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What Exactly Is Cerebral Palsy?
By Jennifer Petry · 18 years ago
Understanding cerebral palsy is the first step towards preventing it. Cerebral palsy is a condition when muscle movements and posture is affected (palsy) due to brain damage (cerebral). Unlike chicken pox or measles, cerebral palsy ...
Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers
By Mary Desaulniers · 18 years ago
More and more often, I come across cases of nonsmokers who develop lung cancer. My attention is always drawn to news of this nature because my husband passed away at the age of 51 from ...
5 Facts You Need To Know About Depression
By Christopher Green · 18 years ago
Around 18 million US citizens suffer from stress, depression and anxiety every year and for many of them, understanding why they endure the torment is difficult to establish. This is because of the many “magic ...
Was Your Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosed?
By James Finch · 18 years ago
As many as 30,000 U.S. women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year. In 2006, between 15,000 and 16,000 women are likely to die from this silent killer. Ovarian cancer is the 5th leading ...
Stimulating the Body's Defenses to Fight Cancer
By James Finch · 18 years ago
Comediennes such as Gilda Radner and Madeline Kahn, Oscar-winning actresses like Loretta Young and Sandy Dennis, singers Laura Nyro and Dinah Shore, actor Pierce Brosnan’s wife Cassandra Harris, actress Jessica Tandy, former Connecticut governor Ella ...
What You Should Know About Mesothelioma
By Rick Tanzo · 18 years ago
Let me make this clear at the outset. I'm not a doctor. And the word mesothelioma is some kind of a tongue-twister to me.
This article is an ofshoot of my web site - mesothelioma.googlingprofit.com ...
Tinnitus: Learning to Ignore a Nuisance
By Mark Goeder-Tarant · 18 years ago
That may sound darn right rude but that’s all it is. A nuisance.
Tinnitus is nothing but a nuisance, which interrupts your daily routine by driving you up the wall.
Ever asked why it’s driving ...
Tuberculosis, a Cause for Concern?
By Kristy Haugen · 18 years ago
Despite advances in treatments available, tuberculosis (TB) still remains a global pandemic. One third the human population is currently infected with tuberculosis. What is tuberculosis?
The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ...
Vitiligo: Beware Of White Patches On Your Skin
By Cindi Gass · 18 years ago
Vitiligo (often called as leucoderma) is a disorder where the skin loses its color in patches of irregular shapes and sizes. This is a pigmentation disorder which means that melanocytes (the pigment-producing cells) in the ...
The Vitiligo Skin Condition Explained In Plain English
By Jason Herbert · 18 years ago
Vitiligo
White patches on the skin, premature graying of the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, and beard, and sometimes a loss of color inside the mouth—these are some of the distinct signs of vitiligo. Some people might ...
What Are The Top Eight Deadly Pubic Health Enemies?
By Monique Hawkins · 18 years ago
In our society today, there are many people who are not well. They struggle with sickness, illness, and disease. Indeed, there are eight deadly public health enemies that are sending many Americans to an early ...
Interrupting the process of cancer - part II of II
By Paula Rothstein · 18 years ago
TREATMENT OF CANCER USING TOXIC CHEMICALS
"Cancer researchers, medical journals, and the popular media all have contributed to a situation in which many people with common malignancies are being treated with drugs not known to ...
The Charcot Foot Condition - A Little Known Diabetes Complication
By Belver Ladson · 18 years ago
Charcot Foot disease is a little known complication that can affect anyone who has diabetes. This condition also occurs in non-diabetic patients too, but diabetics can be more prone to this disease due to a ...
Perilous Cancer And Its Types
By Cathrine Niz · 18 years ago
One of the most dangerous diseases, for which chance of survival is least, is cancer. In fatality, this disease is second to Heart attack, which is the cause of death of most of the people. ...
INTERRUPTING THE PROCESS OF CANCER - PART I OF II
By Paula Rothstein · 18 years ago
In spite of the advancements made by medicine over the years, the treatment of cancer remains adrift, buffeted by political tides and conflicting approaches. It is a disease that has been hijacked by a very ...
3 Measures You Can Take to Reduce Aluminum Intake & Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
By Frank Mangano · 18 years ago
Although the jury is still out among doctors and scientists on the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is little dispute about the findings in AD research that points toward high levels of aluminum ...
Skin Cancer Prevention - Sunscreens
By Dennis Watson · 18 years ago
Covering up is your best defense against skin cancer but for those days you're going to be exposed to the sun, make sure you grab some sunscreen.
Have you noticed how many well known people ...
What Exactly Puts People at Risk for Mesothelioma?
By Robert Linebaugh · 18 years ago
Mesothelioma is a very serious disease. One of the reasons it is so serious is that many people do not know what puts them at risk for mesothelioma. The basic risk of getting mesothelioma has ...
5 Steps to Staying Mentally Sharp and Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
By Frank Mangano · 18 years ago
If you want to stay sharp and in control of your life well into your golden years, there are proactive methods to achieving the mental alertness you need. More and more research is pointing to ...
Hardening Of The Arteries: Beyond Blood Vessels
By Marc Deschamps · 18 years ago
Hardening of the arteries is a gradual process occuring as people grow older. It has been known by various names : arterial stiffening, vascular stiffness, arteriosclerosis and scientists have long thought that it played a ...