General Illness

Free Radicals The Enemy Within
Did you know that most of the illnesses we suffer from can be attributed to free radicals? Find out how to neutralize these rogue agents.

Fighting With A Disease Called Jaundice
The word jaundice is derived from a French word called as jaune, which means yellow. It is a very common condition which is seen in newborn babies which can be treated by exposing them to sunlight.

A Guide to Understanding Coeliac Disease
Coeliac Disease is something which affects many people but which is not widely understood or discussed. It is a medical condition which affects the gut and digestive system of the sufferer and which people can be genetically pre-disposed to.

Aicardi Syndrome
It is a disorder that is categorized by the partial or complete malfunction of the corpus callosum, a brain structure linking two hemispheres inside it. Aicardi syndrome often causes childhood seizure (intantile spasms), eye abnormality or lesions of the retina, and metal retardation. Aicardi Syndrome is also linked to microcephaly, a brain defect; microgyria, where bumps inside the brain tend to be narrow; or porecenphalic cysts, a brain condition causing fluids to fill the ...

What Is Malaria What Can Be Done If I Contract It
Malaria is an infectious blood disease caused by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito that injects parasites into the bloodstream. This disease is reported to afflict 350-500 million people each year and causes over one million deaths. Malaria causes a high fever, joint pain, shivering, vomiting and anemia. If left untreated, it can result in severe medical complications or even death. Unfortunately, there are no vaccines against malaria though they are being researched ...

What Causes Hyperhidrosis
We naturally perspire, all through the day, to help our body regulate its temperature. In fact sweating is necessary for the healthy physiological functioning of our bodies. It is a mechanism in which fluid containing salts is released, by which the body is able to dispel heat produced by exercise and hot environments.

Treating Hyperhidrosis
Excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis is caused by a dysfunction in the sympathetic nerve chain.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms Causes and Treatments
Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic functional disorder of the intestines which causes abdominal pain, often accompanied by cramping, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. It is also referred to as spastic colon or mucous colitis. Irritable bowel syndrome is more commonly known by its abbreviated term - IBS.

Disease Of The Rich Gout
This is the ‘kings’ disease’ as it affects the affluent. It is a type of arthritis that affects the toe, knee and other joints. Your kidneys lose their ability to flush out the excess amounts of uric acid, partially. This uric acid crystallizes and lodges in the joints, thus causing joint pain. This joint gets hot, swollen and tender. This pain usually starts in the middle of the night and can last for hours and days at a stretch. But it can vanish quite quickly.

How to Empower People with a Serious Illness
A serious illness need not be a death sentence. The right attitude, and the cooperation of friends, family, and physicians, can often mean the difference between life and death.

Chronic Kidney Disease Symptoms
Anyone can get chronic kidney disease at any age. Early detection and treatment can often keep chronic kidney disease from getting worse. Chronic kidney disease involves damage to the kidneys where they cant regulate bodily functions anymore.

Seeing Straight
The type and amount of surgery to perform for a particular squint demands an accurate preoperative decision and necessitates meticulous surgical planning and accurate prediction of surgical outcome. "The surgical aims are realignment of the eye muscles where necessary to achieve satisfactory function and appearance".

A Window of Light Into the Heart of Darkness
The Eye Camp programmes team up with a host ophthalmologist, to provide some training if it is required, and to help provide equipment, such as microscopes and autoclaves (used for sterilising surgical instruments). Repeat visits are made to the same country to maintain the projects momentum.

Managing Your Cholesterol The Best Way To Prevent Hearth Attacks
Cholesterol is one of the most familiar medical words today. Everyone knows “something” about it , but mostly cholesterol is associated in our mind with something “bad” and “unwanted” that happens to old and overweight people.The facts show that about 20 percent of the U.S. population has high blood cholesterol levels.

The Walk to Freedom
Walk to Freedom - When Jan Wilks was diagnosed with MS in 2000, her condition had no treatment or cure and doctors said it would eventually cripple and then kill her. A revolutionary stem cell treatment gave Jan her life back...

Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers Sigh With Relief Part Two
Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapys success stories.

Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers Sigh With Relief Part One
Multiple Sclerosis - Recently MS patient Jan Wilks began walking days after treatment with umbilical cord stem cells after years in a wheelchair. Jan Wilks is only one of stem cell therapys success stories

Anaphylaxis The Emotional Earthquake
David Glaser is the webmaster of the support group Insect Stings which offers resources and support to victims of insect stings and bites

Are you Allergic Anaphylaxis may kill you
An allergen is any substance that is recognized by the immune systems and is the cause of an allergic reaction. The substance most often is eaten or inhaled; some are even those caused by a scratch on the skin. Dust, pollen, and...

Are You AT Aware
What is AT? You may ask. AT stands for Atherothrombosis that is largely unrecognized by the people on the street. AT is a global disease that can lead to heart attack, stroke, or peripheral arterial..(read entire article) Article Submission Service View : 112 Times

Caring for incontinence and avoid skin breakdowns
Management of incontinence is needed to avoid skin breakdowns that result in painful open sores. A protocol must be developed to maintain skin integrity.

Fibromyalgia Information and Treatment
This article gives you complete information on fibromyalgia including symptoms, causes, cure and its treatment.

Kidneystones Symptoms Treatment Recurrence And Precautions
Kidney stones often do not cause any symptoms. However, if they become lodged in the ureter the thin tube between the bladder and the kidney symptoms can be very severe.

Perfect guide for kidney stones and its problem
Kidney stones are a very painful human ailment that is getting popular day by day. The disease is spreading among the various age groups.

Psoriasis Causes and Psoriasis Treatment
Information about psoriasis including, what is psoriasis, the causes of psoriasis, and psoriasis treatment.

Tamiflu Precautions How perilous can it be
Tamiflu over-dosage may result in nausea and vomiting. Therefore take the missed dose as soon as you remember within 2 hours and continue with the normal dosage thereafter

What Are The Symptoms And Preventive Measures Of Atherothrombosis
Atherothrombosis is commonly a disease of older adults mainly because of the eventual buildup of deposits and the wear and tear on the blood vessels.