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Cramps

Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention
Trainers' group warns summer's temperatures can also bring severe injury

Common Drug Eases Leg Pain From Walking
More than half taking naftidrofuryl, a blood vessel medication, improved distances 50%

Health Tip: Heat Cramps Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Here's what to do if you get them

Actress Lainie Kazan Turns the Spotlight on DVTs
Life-threatening leg blood clot struck her in her mid-30s

Low-Income Minorities at Risk for Peripheral Artery Disease
Study urges importance of education, screenings to help curb amputations in worst cases

Botox Soothes Writer’s Cramp
70% of patients reported major improvement, Dutch study found

Marijuana-Like Compound May Ease Stomach Cramping
Compound relaxes colon, especially in women, study finds

Cramping Your Style
How to avoid heat cramps while exercising

Passing Up Your Period
Taking birth control pills for months at a time reduces headaches, cramping, study shows