Results for Cardiac Conditions

High blood pressue, high blood cholesterol and mitral valve prolapse (MVP) are three cardiac conditions that may affect your teenager. If a teenager complains of chest pain it should be brought to the attention of your pediatrician who will diagnose the problem.

A number of other problems can cause hearing loss, particularly sensorineural hearing loss. Many of them are very common conditions that are not always associated with hearing loss. They include: Common Childhood Infections Mumps is the most common cause of one-sided total deafness in the United States. Frequently, the child and family are not aware of the hearing loss until years later. Other childhood infections, such…

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There are some diseases and conditions that only affect women, and others that most of us immediately, if not exclusively, associate with them, like brea...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly [...]

iPosture or digital age poor posture results in chronic new conditions, text-neck, texting thumb, hunchback, and old favorites like low back pain and carpal tunnel syndrome.

In rural New Hampshire, Veterans like Oscar and Richard are able to do home-based cardiac rehabilitation to avoid traveling long distances to see their docto...

People often use the terms heart attack, heart failure and cardiac arrest interchangeably. Read on to learn how all three, while linked, are different.

The prevalence of chronic medical conditions is one of the largest challenges facing the employers today. Here are four easy ways you can help manage and reduce chronic conditions in your workforce.

Experts say physicians need to do a better job of explaining the benefits of cardiac rehabiliation programs to get patients to use them more.

A 13-year-old boy’s sudden cardiac death led doctors to wrongly diagnose more than 20 of his relatives with a potentially lethal heart disorder in a case that illustrates the potential for genetic testing to go wrong.

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Heart valve disease, such as aortic stenosis, can be extremely serious and life-threatening. Aortic stenosis is a particularly common form of valve disease in the elderly population that can fortunately be screened for fairly easily, using an echocardiogram. Although the development of aortic stenosis may initially be slow and gradual, once the degree of stenosis becomes severe and patients develop signs of…

Breast changes include benign conditions and those that increase the risk of cancer. Learn about symptoms and treatment of breast conditions such as ADH, ALH, cysts, DCIS, and LCIS.

Did you know there are several different categories of #headaches? Learn more about each type and how a physical therapist can help you manage your pain.

Skin problems and joint disorders top the list of reasons people visit doctors, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.

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Mayo Clinic research shows that second opinions often differ from initial evaluations.

Five health conditions that cause weight gain, including menopause, Cushing's syndrome, and depression.

A longtime asthma sufferer, Shirley Bittante tries to stay inside when the air district rates conditions outside her Fair Oaks house as “unhealthy.” She may have to spend more time indoors this summer as heat and drought degrade air quality across the state.