Diabetes causes vary depending on your genetic makeup, family history, ethnicity, health and environmental factors. There is no common diabetes cause that fits every type of diabetes as the causes of ...

Chest pain can be a sign of a heart attack or other cardiac condition, but it can also be a symptom of problems related to: respiration digestion bones and muscles other aspects of physical and mental ...

You can develop back pain for many reasons, but some causes are more common than others. Wear and tear on the bones that form your spine (called vertebrae), muscles, and other tissues in your back can ...

A blackout refers to a loss of consciousness or complete or partial memory loss. Possible causes of blackouts include epilepsy and drinking a large volume of alcohol. Some causes of blackouts ...

A muscle cramp is a painful tightness in a muscle due to a sudden, involuntary contraction. Various factors may contribute to muscle cramping, but the underlying cause is often unclear. Muscle cramps ...

Autoimmune diseases are conditions in which your immune system mistakenly damages healthy cells in your body. Types include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and some thyroid conditions. Your ...

Abdominal pain refers to discomfort or other uncomfortable sensations that you feel in your belly area. Just about everybody, at one time or another, will get a bellyache. Most causes of abdominal ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor, Guy ...

Learn more about some of the causes of World War One with this activity. Germany was a relatively new country, formed in 1871. They had ambitions to grow an empire to compete with France and the UK.