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Are there any new treatments for herpes?

Are there risks involved with spinal steroid injections for neck pain? My cervical surgery failed.

I often fall asleep as soon as I sit down. It can happen anywhere and anytime. I don’t realize I have fallen asleep. I fall asleep when I come home from work, at social functions, when family or friends are visiting, and at the dinner table. I have done this for 25 years, but it is getting worse as I get older. (I am 62.) Do you know what condition would cause this? Is treatment available?

A little more than two months ago, my thyroid-stimulating hormone level was 1.16 mIU/L. Tested a couple days ago, my level was 1.1 mIU/L. Is it normal for the level to go down like that?

My husband noticed blood mixed with semen when he removed his condom. He had no external irritation or other symptoms. What can this mean?

My 4-year-old son is constipated and has not been able to have a bowel movement in over a week. I started MiraLax yesterday and gave him Pedialax but so far, no results. What else should I do?

I experience electrical shocks on the left side of my face. The shocks come on about once or twice a month. My doctor does not know what this is. Do you have any idea what could cause such a symptom?

My heels hurt, especially when I am sitting down for a long time and then start to walk. Is this plantar fasciitis? What is the best treatment?

What risks do I have as I enter my 40s and 50s as a person with pectus excavatum? Am I at more risk for heart problems?

How do men get urinary tract infections?