Answer Memory loss is a concerning symptom at any age. I would strongly encourage you to have your daughter evaluated by a doctor. If she has a pediatrician, she should see that doctor.

Answer Alcohol itself is not known to cause seizures, but withdrawal from alcohol certainly can. However, alcohol withdrawal seizures usually occur after someone that normally drinks a lot of …

Answer Tobacco of any type contains many chemicals. One of them is the drug nicotine, which is the part of tobacco that makes it addictive, and gives smoking cigarettes a pleasurable feeling. Nicotine …

Question I suffered an accident with trauma to the face/eye (left side) a week ago. The worrying development has been flashes of light off to the side in my left eye only that have progressively …

Question My foot got jammed between some stuff at work. Hurt pretty bad but doesn't hurt now. But it is turning purple. Doesn't look like a bruise though, it is happening in the whole foot almost. Is it still just …

I get muscle cramps in my lower back sometimes, but only in the cold weather months. Can cold weather cause muscle cramps or is this just a coincidence or something like that?

This is really awful - my mom is 55, and around a year ago, her nails began turning white and lifting up, then falling off. Now they're almost all gone, on both hands and feet. She won't go to a doctor. What's …

Answer A cyst is a collection of material that is completely lined with a covering, something like a shell, all the way around. Treatment of these often involves more than just removing the contents of …

My lips are really dry and cracked all year long. I know that dry weather can cause this, but why would they be like this in the summer? My mouth feels dry a lot too.

Lately I am having trouble swallowing. It feels like my throat tightens up and just doesn't want to work right. Any cause for this? I don't know how to stop it and it has me thinking a lot about what's wrong.