Disease, Illness & Conditions
What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease. This article explains the disease, symptoms, treatments, and complications.
How to Read the Global UV Index
Planning an outdoorsy day? Keep your family safe by knowing your UV levels.
What Is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical procedure. This article explains what DBS is and the medical conditions it treats. Areas of research are also reviewed.
Are You at Risk for Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is a serious sleeping disorder that can lead to serious health problems. This sleep disorder occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. Learn the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments.
The Top 10 Rarest Diseases
This article examines and ranks the 10 deadliest diseases known to currently exist worldwide. It provides a brief overview of each disorder, followed by an analysis of common symptoms and treatment options that are available.
The Best Diet for Parkinson's Patients
Dietary changes alongside standard therapy hold great promise for reducing movement disorders and improving the quality of life of patients.
High-Protein Diets and Kidney Disease: Fact or Fantasy?
Do higher protein diets adversely affect kidney function in healthy individuals? Let's explore common claims about protein toxicity.
What the Commercials Don't Tell You About the FreeStyle Libre for Diabetics
Commercials for the FreeStyle Libre give you only a bird's eye view of what the FreeStyle Libre sensor is for diabetics. There is much more information about the product that viewers do not see.
Face to Face: Real Tales of Encounters With Death
Here I provide real stories of encounters with death and grief, told in the words of those who experienced it.
What Do You Know About Hair Loss?
This article reviews types of hair loss and explains the cycles of hair growth. Treatments are also reviewed.
Can You Get a Sunburn in the Winter?
Dr. James Goydos, surgical oncologist and expert on melanoma and soft tissue tumors, shares tips on how to protect your skin during the winter months and throughout the seasons.
What You Should Know About Hypertension
In this article, I define hypertension and talk about the different types. I next point out how hypertension is diagnosed and the risk factors for getting it. Finally, the article explains why hypertension must be treated and how I received treatment.
Diabetics: Numbers You Should Know
If you are a diabetic, you need to know certain numbers in order to manage the disease. Here are two major numbers you should know.
People Who Never Drink Any Alcohol Are at Significantly Higher Risk of Developing MS
According to a new study, people who never drink alcohol are at a significantly greater risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), particularly if the individual also is a current or former smoker.
Cardiomyopathy - Types and Treatments
This article explains cardiomyopathy, along with types, causes, symptoms and possible treatments. Risk factors are also reviewed.
Shocking Effects of Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance has been found to cause various conditions like cancer, liver disease, PCOS, depression, skin disorders, cardio vascular disease, Alzheimer's, and more.
How to Live With Congestive Heart Failure and Heart Disease
Living with heart disease or congestive heart failure (CHF) is not an automatic death sentence. It wasn't for me and doesn't have to be for you. This is my story as a survivor, ten years after my first heart attack
Celiac Disease Symptoms and Treatments
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that damages the small intestine. The symptoms for adults and children, along with the proper diet is reviewed in this article.
Stomach Cramps After Eating Food: What You Need to Know
Why eating food can trigger stomach cramps, whether or not it is dangerous, and what you can do to make it stop.
Why Sleeping on the Floor Is Really Good for You
Most Westerners are now so stiff that they cannot comfortably sit on the floor. What to do? Regain a connection with mother earth by sleeping on the floor for improved flexibility, posture, and to get rid of aches and pains.
Heart Attack - Early Signs
The early signs of a heart attack should not be ignored, and they are made clear in this article. The way the heart works and what happens during a heart attack is explained. The symptoms are listed for a major heart attack also. Risk factors are listed and possible treatments are explained.
How Can I Make Myself Sleep on My Back?
Sleeping on your back is the best sleeping position for optimum sleep. Learn to adopt the supine sleeping position as a permanent solution to poor posture, sleep wrinkles, and many chronic aches and pain caused by misalignment of the skeleton and unnecessary pressure tension during sleep.
Can Diet Help Control Asthma Symptoms?
This article discusses how food impacts asthma. A child’s asthma may be controlled with diet, while an adult's asthma is more difficult. It is still possible to be less symptomatic with the right foods.
Acrocyanosis
Necrotizing acrocyanosis is an idiopathic condition that triggers tenderness in the toes, fingers, and cyanosis in the extremities. The extremities of the patients with acrocyanosis progressively develop gangrene or ulcers indicated by their color variations.
Thyroid Problems and Treatments
This article simply explains the thyroid gland. Hypothyroid and hyperthyroid disease are discussed. The symptoms and treatments of these diseases are included.
Hiatal Hernia Facts
Hiatal hernias are explained in this article. Lifestyle changes, medications and surgical remedies are explained.
Cluster Headache Characteristics
Cluster headaches are excruciating and often occur little warning. The signs, symptoms, triggers and possible causes are reviewed. Treatment, including alternative choices are also discussed.
Learn About Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer for women after skin cancer. Learn the top US hospitals for treatment, the statistics, risk factors, diagnosis, types of breast cancer and how it is treated.
Foot Diseases: Gout
There are many problems that can afflict the feet. Many of them can be treated with over-the-counter products. Gout is one, and it's very painful. This article discusses possible causes, diagnoses, and treatments for gout.
Strange Sleepwalking Stories
Somnambulism is an odd affliction that causes people to behave strangely while fast asleep.
10 Tips to Sleep Better and Healthier
Getting those good night's sleep is extremely important. Aside from keeping your gears running for another day, it also keeps your healthy and fit. Here are 10 tips on how to sleep better and healthier.
COVID-19 Mandatory Cloth Face Masks Are Scientifically Unfounded
A solid scientific basis does not exist to support or justify forcing people to wear simple cloth face masks as a means of controlling the spread of COVID-19.
What Are the Current (Evidence-Based) Opportunities for the Clinical Management of COVID-19?
COVID-19, or SARS-CoV-2, is a highly contagious virus with the potential to rapidly invade the human physiological system. The combinations of allopathic medicine and traditional Chinese herbal medicine are widely discussed in the context of their potential to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Can Vitamin D Help Guard Against Coronavirus?
Can vitamin D help protect against coronavirus (COVID-19)? Here's what I learned about coronavirus, vitamin D and how it may help protect my health during the pandemic.
The Coronavirus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis
This article examines the infectious virus known as the Coronavirus. It provides a direct analysis of the disease's characteristics, symptoms, and general treatment options.
What Does Coronavirus Do to the Body, and Can It Be Treated?
The deadly novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has the potential to threaten the health and wellness of human populations on a global scale. This article provides basic information about, including diagnosis, treatment, and preventative measures. People must practice caution during travel.
Is It a Cold or Early Pregnancy Symptoms? Take This Quiz
Are cold symptoms a sign of pregnancy? Believe it or not, a cold - or what feels like one - can be one of the earliest indications that you're pregnant. Here's why.
The Challenge of Cultural Acceptance: Basic Medical Intervention in Northern Nigeria
What prevents widespread treatment from being administered and disease education being rolled out for easily preventable and highly treatable diseases?
How Does Blue Light Affect Sleep Quality?
Having trouble falling to sleep? Have you considered your use of artificial lighting before going to bed? Blue light can disrupt your sleeping patterns.
What Is Sleep Paralysis, and How Can You Prevent It?
To understand the causes of sleep paralysis, it is first important to be aware of what sleep paralysis is. Countless people around the world have reported waking up, yet not being able to move their bodies. They describe a feeling or sensation that has been diagnosed as sleep paralysis.
What You Need to Know About Vitamin B12 Deficiency
A brief overview of vitamin B12 deficiency, how it happens, what it presents, and what can be done about it.
Sickled Feet: Quick Fixes, Causes, Symptoms, Correction, Prevention and Tips
Sickled feet are considered the bane in any form of dancing. It is also a problem for many athletes as well. However, it should be noted that the sickling of the feet when performing is a bit harder to get rid of.
Why Your Tinnitus Gets Worse at Times and What to Do About It
This article is based on my research survey of tinnitus sufferers to determine possible causes and avoidance techniques.
A Fun and Easy Solution to Drink More Water
Most of us don't drink enough water which leaves us dehydrated and damages our health. Learn about the benefits of drinking more water as well as the easiest way to increase the amount of water you drink every day.
Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
This article briefly summarizes the causes and implications of coronary heart disease and explains major risk factors for the disease.
Urine Colors Chart : Medications and Food Can Change Urine Color
The appearance and odor of urine could be an indicator of your lifestyle and health. Medications, food, dyes, pigments, and poisons like phenol can change the color of urine anything from red to green. Usually the cause is harmless. However, it may sometimes indicate an underlying disease condition.
Cell Phone Towers, Radiation Sickness, and Cancer
Do you live near a broadcasting, radio, or cell tower? Are you worried about your exposure levels to radio waves? The effects of technology on the development of certain cancers need to be analyzed. Here's what we know.
Silica, the New Asbestos. Are You Being Safe at Work and at Home?
Silica makes up a large component of our world and the products that we use daily. Are you aware of the potential risk that it poses to you and your family? Are you being safe around this substance?
13 Gentle but Effective Strategies to Help You Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Difficulty sleeping spoils your day, undermines relationships, and makes you less effective at work. Many causes of sleep problems relate to your lifestyle. This article explains 13 gentle but effective changes you can make to help you get a good night's sleep and wake refreshed and raring to go.