At one point or another, we’ve all experienced the unexpected, intense pain of a muscle cramp. Muscle cramps, also known as muscle spasms or charley horses, are the involuntary contraction of muscle ...

Sit-ups can be an effective exercise to strengthen your abdominal muscles. You may feel a burning sensation during your abdominal workout, or soreness a day or two following exercise, known as delayed ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a generally healthy 60-year-old man. Last week, I had some abdominal cramping, and while I was on the toilet, I noted the abrupt onset of a strange feeling in my chest as well as ...

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Magnesium supplements are everywhere—lined up on pharmacy shelves and promoted on wellness blogs and social media.

Hundreds of passengers fell ill on Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” ship that recently completed a voyage through Alaska. Out of the 2,172 passengers aboard the ship, the 180 passengers who ...

Could a plumber’s work environment be the source of his muscle pain? An unconventional test provides the answer. Mr. L, a 57-year-old plumber with a two-year history of myalgia, presented to our ...

Contrary to previous research, a study of three decades of the IRONMAN's top competition found a connection between dehydration and exercise-induced muscle cramps. Based on medical data of more than ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a generally healthy 60-year-old man. Last week, I had some abdominal cramping, and while I was on the toilet, I noted the abrupt onset of a strange feeling in my chest as well as ...