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Panic disorder is a common condition in which a person has episodes of intense fear or anxiety that occur suddenly. Panic attacks can indicate the presence of panic disorder, depression, or other forms of anxiety-based illnesses.

Dry skin is most common in your lower legs, arms, flanks (sides of the abdomen), and thighs. More serious dry skin conditions, such as the inherited group of disorders called ichthyosis, can sometimes be disfiguring enough to cause psychological...

Anxiety disorders are the most common of emotional disorders, annually affecting more than 20 million Americans. Anxiety which interferes with normal activities like going outside or interacting with other people.

Anorexia Nervosa is a life threatening condition that can put a serious strain on many of the body's organs and physiological resources. Anorexics have an intense fear of becoming fat. Their dieting habits develop from this fear.

Skin infections are common and may be caused by bacteria, fungi or viruses. Staphylococcal aureus bacteria are classified as Gram-positive cocci based on their appearance under a microscope.

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease. It is found in people over age 65. AD is also considered a tauopathy due to abnormal aggregation of the tau protein, a microtubule-associated protein expressed in neurons that normally acts to...

Anorexia Nervosa is a life threatening condition that can put a serious strain on many of the body's organs and physiological resources. Weight loss is usually 15% below the person's normal body weight.

Fungal infections usually affect the skin because they live off keratin, a protein that makes up skin, hair and nails. Fungi usually make their homes in moist areas of the body where skin surfaces meet: between the toes, in the genital area, and...

Melasma or chloasma is a discoloration of the facial skin, often affecting women during pregnancy. Melasma is a dark skin discoloration found on sun-exposed areas of the face.

Most common type of hair loss in women occurs in a diffuse pattern. One of the commonest forms of hair loss in women is a condition called telogen effluvium, in which there is a diffuse shedding of hairs around the scalp and elsewhere on the body.