Jason Howland (@JasonHowland)

Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid, called bile, in your gallbladder. They range in size from as small as a grain of sand to[...]

For roughly a third of people with epilepsy, medication does not control their seizures. Depending on where those seizures originate in the brain, laser therapy[...]

Editor's note: Earth Day is Monday, April 22 Eating right and exercising are important ways to stay mentally and physically healthy. And instead of getting[...]

Nearly 90,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for kidney transplant, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Finding a donor[...]

Pink eye is extremely common in kids. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public schoolchildren in the U.S. miss 3 million school[...]

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common problem that affects the body's arteries. If you have high blood pressure, the heart has[...]

March is Myeloma Awareness Month. Multiple myeloma is a blood cancer that most often occurs in people over age 45. It's the second-most common blood[...]

It's estimated that 2 to 3 million people in the U.S. are living with the hepatitis C virus, and hundreds of thousands of them are[...]

It's often silent but can be a deadly killer. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic condition that occurs in 1 in 500 people. Dr. Said Alsidawi,[...]

Sodium is a mineral that your body needs to function well. When you combine sodium with the mineral, chloride, the two make table salt.  Sodium[...]

Seizures are produced by abnormal electrical activity in the brain that builds up and produces symptoms. About 1 in 26 people have epilepsy, which is[...]

Thinning hair is common as we age. And while the signs might not be as obvious as in men, about 55% of women experience some[...]