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Osteomalacia, or soft bone disease, is caused by vitamin D deficiency and can silently affect pregnant women Women with osteomalacia were five times more likely to need assisted deliveries Immigrant ...

1 Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, Guangdong, China 2 Department of Endocrinology, Dongguan Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Dongguan, ...

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Endocrinologists are used to people not knowing what they do. Patients often assume that, for example, Dr. Rasa Kazlauskaite spends her days focused on the “love hormones,” like testosterone and ...

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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 ...

Mononucleosis, or mono, can lead to a range of symptoms, including severe fatigue, fever, and a sore throat. However, symptoms typically generally resolve within around 2–4 weeks. Mono is a common ...

Justin Stebbing does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Rest, fluids and medications are your friends. By Dana G. Smith We’re four years into the pandemic, and by this point, most Americans have had Covid at least once. But when the virus comes for us ...