What is immune thrombocytopenic purpura? Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder. With this disease, you have a lower amount of platelets than normal in your blood. Platelets are ...
New evidence shows that precursors of myelin-producing cells — one of the few #brain cell types that continue to be produced ...
What is cubital tunnel syndrome? Cubital tunnel syndrome happens when the ulnar nerve, which passes through the cubital tunnel (a tunnel of muscle, ligament, and bone) on the inside of the elbow, ...
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy found that ...
Eye twitching is a common condition that may run in families. The exact cause of eye twitching is not known, but the condition can originate in the motor nerves of the brain. Dry eyes, stress, fatigue ...
Most women experience some form of breast pain at one time or another. Breast pain is typically easy to treat, but on rarer occasions it can be a sign of something more serious. Hormones are making ...
What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)? Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a much more severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). It may affect people of childbearing age. It’s a ...
Using information in medical records for more than 1,100 emergency room visits, researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s ...
The research, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and published Jan. 21 in Nature, showed that deoxyhypusine ...
In their first set of experiments, the research team administered GM-CSF mRNA to the mouse endometrium via intrauterine ...
What is borderline personality disorder? Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental illness. It may also be called emotionally unstable personality disorder. People with BPD have unstable moods ...