods of time spent outdoors in very cold temperatures, wet and/or windy conditions, can lead to frostbite.
Vascular abnormalities, such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and cavernous malformation, occur when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures.
Stopping smoking makes cancer treatments more effective, lessens treatment complications, and decreases the chances of cancer returning.