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Mar 5, 2025 | 
webmd.com | Alyson Powell Key |Poonam Sachdev
Cracked heels aren't usually dangerous, but sometimes they can get infected and lead to a skin infection called cellulitis. Heel fissures, or cracked heels, happen when the skin on the bottom of your heel becomes hard and dry. No matter what the cause of your cracked heels, there are steps you can take to treat them. There are also ways to keep your heels from cracking in the first place.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
thenbxpress.com | Alyson Powell Key |Sue Miklovic
An apple is a crunchy, bright-colored fruit, which is one of the most popular in the U.S. You’ve probably heard the age-old saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Although eating them isn’t a cure-all, it is good for your health. European settlers brought apples with them to the Americas. They preferred apples to North America’s native crab apple, a smaller, tarter fruit.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Matthew Hoffman |Alyson Powell Key
Estrogen is closely linked with the emotional well-being of women, people assigned female at birth (AFAB), and those assigned male at birth (AMAB). Depression and anxiety affect you more often during your estrogen-producing years than when you don't make the hormone. Estrogen also plays a role in mood changes associated with conditions such as premenstrual syndrome, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and postpartum depression. Exactly how estrogen affects emotion is much less straightforward.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Annie Stuart |Alyson Powell Key |Poonam Sachdev
Nerves extend from your brain and spinal cord, sending important messages throughout your body. If you have a pinched nerve (nerve compression), your body may send you warning signals, such as pain. Don't ignore these warning signals. Damage from a pinched nerve may be minor or severe. It may cause temporary or long-lasting problems. The earlier you get a diagnosis and treatment for nerve compression, the quicker you'll find relief.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Annie Stuart |Alyson Powell Key |Poonam Sachdev
Chest pain is not something to ignore. But you should know that it has many possible causes. In many cases, it's related to the heart. But problems in your lungs, esophagus, muscles, ribs, or nerves may also cause chest pain. Some of these conditions are serious and life-threatening; others are not. If you have unexplained chest pain, the only way to confirm its cause is to have a doctor check you.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Brunilda Nazario |Alyson Powell Key
You likely know from experience that sleep and mood go hand in hand. A sleepless night can leave you feeling crabby the next morning and put a damper on your whole day. When you have chronic insomnia, night after night of lying in bed awake can take an even bigger, longer-lasting toll on your mood. To understand the connection between sleep and mood, look no further than your brain. Deep inside the brain, the region known as the amygdala is probably best known as the control center for our emotions.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Brunilda Nazario |Alyson Powell Key
Doctors and scientists have made big breakthroughs in treating multiple myeloma. They’ve helped people with the disease to keep it in check and live longer, healthier lives. Despite this, the condition still affects some groups unequally. These populations face differences in care. Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer. It happens when white blood cells (plasma cells) build up in your bone marrow until they crowd out healthy cells.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
webmd.com | Brunilda Nazario |Alyson Powell Key
Every year, scientists learn more about multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that starts in your bones. They’re working to figure out what causes this cancer and why some groups have a higher chance of getting it. Their discoveries have led to new treatments and could help find a cure one day. Although it’s a small overall percentage of cancer cases, multiple myeloma has an outsized impact on the Black community. This group is twice as likely to get the illness, and die from it.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
symptoms.webmd.com | Neha Pathak |Alyson Powell Key
Respiratory viruses sometimes hit you in pairs, meaning you can catch a cold or the flu along with COVID-19. It’s called “coinfection,” but as far as scientists can tell right now, it doesn’t happen very often. One review found that less than 1% of people with COVID-19 have also caught the flu at the same time. In 2020, Israeli scientists dubbed a flu-COVID coinfection as “flurona.” It’s important to note that while the names are combined, the viruses are not.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
webmd.com | Neha Pathak |Alyson Powell Key
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a long-term illness that you’ll likely live with for decades. Most people have mild to moderate symptoms, but they can be unpredictable -- flaring and then tapering off. So, what can you expect in the future, and can you better control your symptoms? Can UC Go Into Remission? Ulcerative colitis is what experts call a relapsing and remitting disease. This means symptoms come and go over time. There may be months or even years when you won’t have any symptoms at all.
