Stress basics
Learning Center
Vitamin D deficiency: Can it cause high blood pressure?
Too little vitamin D is bad for the bones, but what about the heart? Learn how a low vitamin D level may affect blood pressure.
Vocal cord dysfunction: Is it a type of asthma?
Vocal cord dysfunction and asthma cause similar symptoms, but they're not the same. Find out the difference between the two.
Von Willebrand disease
Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment of this inherited bleeding disorder in which blood doesn't clot well.
Vulvar cancer
Learn about this rare cancer that forms on the skin that surrounds the urethra and vagina. Treatments include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Vulvar varicosities during pregnancy: What can you do?
Vulvar varicosities can cause discomfort during pregnancy. Understand what causes this form of varicose veins and learn how to get relief.
Vulvodynia
Learn about pain, burning and irritation of the vaginal area that doesn’t have a clear cause. Then find out how to get relief.
Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor
Learn how to tell this sign of labor and what do next.
Water retention: Relieve this premenstrual symptom
Find out what's behind premenstrual water retention and what treatments might lessen discomfort.
Wet macular degeneration
Blurred vision or blind spots could be a sign of this chronic eye disorder. Recognizing the warning signs could save your vision.
What is meant by the term "heart age"?
Heart age is a way to understand your risk of a heart attack or stroke. By making healthier lifestyle choices, you can lower your heart age and your risk.
Refine Your Search
Type
- All
- Disease (206)
- Article (176)
- Answer (154)
- TestProcedure (104)
- Video (29)
- Symptom (26)
- FirstAid (4)
- HealthTip (4)
- SlideShow (3)
Gender
Age
- All
- 45 to 64 middle
- 19 to 44 younger
- 65 to 80 older
- 80 and over
- 13 to 18 years teen
- 06 to 12 years elementary/preteen
- 03 to 5 years preschool
- 02 months to 2 years infant/toddler
- 29 to 40 middle
- 00 birth to 01 month newborn
- 02 to 15 months infant
Focus
- All
- Symptom (reportable)
- Clinical Treatment
- Prevention
- Risk factor
- Test
- Home Treatment
- Causal Risk Factor
- Complication
- Definition
- Unproven treatment