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Cryptosporidium infection is an illness that affects your intestines. It's caused by a parasite. Read on for details about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Costochondritis is inflammation of a rib or the cartilage that connects a rib to your breastbone (sternum). Read on to learn more about the condition and how it can be treated.

A contrast echocardiogram helps your health care provider see how your heart is working. It uses ultrasound and a contrast fluid to help highlight the structures in the heart.

Your lungs are each surrounded by two layers of membrane. The space between the layers is called the pleural space. Excess fluid, blood, pus, or air in the pleural space makes it hard for the lung to expand and makes breathing difficult. A chest tube is a soft, flexible tube put into the pleural space that drains blood, air, or excess fluid.

You have been told you need a colostomy. Or you have recently been given one. Learning as much as you can about your colostomy can help you adjust.

Getting used to a colostomy may take time. Learning to care for it and the changes in your body can be tough. But you're still the same person. And you can do many of the same things you've always enjoyed. Read on for tips to help you adjust to having a colostomy.

If you've been injured and have a scar, scar revision surgery may help improve the look of the scar or make it less visible.

Follow this exercise program to help treat your rotator cuff injury.

Follow this exercise program to help treat your shoulder dislocation.