During scalp micropigmentation, a provider uses a thin needle to deposit tiny dots of color on the scalp. The dots vary in size and depth, creating the appearance of thicker hair. Scalp ...
Kienbock’s disease is a rare bone disorder that affects the lunate, one of your eight wrist bones. The disorder prevents the lunate bone from receiving the necessary amount of blood supply. This lack ...
Carrying too much weight around your waist can cause health problems. Your health is affected by where you store body fat, even if you have a healthy weight or a normal body mass index (BMI).
Your heart rate is the number of heartbeats you have in a minute. Your heart rate depends on what you're doing at the time. So, if you're resting or relaxed, your heart beats slower, and if you're ...
Ozempic (semaglutide) helps people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar if diet, exercise, and other diabetes medications haven’t worked. If you’ve just gotten a prescription for it, you might ...
If you are having trouble starting to urinate or maintaining a flow, you could have urinary hesitancy. The condition occurs in both men and women. But it's more common in older men. Urinary hesitancy ...
Arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis are sometimes mistaken for the same condition. But atherosclerosis is a specific type of arteriosclerosis with different causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Facet arthropathy is another name for osteoarthritis in your facet joints. It's a type of arthritis in the facet joints of your spine. These joints allow you to turn and bend your spine and are ...
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that makes you extremely sleepy during the day. Doctors don’t know what causes it. But they do understand some of the risk factors and triggers that may bring on ...
Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGGs) are a group of tumors that affect children, teenagers, and young adults. They are the most common tumors of the brain and spinal cord in young people. About 1 in 3 ...