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Diabetes is no doubt a worldwide problem. More and more of the population are experiencing this disease and can actually increase or double for the next decade or so. While aging as one of the risk factors of diabetes cannot be controlled, obesity being another major cause factor of the condition can be reversed as read more »

Menstrual period is a monthly annoyance for women – mood swings, cravings, migraines, and others. From early adolescence to menopausal, women experience a hormone level change which for some have regular periods and irregular to others. But aside from the irregular period, there are also those who encounter heavy flowing or otherwise called as “menorrhagia”. read more »

High cholesterol level is an enormous factor of heart disease. Having a high level of cholesterol can increase one’s risk of developing a heart disease, strokes or heart attacks, which are known to be the top causes of death in the world. For some, they are unaware of the symptoms whereas the others don’t find read more »

A new study has determined that it might be possible to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in a person through a blood test. Scientists have been running their tests based on the DHEA hormone which seems to decrease in the people that have developed the disease. Through a process that is known as oxidation the scientists were read more »

It is very difficult when you are carrying a baby in your womb at the same time when your blood pressure is also high. Not only will the mother worry with this kind of condition, hence regardless of when the high blood pressure developed either prior or after the pregnancy – it should not be read more »

While most people know of the congenital bleeding Hemophilia disorder, a little of the population are not aware of another type of blood clotting disorder called von Willebrand Disease (VWD). It is a disease which an individual should be conscious and concerned about as hemophilia disease may affect one person out of 10,000 whereas VWD read more »

A new research has found that there might be an association between poor eating and the presence of anemia in elder women. Anemia is the condition where there aren’t enough red blood cells or in some other cases, where the amount of aggregation of hemoglobin is under the normal levels. It is of high importance read more »

A novel investigation performed by the Osaka University in Japan discovered that middle aged men and women can actually lower their levels of blood pressure when they listen to music and have a few laughs. The investigation was performed with a group of almost 80 people whose ages ranged from 40 to 74. There was read more »

A new research has found evidence that the wax used in the manufacturing of ski equipment can be hazardous to its users; they might be exposed to perfluorochemicals which then gets accumulated in the body. These chemicals commonly known as PCFs can affect the health of a person by endangering them to suffer from liver read more »

A new study has determined that people who suffer from psoriasis along with hypertension have higher chances of suffering of high blood pressure. The study was based on 835 psoriasis patients who also suffered from hypertension. Researchers contrasted the results with those obtained from a group of 2,400 people who only had hypertension. It was read more »

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