Cayenne, also called capsicum, is a type of chili pepper that is pungent, spicy, and known for its red color. Many people use cayenne pepper as a spice in the meals they make. But how spicy the ...

In the run-up to menopause, known as perimenopause, women typically are beset with hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, and sleep and mood disturbances, triggered by a decline in estrogen ...

Ankylosing spondylitis affects women more often than previously thought. In the past, AS was believed to more commonly affect men, but newer research suggests the rates may be nearly equal between the ...

It’s easy to assume that you’d know when you’re dealing with a disease as serious as multiple sclerosis. But it can take years for people with MS to get a proper diagnosis. Now, new research suggests ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...

It’s easy to dismiss random, flu-like symptoms as a sign that you’re coming down with something. But when they stick around for weeks and seem to be getting worse, it’s fair to have questions. While ...

If you’ve ever felt bloated or fatigued after eating a slice of pizza or a toasted bagel, it could be more than indigestion alone. Celiac disease is an underdiagnosed and serious chronic condition ...

Women receiving endocrine therapy for hormone receptor (HR)–positive breast cancer or its prevention among those at high risk for breast cancer commonly have vasomotor symptoms. Data are lacking on ...

Fainting represents one of the body’s most dramatic protective mechanisms – a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness that looks alarming but often serves a vital purpose. This phenomenon, medically ...

Waking up in the middle of the night covered in sweat, feeling joint pain so severe you take ibuprofen every day, and experiencing intense anxiety that interferes with your day—all of these are ...

“I didn’t believe I was decomposing, and I wasn’t ready to die,” the late actor said EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Val Kilmer, best known for movies such as 1986 ...

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