Lupus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease. It is an illness in which the body’s immune system has become hyperactive and cannot decipher between its own tissues and organs and invading germs and viruses. As a result, the...
Anemia is a disorder of the blood. When the red blood cells change in number or in shape, the rest of the body, including the heart and lungs, suffers. The hemoglobin in the blood, the iron-containing oxygen-transport protein, cannot...
Almost every child has experienced Rotavirus and the accompanying diarrhea by the age of 5. It can affect anyone but symptoms are more severe in infants, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. In most cases this condition...
Fluid retention in the tissues of the body can cause abnormal swelling known as edema. Edema can affect various areas of the body and is actually considered as symptom not a disease. Edema can result from lifestyle, injury or may...
Measles is a disease common in children also known as rubeola. In the year 2000, in the United States measles had been almost eliminated, but as people have begun choosing not to vaccinate their children the disease is making a comeback. ...
Sleep Bruxism can affect both children and adults. The disorder can affect you and your partner’s ability to get a good night’s rest. Many cases do not require treatment but if severe enough you can cause damage to your teeth...
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an abnormally high blood pressure occurring in the arteries of the lungs. It is a rare condition and research to determine the cause of this condition has been difficult.
Possible Causes of Pulmonary...
The brain disorder, schizophrenia affects over 2 million adults in America usually before the age of 30.
What is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a disorder of the brain that interferes with the way in which the affected person thinks,...
Triglycerides are also known as triacylglycerol, TAG or triacylglyceride and they are a type of fat in the blood which is, in essence, the result of surplus calories that are consumed and then converted to fat and stored in fat cells...
Transplants — organ transplants is the removal of organs from donors’ bodies (living or dead) and using them to replace patients’ sick or failing organs.
Among organs which can be transplanted today are the heart, kidneys, liver,...
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