Whoever comes up with medical terminology definitely has a sense of humor -- or else they've been inhaling too much formaldehyde. How else can you explain conditions with names like retarded ...

Every day it seems a biotech company releases data for a promising new drug that it hopes will cure some dreaded disease, but has been studied only in a handful of people so far. Or a big university ...

A parulis resulting from blunt trauma to the jaw. A parulis, commonly called a "gum boil," is an area of inflammatory tissue arising in the mouth on the gums. The word derives, as do many of our ...

The words some doctors use are often misunderstood by patients and their families, leaving them feeling confused and vulnerable, according to researchers. In a study published Wednesday in the journal ...

Pancake brain. Prune belly. Hot cross bun head. These phrases might sound like the kind of mean-spirited monikers you’d expect from a playground bully, but they’re actually common terms used by some ...

Acquired CARD11 Mutation Promotes BCR Independence in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Despite the well-understood benefits of biomarker and genetic testing in precision medicine, uptake remains low, ...

Sometimes, terminologies used in the medical world sound more complicated than the disease or the condition itself. Most medical terms may sound scary but they often have a simple explanation. So here ...

When I was pregnant with my second child, I remember sitting in my ob-gyn's office awaiting an ultrasound and peeping at my medical chart on the table next to me. Among the scribbles were the words ...

Sometimes, terminologies used in the medical world sound more complicated that the disease or the condition itself. Most medical terms may sound scary but they often have a common and simple ...