Surviving breast cancer heightens awareness of bodily changes, with new symptoms potentially triggering fears of recurrence. Financial barriers can complicate access to necessary diagnostics, ...

As an undergraduate student in the early 1980s, Marie Egan volunteered at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She’d often spend time in the hospital playrooms with children with serious illnesses ...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has been renamed to Polycystic Metabolic and Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) to better reflect its ...

It is currently not possible to cure cystic fibrosis. However, medications and airway clearance techniques can help a person manage the condition. In severe cases, a doctor may recommend a lung ...

The overall risk of malignancy in pancreatic cysts may be as low as 0.5 to 1.5%, and the annual risk of progression is 0.5%. 7,15 Conversely, studies estimate that 15% of all pancreatic ...

Pineal cysts can occur in the brain’s pineal gland. While most people with pineal cysts never experience symptoms, some may develop headaches, vision changes, or sleep disturbances. Pineal cysts are ...

Around one in 10 women will develop ovarian cysts at some point during their lives, and while the prospect of a cyst growing on your ovaries could set off alarm bells, they aren’t something you need ...

Hand tumors or masses are common. The majority of hand tumors are benign, meaning they are not cancer. When malignant, or cancerous, most of these tumors are types of skin cancer. Cancers within ...

A pineal cyst is a benign fluid-filled sac that occurs in the brain’s pineal gland. Although they usually don’t cause symptoms, some people may experience vague symptoms, like a headache. Pineal cysts ...

Tonsil cysts and tonsil cancer can cause similar symptoms. A doctor can differentiate between them with tests like imaging and biopsies. Your tonsils are lumps of lymph tissue at the back of your ...

The Bartholin glands sit on either side of the vagina and make lubricating fluid. When these glands get blocked, fluid can back up in them and form a Bartholin cyst. Bartholin cysts are often small ...