Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Dizziness is not usually serious, but for older adults, it can increase the risk of falling. Vertigo, inner ear disturbances, and new medications are a few potential causes. Everyone has felt dizzy at ...

High blood pressure that has no known cause is called primary, or essential, hypertension. This is the most common type of high blood pressure. It develops slowly, and often people with primary ...

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a rare but potentially life threatening condition that affects the body’s small blood vessels. TMA occurs in about 1 to 3 people out of 1 million. TMA can be ...

In the United States, the top three causes of death in 2022 were heart disease, cancer, and accidents. COVID-19 and stroke round out the country’s top five causes of death that year. The most recent ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health, parenting, and general health and ...

Sudden dizzy spells, also known as vertigo, are incredibly jarring. And that’s only exacerbated by the fact that, if you didn’t just hit the booze, the episodes can be extremely difficult to ...

Diverticulitis, gas, and IBS are common causes of lower left abdominal pain. Kidney stones, ectopic pregnancy, or testicular torsion are more severe causes of abdominal pain. Consult a healthcare ...

We are starting to unpick the genetics of fibromyalgia, a poorly understood condition that causes chronic pain all over the body. The results of two studies – with millions of participants between ...