Detailed information on air pollution and air pollution prevention

Pollen is the most common cause of hay fever. Read on for more information--and helpful tips for reducing the effects of hay fever during pollen season.

With correct asthma management and good prenatal care, most women with asthma can have healthy pregnancies.

Detailed information on chemical peels, including potential complications and what substances are used for chemical peels.

Finding appropriate home health and hospice care providers needs some research. Here's what you need to consider when evaluating a provider.

Chronic pain is pain that lasts for more than three months. Learn more about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatments.

Poorly controlled diabetes can lead to gum disease, which is an infection of the gums and bone that hold the teeth in place.

Painful periods cause severe cramps and pain during a woman's period. It can start with your first period, or begin later in life. It can be related to an underlying condition, such as endometriosis.

If you exercised before pregnancy, you can safely continue exercising. If you were inactive or you have medical complications, talk with your healthcare provider before beginning to exercise.

At certain times of the year, some species of fish and shellfish contain toxins, even if well-cooked. The most common type of fish poisoning in travelers is ciguatera fish poisoning.

Food poisoning (foodborne illness) is caused by bacteria or viruses found in food. Food poisoning symptoms often look like stomach flu (gastroenteritis). Many people with a mild case think they have stomach flu or a virus.

Many hormone levels are affected in the body during pregnancy, with several hormones playing major roles.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder. With this disease, you have a lower amount of platelets than normal in your blood. Platelets are blood cell fragments that help with blood clotting. Having fewer platelets can cause easy bruising, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding.

Detailed information on recovering from hand surgery.

A detailed look at orthotists and prosthetists, and the work they do.

PMandR is a medical specialty that works to restore function for a person who has been disabled due to a disease, disorder, or injury.

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involved with the improvement in a person's appearance and reconstruction of facial and body tissue defects caused by illness, trauma, or birth disorders.

Detailed information on living with a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Paget disease of the bone is a chronic bone disorder. It causes bones to become enlarged and deformed. Bone may become dense, but fragile, because of excessive breakdown and deformation of bone. The disease is the most common bone disorder after osteoporosis in people older than age 50.

The goal of pain control is to prevent pain that can be prevented, and to treat pain that cannot be prevented. It is possible that you will not have pain from chemotherapy treatments. But if you do, you can take steps to relieve it.