Health Articles: Diseases and Conditions
What is Pneumonia? How to Prevent From Pneumonia?
Pneumococcal is a serious disease that causes much sickness and death. In fact, pneumococcal disease kills more people in the United States each year than all other vaccine-preventable diseases combined. Read more…
Bruise – Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment
A bruise gets its deep color from a blood vessel or vessels that break under the skin and leak blood into the surrounding area. As it heals, it becomes paler in color and less painful to the touch. Read more…
Schizophrenia-diseases
Schizophrenia (literally "split mind") is often thought of as a split or dual personality. However, this disease is best defined as a disorganization of normal thought and feeling. It is probably caused by the malfunctioning of the cells through which information flows within the brain. Read more…
How to Treat Hemophilia
Hemophilia is genetic disorder that affects over 18,000 people (most of whom are males) in the United States alone (National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute 2006). Read more…
Sunburn – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Medications
Sunburn is an inflammation of the skin that is caused by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. A similar burn can follow overexposure to a "sun" (tanning) lamp. UV radiation can also damage the eyes, although no surface burn is apparent. Read more…
High Cholesterol - Causes of High Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance that your body needs to function normally. Cholesterol is naturally present in cell walls or membranes everywhere in the body, including the brain, nerves, muscles, skin, liver, intestines, and heart. Read more…
Hemorrhoids – Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are abnormally swollen veins in the rectum and anus. They are much like varicose veins you might see on a person's legs. When bulging hemorrhoid veins are irritated, they cause surrounding membranes to swell Read more…
Chronic Back Pain - Relief is at Hand
Chronic back pain is often very hard to diagnose with sufferers having to endure the pain for a long time before proper treatment can be prescribed. Read how chronic back pain can normally be attibuted to only two main factors Read more…
ADD / ADHD -- 5 Tips for Job Effectiveness
Five strategies for people with ADD to overcome barriers to effective permoance in the workplace. You can put these tips into action straight away. Read more…
Avoid Close Touch by Any Way to the Other Person if You Have Cold Sore
When someone suffers from a cold sore, the first thought that could arise in your mind is whether you can catch the same infection from that person. Cold sores are contagious in more ways than one. The cold sores can spread easily from one to the other in more than one way. You can infect others easily through your cold sore. It is spread through a virus, which is easily spread able. A person does not have an active cold sore but posses the virus herpes simplex virus. Read more…