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A thin lining membrane called the 'meninges' surrounds our brain, the most important organ in the body. Quite difficult to detect, until in some cases the brain begins to fry, unexpected whenever it occurs, understanding is our only defense.
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Earwax (cerumen) is a normal product of the ear that protects the skin of the ear from water and infection, although it can occasionally plug up the ear, causing a reduction in hearing, and might occasionally trap bacteria, slightly increasing risk of infection.
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Plenty of fruit and vegetables may make all the difference to the working of the lungs, doctors say today. And it does not matter what kind of fruit and vegetables is consumed - potatoes, berries, carrots and oranges all make a difference in their own way, according to the cross-European research.
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Typhoid fever is a severe infection caused by the bacterium, Salmonella typhi. The S. typhi bacterium belongs to the same family of bacteria as the type commonly known as "salmonella poisoning," or food poisoning. Persistently high fever is the hallmark of an S. typhi infection.
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If you have always been bugged by your parents to eat more vegetables and fruit, and have lived an existence replete with the phrase “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” this article might just prove your parents right.
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After decades of controversy, mainstream medicine may be ready to take another look at its role in treating disease.
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Syphilis is a complex sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It has often been called "the great imitator" because so many of the signs and symptoms are indistinguishable from those of other diseases.
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Winter Depression (WD), also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), can be identified by reoccurring incidents of depression throughout the winter months.
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Preschoolers who are "in touch with their feelings" may be less likely to have serious learning or behavior problems in later years, results of a study suggest.
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Glaucoma is a common disorder of the eye characterized by an increase in the internal pressure of the eyeball causing damage of the optic nerve and leading to gradual loss of sight.
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The main symptom, as is clear from the name, is ache or pain in the abdomen region. The pain can be of many types depending upon the cause of pain. In some cases it can be very mild and bearable, while in others it could be severe.
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Urologists at the University of Pittsburgh are touting the feat as a harbinger of 21st-century medicine, in which scientists hope to replace patients' damaged or diseased tissue and organs with spare body parts grown from the molecular magic of stem cells. The Pittsburgh team relied on stem cells to grow the urethral sphincter muscles in experiments with rats, but say they intend to move a lab-generated valve into the bladder of a test patient next year.
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Young children with snoring problems may have academic difficulties into their teens, even after the snoring has stopped, study findings suggest.
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Breast reduction or mammaplasty is the procedure of surgically reducing the size of the breast. Though it is a type of plastic surgery, it is not considered cosmetic; rather it represents relief for women experiencing medical problems.
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People who are trying to lower their blood pressure might want to consider the amount of pollution in the air they breathe in addition to the amount of salt in their food, German researchers report.
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Ovarian cancer is one of the most common types of cancer to affect the female reproductive system. Its danger comes from its ability, like most cancers, to spread, to nearby organs and via the lymphatic and circulatory systems, to distant organs.
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Drug errors are far from new, but with more than 12 million chemical substances now available, taking medications has become an increasingly dangerous proposition. In 1999, a report called To Err Is Human by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, estimated that as many as 98,000 hospital patients die every year as a result of preventable errors, including medication mistakes. These findings prompted the Clinton administration and Congress to call for urgent reforms. Both academics and entrepreneurs are proposing an array of systems and gadgets designed to prevent errors or catch them before they can harm the patient.
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It may be worthwhile to consider how much wheat you eat if you suffer from headaches or lack of coordination and have gluten sensitivity.
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Scientists researching Alzheimer's disease have discovered that the benefits of very high doses of common painkillers are not caused by their anti-inflammatory properties. As these properties mean the high doses are toxic, the breakthrough should lead to new and safer drugs to treat the disease, they say.
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More than 14 million women ages 18-44 are smokers, that’s an estimated 27.2 percent of reproductive aged women.
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Lay your hand flat on the table. Which finger is longer, your second (index) or fourth (ring)? On average, women have index fingers that are almost the same length as their ring fingers, while men have index fingers that are clearly shorter, although there is a lot of variation within both sexes.
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"Most kids with ear infections don't need antibiotics. What we found was the children who received ear drops got better almost as fast as those on antibiotics," says study author, Dr. Paul Matz, a research fellow in the department of paediatrics at the Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island. That doesn't mean eardrops can cure the infection. "They just mask the symptoms and make the child feel better while the infection clears on its own," says Dr. John McClay, a paediatric otolaryngologist at Children's Medical Centre in Dallas, Texas.
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Gallbladder disease is an inflammation, infection, stones, or obstruction of the gallbladder. Also known as Biliary disease or a gallbladder attack, the two types this disease are cholecystitis or inflammation of the gallbladder and cholelithiasis or gall stones.
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As anaemia is very common in Egypt, an introduction to the disease, its symptoms, causes, and treatment seems to be in order.
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In our lungs, the tubes are arranged in a tree-branch structure with the smallest branches at the end where exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood occurs.
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