COVID-19 is a respiratory condition caused by a coronavirus. Some people are infected but don’t notice any COVID-19 symptoms (doctors call that being asymptomatic). Most people have mild symptoms and ...

A Washington State University veterinarian is offering new hope to dogs and cats struggling with the rare and often fatal condition ‘megaesophagus’. According to an article from the College of ...

We read with great esteem the original article written by Costa et al 1. In their study, the authors describe their experience with patients with megaesophagus who, after previous cardiomyotomy, had ...

MOST cases of aortic esophageal fistula have been due to ingestion of foreign bodies, especially animal bones. A much rarer cause has been esophageal diverticulum.§ The following case presents a ...

Once a virus infects your body, it can destroy healthy cells and make multiple copies of itself. The virus causing COVID mainly attacks the cells lining your airways. This makes it hard for you to ...

When you reach for a COVID-19 test, it’s probably because you’ve got a scratchy throat, runny nose, or cough. But those are far from the only symptoms that make Dr. Rohit Jain, an internal medicine ...

If a middle-aged man starts clutching his chest, sweating profusely, and gasping for air, everyone knows he's probably having a heart attack. It’s the “Bollywood drama” depiction of heart problems, ...

But how do you know if your cortisol levels really are too high? And what are the symptoms of high cortisol? Social media might have you thinking that face puffiness — being touted as “cortisol face” ...

A variant known as KP.2 continues to dominate as the top cause of COVID-19 in the United States, and latest data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that its spread has become ...

With COVID levels high across most of the country, some people may find themselves experiencing symptoms of COVID rebound in the coming weeks. “COVID rebound is a recurrence of COVID symptoms after ...