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What Is The Difference Between Bronchitis And Pneumonia
By Jon Simms · 16 years ago
Bronchitis and pneumonia is not synonymous. However, both are diseases affecting the lower respiratory system. Typically, it affects the airways going to the lungs, so it is imperative that a person should learn the major ...
The Dirty Truth about Colonoscopies
By Jeni Stevens · 16 years ago
Most people put their routine colonoscopy off for as long as possible, dreading what they may find or how bad it may hurt. The truth is, a colonoscopy isn't anything to be afraid of. While ...
Omega-3 Fish Oil::Can Fish Oil Help Cancer Patients?
By Larry L. Taylor · 16 years ago
How can omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil help prevent cancer? Is it a beneficial supplement for those being treated for it? Here’s a look at what we currently know about cancer and fish oil. ...
Lung Cancer Warning Signs: Early Detection Of Lung Cancer Can Save Your Life
By Michael Lee · 16 years ago
Early detection of lung cancer warning signs - or any other types of illnesses - is crucial in helping to find a cure for the disease. Indeed, the earlier one is able to find out ...
Diabetes
By Karl Hiunzm · 16 years ago
Diabetes in various forms affects up to 5percent of the world population with 12 million diabetics in Western Europe alone. Of the different ways in which diabetes presents, noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is probably the ...
Pleural Mesothelioma Cancer Involves The Lining Of The Lung
By Liz Allen · 16 years ago
What is Pleural Mesothelioma?
Pleural Mesothelioma or malignant pleural mesothelioma is cancer in the layer of the lungs that can spread to the lungs. The spread of the tumor over the pleura results in pleural ...
Pancreas: Islets of Langerhans
By Frederick Sloan · 16 years ago
The endocrine (hormone-releasing) cells that regulate blood sugar levels and appetite are located in a group of patchy and irregular shaped areas in the pancreas known as the Islets of Langerhans. Nearly one million Islets ...
Bladder Cancer News
By Steven Letsinger · 16 years ago
Being the part of the body that removes waste, the bladder is an integral part of our body. As the organ that stores urine, and thus helps remove excess nutrients and waste products from the ...
Testing Your Mole For Cancer
By Naomi West · 16 years ago
Anyone who has a skin mole should think about screening themselves. Skin moles are ordinarily linked to skin cancer. Individuals who have numerous moles all over their bodies or have relatives that have been diagnosed ...
The Causes Of A Femoral Hernia
By Naomi West · 16 years ago
The stomach wall in the body is made up of of tendons and muscles that are tough and durable. All of these tendons travel between the ribs and down to the upper part of the ...
Type 2 diabetes - the indications
By Heinz Golz · 15 years ago
Diabetes is split into three types: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. The most ordinary is type 2 diabetes. It is also the type you have to find out most about. You ...
Breast Cancer Stages
By Charlene Nuble · 16 years ago
Breast cancer stages are based on whether the cancer is invasive or non-invasive, whether the lymph nodes have been affected, whether the cancer cells have already spread beyond the breast, and the size of the ...
Story of a Heart Attack
By Joel Okner, Md · 16 years ago
The Story of a Heart Attack (An excerpt from The No Bull Book on Heart Disease: Real Answers to Winning Back Your Heart and Health) by Joel Okner, MD and Jeremy Clorfene, PhD
Heart attacks ...
Changing Lifestyle to Avoid Diabetes Complications
By Warren Matthews · 16 years ago
Diabetes is a chronic disease that has to be prevented with healthy, stress-free lifestyle. Today's busy life often gives us little time to concentrate on our own health, neglecting the importance of healthy eating, proper ...
Possible Causes of Ovarian Pain
By Vincent Lee · 16 years ago
There are some different conditions which can cause ovarian pain. The ovaries are located in the lower part of abdomen. When you have ovarian pain, you will feel it in your lower abdomen. You should ...
Pediatric Hemorrhoids
By Donald Urquhart · 16 years ago
Yes, children can get hemorrhoids too.
Even infants can suffer from them for a variety of reasons.
However, children's bodies work quite differently from adults in some fundamental ways, so, of course the treatments change ...
How to Survive Prostate Cancer
By John James · 16 years ago
I know you might have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, but don't let it be the end for you. I want to tell you that as scary as it seems, it's not the end ...
What You Need To Know About Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment?
By Alan Low · 16 years ago
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the joints. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses where the body attacks its own immune system. The autoimmune system is made up of cells that destroy ...
The Symptoms Of Heartburn
By Joy King · 16 years ago
Most of us consider a heartburn symptom an uncomfortable but normal thing, given the amount of unhealthy food we have on a daily basis. This problem is indeed common and people usually take an antacid ...
Symptoms of Breast Cancer
By Charlene Nuble · 16 years ago
The reason why many breast cancer patients detect their health condition too late is because they can’t feel any pain. As it becomes worse, some of the symptoms of breast cancer become apparent. If the ...