Atherosclerosis is the main cause of cardiovascular disease, which is responsible for over 900,000 deaths in the United States each year. People who appear to be healthy may already have the disease and be at risk for a heart attack or stroke. What is atherosclerosis? What causes atherosclerosis? What are the risk factors of atherosclerosis? ...
Do you itch after taking a warm bath or shower? Do you experience frequent headaches, dizziness, fatigue and excessive sweating? Polycythemia , also referred to as thick blood, could be the culprit behind your symptoms. Thick, sluggish blood is not an uncommon malady (typically afflicting the elderly), and can be successfully treated with an age ...
Pus. Just the mere mention of that word is enough to make some people feel a little queasy. To make matters worse, pus generally shows up during an infection, which may already be causing a person to feel sick or be in pain. And yet, the presence of pus is a good sign that your ...
White blood cells play a vital role in your immune system. They are also known as leukocytes or sometimes WBCs by doctors. White blood cells circulate in your blood stream, attacking invading bacteria, parasites and any other cells and objects that are not meant to be floating around inside your blood. White blood cells are ...
Acute leukemia occurs when immature blood cells begin to rapidly increase and begins to crowd the bone marrow, preventing it from making more healthy blood cells. Thus, problems occur in the body as it is unable to fight off diseases and harmful attacks and immediate treatment is needed to combat this disease. Usually this occurs ...
The circulatory system provides the human body with the proper amount of nutrients, water and oxygen, and carries away waste such as carbon dioxide, that the body cells produce. Also, the circulatory system maintains constant body temperature. Anyone that has poor circulation can develop cold feet, and other circulatory related medical problems. Three parts of ...
There is more to blood than the red substance that comes out of our bodies when we’re injured. In fact, blood is a highly complex part of existence. Within that simple red liquid lies several very important substances. Blood consists of both plasma and the formed elements found within the plasma. This latter is made ...
Coughing is one of the bodies best defense mechanisms. The purpose of a cough is throw irritants out of the body. You want a cough to help get rid of the mucus and prevent dead cells from settling in the lungs. Suppressing a cough is not always the best way to go. The following natural ...
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 ...
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