An outbreak of Chicken Pox is not as common as it used to be as many children are vaccinated now. However, even a vaccinated child can develop a case of chicken pox. Chicken Pox Home remedies can help reduce the itching and leave pox areas less scarred after the outbreak is over. These home remedies ...
There can be a number of reasons for having bone pain. Let’s explore those here in this article. One of the most common reasons for having bone pain is arthritis. There are many types of arthritis, one of which is osteoarthritis. The joint cartilage has a loss that is progressive, and as it occurring, there ...
As if raising girls wasn’t hard enough, now parents of young females are facing a growing phenomenon in the aspect of female child growth and development. Known, medically, as precocious puberty, many parents are struggling with the early onset of puberty related changes in their daughters. As parents, understanding the dynamics of precocious puberty, including ...
Doctors do not know what causes Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system that 54,000 Americans are diagnosed with annually. What they do know is that Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cases are on the rise, more than doubled since thirty years ago. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is seven to eight times more prevalent than Hodgkin’s disease, and there ...
I’m sick. Yes, I am sick for the second time in as many weeks. Not only am I sick, but I’m getting sick of being sick. In light of this development, I decided to finally take matters into my own hands. I drank the orange-flavored liquid DayQuil, and let me tell you why I will ...
“Acromegaly?” “Yes, it’s a very rare disease, glandular in origin, activated by a defective pituitary.” “Doctor can’t you tell me in plain English what’s wrong with me and how serious it is?” “I’m trying to tell you. You have a glandular disorder, a disorder of the pituitary gland; a disease so rare that medical science ...
The first thing that catches your attention when you talk to Julie Newmar is that she still has the same purr in her voice in her 70s that helped win her the iconic role as Catwoman on the 1960s “Batman” TV show. Just in case you aren’t aware of who Julie Newmar is, let’s get ...
Osteoporosis-A bone Disease Introduction There are several diseases which are running on rampage in the world but the Osteoporosis is also one of them. This disease has some significant symptoms which show that how harmful is this disease for men and women. The osteoporosis can be defined as a type of disease which is characterized ...
Because of the numerous improvements made in medical technology these days, doctors are literally able to postpone death. People are being kept alive by machines. But a longer life does not necessarily mean that the patient is not in pain. For example, an elderly man lies helpless in a hospital bed after being diagnosed just ...
Each year, thousands of children are born with birth defects commonly associated with genetic disorders. For many, the absence in the development of a limb may be well anticipated during the gestational period, providing parents with an opportunity to seek out early treatment options for the child afflicted with the complication. One such limb complication ...