What is this condition? A chronic heart condition, cor pulmonale is an enlargement of the right ventricle that results from various lung diseases, except those that primarily affect the left side of the heart, or congenital heart disease. Invariably, cor pulmonale follows some disorder of the lungs, pulmonary vessels, chest wall, o | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Are there ways to prevent depression? Some forms of depression may not be preventable since current theory suggests that they may be triggered by chemical malfunctioning in the brain. However, there is good evidence that depression may often be alleviated or sometimes prevented with good health habits. Proper diet, exercise, vacations, not overw | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including eggs, seafoods and slaughter by-products. Vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health. A generic term for both vegetarianism and veganism, as well as for similar diets, i | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Asthma is an illness where irritants cause inflammation of the bronchial tubes, as they become very sensitive, and thus making it difficult to breath. Contraction of the muscles around the wind pipe can be a result of this inflammation. The inflammation can also cause excessive mucus in the air passage as well as swelling of the lining may occur | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Ayurveda is India"s traditional medicine derived from nature and has been practiced since time immemorial. Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word that can be literally translated as "the natural science of life". Ayurveda was the method of health care practised by the followers of the Vedic culture, especially the sages who meditate on mount | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
You or a loved one may have recently visited a doctor for an MRI diagnosis not realizing that your injection of MRI dye, in combination with kidney problems that you may have a history of, is putting your life in danger. For this reason, you now have certain gadolinium side effects to watch out for. Due to a lack of a black-box warning on the dy | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland that often produces a noticeable swelling in the front of the neck. This enlargement can be caused by iodine deficiency, inability of the body to use iodine correctly, or a variety of thyroid disorders, including infection tumors, and autoimmune disease. Some environmental pollutants, heavy metal poi | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Bedsores are skin ulcers that appear in areas constantly subjected to pressure. Bedridden patients, those with paralysis and/or spinal cord injuries who can"t change their position often develop bedsores at pressure points in the lower back, buttocks, elbows, knees, shoulders, heels and ankles. Other high-risk groups are adults over 60, tho | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Heartburn is a burning feeling in the middle of your chest caused by acid leaking upwards from the stomach into the esophagus, or swallowing tube. Doctors call this reflux esophagitis. Normally, the muscular esophagus acts like a one-way valve allowing food to enter your stomach after swallowing, but not letting anything go back up. When your es | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
What do doctors call this condition? Diverticular disease, diverticulitis What is this condition? In diverticulosis, bulging pouches (called diverticula) in the stomach or intestinal wall push through the surrounding muscle. Usually, the pouches are in the lower intestine, but they may develop anywhere fr | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Hair loss is usually something only adults need to worry about. But in a few cases, teens lose their hair, too — and it may be a sign that something"s going on. Hair loss during adolescence can mean a person may be sick or just not eating right. Some medications or medical treatments, like chemotherapy treatment for cancer, a | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Running with heel pain can be an agonizing experience. For those with active lifestyles, it"s hard to adjust and limit your physical activity and routines once you encounter heel pain. This makes it important to know the symptoms and treatment methods for some of the most common types of heel pain that develop among runners. Th | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Laser eye surgery is the most commonly practiced procedure to correct vision problems caused by refractive errors, including myopia (near-sightedness), hyperopia (far-sightedness) and astigmatism (distorted vision when looking at objects at any distance). There are different types of laser eye surgery. LASIK - laser-assisted in situ | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
It is not only age that can make it harder for a person to stand up or sit down. Often medical problems such as back pain, arthritis, or osteoporosis greatly limit a person"s ability to sit or stand. This can make it very hard on the ones we love as they try to take care of us the best they can. If you have any of these problems or if it is | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
Impetigo often presents as a shallow, red erosion covered with crust. The presence of weeping, crusting, and pruritus allows the non bullous form of the disease to be morphologically placed within the group of eczematous diseases. Impetigo is identified by its location around the nose and mouth, by its rapid appearance and spread, by the presenc | Article date: 2008-03-04 ...
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