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Ulnar wrist pain occurs on the side of your wrist opposite your thumb. The pain can become severe enough to prevent you from doing simple tasks.

This highly contagious virus spreads through contaminated food, water or surfaces and causes vomiting and diarrhea. Learn ways to protect yourself.

Learn about causes and treatment of this blood condition that mainly affects women and may cause blood clots and miscarriages.

A collapsed lung occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall. This air pushes on the outside of your lung and makes it collapse.

This slow-growing blood cancer mainly affects people over 60. Treatments and lifestyle changes may reduce complications and ease symptoms.

Looking for ways to use winter squash? Here's a fast and easy recipe with flavor and crunch. It works with acorn or butternut squash.

The goal of this type of surgery is to improve your appearance. It can involve large changes, so it's important to understand what to expect.

Each time you resist a nicotine or tobacco craving, you're one step closer to stopping for good. Use these tips to fight off cravings.

There are many treatments for angina, including lifestyle changes, medicines and stents. Find out more.

Learn about the different ways of collecting suspicious cells to test in the lab to diagnose cancer.

Find out more about your options for bone-preserving drugs, including how often you need to take them and what side effects you might expect.

Learn what's involved in surgery to treat stress urinary incontinence, including risks, benefits and other factors to consider before making a decision.

This common injury happens most often because of falls, car accidents or contact sports.

This illness is caused by bacteria that spreads in food. It can be very serious for some people. Learn about symptoms, treatment and tips to prevent it.

Sports such as soccer, football and golf can increase your risk of damaging the ring of cartilage that helps cushion and stabilize your hip joint.

This ongoing lung disease limits airflow into and out of the lungs. This results in trouble breathing, cough with mucus and wheezing.

Thickened and scarred lung tissue makes it hard for the lungs to work well. Symptoms are shortness of breath that worsens, cough, tiredness and weight loss.

This common viral infection often gets better on its own. When it doesn't, it can cause warts and even lead to some cancers.

Learn about this common effect of lupus on the kidneys, including symptoms to watch for, how it's diagnosed and what treatments are available.