Getting enough vitamin D through food and sunlight helps prevent deficiency. Some health conditions, like cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease and...

Kawasaki disease affects mainly the blood vessels that supply the heart. Without treatment, these vessels can develop aneurysms, which can...

Hemophilia B, also known as factor IX hemophilia or Christmas disease, is an inherited bleeding disorder that happens when you...

Myiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the larvae of botflies (Diptera hominis) infesting skin wounds and mucous membranes such...

MG happens when communication between nerve cells and muscles is impaired, leading to muscle weakness. It can affect the muscles...

Health care professionals often find multiple myeloma when they are testing for another illness. The M proteins myeloma cells make...

Migraine is different from other types of headache. It causes a very intense, often throbbing pain in one side of...

Myelomenigocele is a part of a group of congenital abnormalities called neural tube defects. They occur when the cranial and...

Enteroviruses are small, icosahedral, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses. Numbered enteroviruses cause a range of illnesses from mild ('hand, foot and...

Arboviruses are a group of diseases spread to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies. These viruses...