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Seborrheic dermatitis is a form of skin inflammation (dermatitis) that causes a red, oily, flaking skin rash in areas of the body where glands in the skin called sebaceous glands are most abundant, such as the scalp. When seborrheic dermatitis affects the scalp, it appears as either patchy or diffuse areas of redness and flaking. The condition can lead to hair loss, but the amount of hair loss is usually not significant unless there is persistent, aggressive scratching.

You don’t need to eat certain foods to boost your milk supply. It’s most important to eat a well-balanced diet rich in protein, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables. Drink plenty of fluids and limit caffeine. While your provider may also recommend a daily multivitamin, it is unclear whether other supplements like fenugreek or blessed thistle really increase milk supply. Speak to your healthcare provider before trying these remedies.

The keto diet aims to force your body into using a different type of fuel. Instead of relying on sugar (glucose) that comes from carbohydrates (such as grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits), the keto diet relies on ketone bodies, a type of fuel that the liver produces from stored fat. It can help some people jump start their weight loss. But longer term keto diets have health risks because they tend to be high in saturated fats.

Parkinson’s disease cannot be cured. But its symptoms can be treated with several different types of medication. When symptoms are not overly troublesome, medication may not be necessary. Treatment usually is started when symptoms interfere with work, management of household affairs, other activities or when difficulty with walking and balance becomes significant.

The risk of recurrence of melanoma after surgical removal depends on the thickness of the melanoma and how deep the cancer has grown below the skin's surface. That's the most important factor in predicting whether it can be cured.

Melancholy, an overwhelming and persistent sadness, is one of the most common symptoms of depression.

Having trouble falling asleep and waking up during the night happens commonly in people with depression. Some people with depression have the opposite problem, sleeping too much.

A number of treatments are available to treat vitiligo; however, there is no reliable cure for this chronic skin disease. Some people with vitiligo improve dramatically with treatment while others do not.

Options for treatment include:

• Glucocorticoids (often called “steroids”)

• UV light (called “narrowband ultraviolet B” or “PUVA”, a combination of psoralen plus ultraviolet A)

• Topical (applied to the skin) corticosteroids – this is usually for milder disease and may be recommended for two or three months at a time

• Topical calcineurin inhibitors, such as tacrolimus or pimecrolimus

• Skin grafting

These treatments may be given alone or in combination. For example, for widespread and rapidly progressing vitiligo, the combination of glucocorticoids and narrowband ultraviolet B treatment may be recommended. Other treatments are available if standard therapy isn’t effective and researchers are exploring other novel treatments that may prove useful.

Because of how pain signals travel, referred pain (that is, pain felt in one location due to a problem in another location) is common. A “cervicogenic headache” – a headache due to a problem in the neck – is a good example of referred pain.

Common conditions arising in the neck, such as osteoarthritis involving joints of the upper (cervical) spine, disc disease of the cervical spine or muscle spasm, can cause cervicogenic headaches.

Thus, a cervicogenic headache can be due to arthritis, but there are other causes of cervicogenic headache as well.

Gentle yoga can be helpful for back pain, including pain that is due to arthritis. However, there are many types of arthritis, and there is no evidence that yoga can actually change the course of any of them. That is, yoga has not been shown to decrease inflammation in the spine or protect joints from damage over time.