A Long-Running Mystery, the Common Cramp
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Yet common as they are and terrible as they can be, no one really understands cramps. They are a medical mystery.
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A common condition affecting fertility in women may be linked to migraine, new research reveals. The work could also help scientists understand the origins of migraine.
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Sometimes it's tough for patients to tell the whole story.
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The coincidence of high blood pressure and high cholesterol is too great to be attributed to chance, yet the underlying cause has long been unclear.
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Around the United States, there are perplexing geographic variations in medical expenses and the quality of care.
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Clot-busting drugs that are normally used to treat heart disease could also help women with endometriosis, a painful condition of the womb.
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No one knows for sure exactly what causes muscle soreness, but many scientists think that the delayed pain is caused by microscopic tears in the muscles.
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Jennifer Capriati can't ever remember cramping in the middle of a tennis match. She can recall being so nervous during a warmup that she thought her feet would stick to the court, but never needing medical assistance to quell that sinking physical feeling.
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A mysterious case of CJD raises the possibility of a new group of people falling prey to the illness.
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Marfan syndrome causes a heart defect that can be fatal without notice at a young age. Scientists are learning how a common hypertension drug might prevent sudden death for hundreds of patients. By Michael D. O'Neill.
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Drinking camomile tea can fight a cold and banish menstrual cramps, researchers believe.
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New studies shed some light on these controversial heart treatments, but many questions remain. What patients need to know.
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The abdominal or low back pain that many women experience during their monthly menstrual periods may partly be due to stress, new study findings suggest.
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When a 32-year-old patient with rapid heart palpitations showed up in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital saying she suffered from Holt-Oram Syndrome, Dr. Jonathan Adler had no idea what this syndrome was. But he knew he had to work quickly. Using his computer, he looked up a comprehensive description on eMedicine.com, a Nebraska-based Web database of various diseases ...
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How to heal when the inexplicable occurs? Sometimes the right response is acting normal
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Two genetic mutations have been identified that increase the risk of a common heart rhythm problem linked to stroke, according to researchers who have developed a test to identify people who have them.
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They regularly visit doctors' offices complaining of baffling combinations of symptoms for which no medical cause can be found: chest pain one month, gynecologic problems the next, followed by headaches or crushing fatigue. These patients, Jensen and other experts say, are much more focused on......