Archive for the ‘Anemia’ Category
Here’s something you need to understand: even though you may be feeling healthy, it may not be an accurate measure of your actual health. Why? Because there are a number of conditions which remain silent until the disease is finally diagnosed. This is why it’s essential for every individual to receive regular health screenings. Early [...]
Fever is the number one reason that children are taken to hospital emergency rooms. This is not surprising. Fevers are frequent in childhood, and they are often frightening to both parent and child. What follows is a set of questions and answers written to address that fear and to help parents know what to do [...]
Muscular dystrophy is a progressive disease that involves increasing weakness of the muscles. There are many different types of, but in most cases the skeletal muscles weaken and this often results in dramatically reduced mobility.The first documented case was in 1830, but it is likely to have been a factor in human development much before [...]
Recent studies show that among the factors that influence our health, the main factor- 43%,is represented by our lifestyle and nutrition. By controlling our lifestyle and nutrition we become our health masters.We can prevent the majority of the modern man diseases by having a balanced nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Unfortunately, the modern man’s lifestyle [...]
Hair pulling can occur on any part of the body where hair grows. The most common area of hair pulling is the scalp. Hair pulling is divided two types focused pulling and nonfocused (or automatic) pulling. Focused pulling is an intentional act to control aversive feelings. Nonfocused pulling is generally a habitual type of pulling. [...]
Four rather unusual and rare diseases are now being grouped together by medical investigators as a result of information derived from recent research. Their names, which are little known to the public, are polyarteritis nodosa, diffuse lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and dermatomyositis.They resemble each other in that all of them represent disturbances of connective tissue in [...]