A common inflammatory condition of the heart, Pericarditis is the inflammation of the pericardium – a thin, two-layered sac that surrounds your heart. The swelling can lead to sharp pain as the affected pericardial layers rub together causing irritation....
According to recent reports, severe blasts of potentially record cold are expected during across the central, eastern and southern U.S in the days before Thanksgiving, giving millions of people an early preview of winter. And the chilly weather heralds the cold and...
Liver cancer is the growth and spread of unhealthy cells in the liver. Located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen (right below the ribs), the liver is the largest glandular organ in the body that performs various critical functions to keep the body free of...
Factitious disorder is a mental health condition in which people fake a physical or mental illness for sympathy and attention. People suffering from this disorder crave the attention of doctors and other medical professionals by appearing sick purposely or by...
Almost 120 million adults in the US (48.1%) have hypertension, and of those, 92.9 million (77.4%) have uncontrolled hypertension, according to a JAMA study published in September 2024. Proper ICD-10 coding of hypertension can help demonstrate the severity of the...
