The lung can become inflamed for many different reasons. Like any part of the body, this may be due to infections, injury, allergies and autoimmune diseases, among a host of other causes. The term pneumonia refers to lung inflammation typically when caused by an infection, but pneumonitis also means lung inflammation >> Read More ...
Stomach and intestinal upsets are common throughout life. It may occur several times in a year and usually resolves on its own with little to no treatment. However, these disturbances can be serious at times. Most people refer to these upsets as food poisoning or the stomach flu with little understanding of these >> Read More ...
The importance of sufficient sleep on a daily basis is well known even without the medical science to prove it. We all know how too little sleep can affect our mental, emotional and physical health. Even insufficient sleep on a single night can have pronounced effects by the next days. However, some of these effects can be >> Read More ...
Bladder cancer is the third most common type of cancer that is not gender-specific (like breast cancer or prostate cancer). It is three times more common in men than women and accounts for close to 200,000 deaths in the United States every year. As with any cancer, early diagnosis and treatment is important for a better >> Read More ...
Metabolic syndrome has been widely publicized in recent years due to its association with heart disease, stroke and diabetes. With all three conditions being among the top ten killers in developed nations, preventing and reversing metabolic syndrome is an important strategy to save lives. However, the approach to achieving >> Read More ...
Arthritis is a common joint problem that can occur at any time in life, even in childhood. Most of us are familiar with arthritis among older people although the underlying problem may have started years or even decades earlier. There are different types of arthritis which can affect any joint although some of these types >> Read More ...
Most of us are concerned about hair – its color, texture, length or bulk. However, our greatest concern often arises when there is loss of hair. It is a common concern for both men and women. Hair loss is a natural process that occurs very slowly everyday but is almost never noticed since the lost hairs are >> Read More ...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common type of diabetes in adults and a growing problem associated with the rise in obesity rates globally. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States¹ but can increase the risk of some of the more common causes of deaths, such as as heart disease, strokes and >> Read More ...
Muscles are the ‘motors’ of the human body that allow for movement. By contracting and relaxing, muscles move different parts of the body. It is not only the limbs and different segments of the body that move with the muscle action but movement within organs are also facilitated by these muscles. Even the >> Read More ...
The stomach is one of the important organs of digestion. It receives food and beverages that have been swallowed, after being shunted from the throat to the stomach through the esophagus. The stomach has a muscular wall which can crush food into smaller particles (mechanical digestion). The inner lining of the stomach wall >> Read More ...
