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What is Heart Disease?
By Kristy Haugen · 18 years ago
The term heart disease is a very broad term. Problems can arise within the heart muscle, arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle, or the valves within the heart that pump blood in the correct ...
Natural Supplements vs. Pharmaceutical Drugs: The Politics of Surviving Cancer
By Paula Rothstein · 18 years ago
It is understandable that a medicinal drug having undergone double blind studies, several years of research, and millions of dollars spent on that research, should have a place of credibility. But what if the entire ...
Understanding Asthma Treatments – Relievers and Preventers
By David Drinkall · 18 years ago
Millions of people around the world suffer from Asthma, a chronic lung condition characterized by difficulty in breathing. During an asthma attack, the sufferer’s airways become irritated and react by narrowing and constructing. That causes ...
Fibromyalgia, Tools for Survival
By Kristy Haugen · 18 years ago
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition categorized as a form of arthritis. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Common symptoms of fibromyalgia include fatigue, headaches, painful menstrual periods, tingling or ...
Arthritis Basics
By Adam Waxler · 18 years ago
Arthritis affects people in a variety of ways. Joints may be stiff and creak. For others who suffer from arthritis, joints might crack suddenly, like knees upon standing. For many arthritis sufferers, pain occurs, like ...
Mesothelioma treatments: What are my options?
By Robert Linebaugh · 18 years ago
Clinical research to treat malignant mesothelioma is very active and although no treatment has yet proved entirely successful, there exist a range of treatments available to individuals diagnosed with the disease. There are three types ...
Mesothelioma
By László Róth · 18 years ago
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon, but no longer rare, cancer that is difficult to diagnose and poorly responsive to therapy. Malignant mesothelioma is the most serious of all asbestos-related diseases.
A layer of specialized cells ...
Diabetes and Your Eyesight
By Lucy Nicholas · 18 years ago
What does diabetes mean to a common man? Sugar? But it’s not that simple. Diabetes is a multi-organ disease that affects almost all parts of the body simultaneously and eyes are most commonly affected. The ...
From Outcast To Insider: Overcoming The Stigma of Bipolar Disorder
By Anne Arthur · 18 years ago
Bipolar Disorder and Society:
The stigma often associated with manic depression and other mental disorders is very real. Many people with bipolar disorder or other mental illnessesare afraid to share their condition with other people ...
Periodontal Disease, Gum Disease, Gum Infections - Linked to Chronic Lung Disease
By George Meinig · 18 years ago
Learn how hidden bacteria in teeth cause side effects that can endanger your life. Discover how germs trapped in teeth and tonsils mutate and metastasize like cancer cells and how these bacteria migrate to heart, ...
What is IBS?
By David Mcevoy · 18 years ago
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is a common, chronic condition that affects the quality of life of thousands of people. In fact, it affects a third of the population at one time or another, and ...
What Do You Need To Know About Stem Cells?
By Mansi Gupta · 18 years ago
Researches in medical science have been in development since the early existence of mankind. Since ancient times medical treatments have undergone huge advancement in the type of remedial options practiced for the cure of existing ...
What do you need to know about skin disorders?
By Mansi Gupta · 18 years ago
In today’s world human life is full of stress and anxiety. There is a seemingly endless struggle to succeed and due to which we most often become oblivious to our health, appearance etc. While on ...
What you need to know about viral diseases?
By Mansi Gupta · 18 years ago
There is a very long-standing liaison between human beings and virus that wander unreservedly in our environment. Virus has a long history of disconcerting people.
A virus is a microorganism that is not visible to ...
What do you need to know about Epilepsy
By Mansi Gupta · 18 years ago
Amongst the diseases that have frequently gripped Americans, Epilepsy is also the one. Though epilepsy allows its patients to lead a normal life yet the disease can be fatal due to the unexpected occurrence of ...
How To Avoid Prostate Cancer - Naturally
By Wendy Owen · 18 years ago
It’s much better to avoid any form of cancer than to try and treat it after it has appeared. Prostate cancer, however, is usually a slow growing form of cancer which responds well to treatment. ...
Who is at Risk for Mesothelioma?
By Robert Linebaugh · 18 years ago
Mesothelioma, the deadly disease which has topped news headlines for the last decade, is contracted through exposure to airborne fibers of asbestos. Sadly, the under-regulation of asbestos usage in years past, and arguably still today, ...
About Mesothelioma, Its Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
By Abhinav Sharma · 18 years ago
About Mesothelioma -
Mesothelioma (cancer of the mesothelium) is a disease in which cells of the mesothelium become abnormal and divide without control or order. They can invade and damage nearby tissues and organs. Cancer ...
Breast Cancer Treatment: Coping With A Mastectomy
By Melissa Buhmeyer · 18 years ago
As women, especially American women, much of our femininity is centered on our breasts. No matter where you look, there are pictures, billboards, commercials, television shows, and movies with women with these beautiful breasts and ...
Breast Cancer Treatment: Surviving Chemotherapy
By Melissa Buhmeyer · 18 years ago
Chemotherapy is a word that strikes fear into most of our hearts. We've seen the movies and heard such horrible stories about undergoing this difficult treatment for a disease that could very well kill us. ...