A Long-Running Mystery, the Common Cramp
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Everybody and his coach has a solution, none of them subjected to rigorous study.
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Drinking camomile tea can fight a cold and banish menstrual cramps, researchers believe.
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NEW YORK  - About one woman in every 100  may suffer from vaginismus, a painful condition in which  muscles around the vagina go into involuntary spasm with little  or no provocation.
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Four patients being treated for botulism after receiving Botox injections at an Oakland Park clinic last week continue to pose a medical mystery for state and federal investigators.
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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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The muscles surrounding my pregnant belly were tightening with ominous regularity as I waited for my asthma doctor to check my wheezy lungs. I have a small frame, and it looked like I had stuffed a dinosaur egg under my shirt. Now, at 25 weeks, it looked ready to hatch. I crossed my legs. Yeah, like that would help. ...
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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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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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Women in labor may not be given an epidural at first, for fear that it will slow down the process of cervical dilation, but that concern seems to be unfounded.
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It should be a sign as difficult to ignore as labor pains.
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause of diseases ranging
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First there was the neck aches and back trouble, then there was carpal tunnel syndrome, and now blindness. A new research has found that working in front of a computer screen for nine or more hours a day may
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The case of a medical student requesting extra breaks on lengthy tests so she can pump breast milk is a harbinger of what could become a growing problem.
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UK scientists from Cambridge University say they are closer to understanding the causes of pre-eclampsia - a condition that threatens pregnancy.
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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 new study may help older people and their doctors decide how to treat a very common and dangerous problem Â a bulging abdominal artery threatening to burst.
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How to heal when the inexplicable occurs? Sometimes the right response is acting normal