The most common cause of cholecystitis is gallstones. Less common causes include severe illness or infection, tumors, and injury or trauma. Cholecystitis is the medical term for gallbladder ...

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Dysautonomia is often caused by an underlying condition but can also be due to medications or toxins. Genetics also plays a role in some types of autonomic dysfunction. Share on Pinterest Maskot/Getty ...

Sudden cardiac death in young people is a rare but alarming occurrence. Doctors define sudden cardiac death as a death resulting from a heart-related issue that occurs within 1 hour of symptoms ...

Excessive sweating at night is common. You can try to address sweating by lowering your bedroom temperature, sleeping with fewer blankets, or avoiding hot drinks and spicy foods just before bed. Night ...

House fires ignite terrifying, dangerous and devastating consequences: they can spark quickly, spread uncontrollably within seconds and create unfathomable destruction of property and life in their ...

Dunlop and colleagues, in a paper published in the March issue of Personal Relationships, review recent findings on heartbreak, especially romantic heartbreak. Though loneliness, unrequited love, and ...

Groups like California Common Cause were central to taking politicians out of redistricting. But now they’re staying neutral on a plan to gerrymander the state’s House maps. Republicans fighting Gov.