Body & Health Conditions Articles

Shoulder pain can be disabling and can interfere with your ability to perform day-to-day activities.It may also bench you from your favorite sports activities. Learn about the potential causes of shoulder pain and what can be done to relieve shoulder pain

If your blood pressure readings are running a little high, the first thing your doctor is likely to tell you is to do is to cut back on salt. Now a study tells us that cutting back on salt actually raises the risk of heart and blood vessel diseases.

Diabetics are told to eliminate sugar. They are told they should not eat fat. Protein is a problem, too, because excess amino acids are converted into urea and sugar. If it's food, diabetics are told they can't eat it.

With winter's cold comes an increase in burn injuries as people the world over find themselves near more plentiful sources of open flames. But there are many kinds of burns and varying degrees of severity. When can a burn be handled at home?

There are few health problems more common than back pain. Back injuries and back pain are the leading cause of workplace disabilities. Next to the common cold, back pain is the second most common cause of days lost from work.

A super cocktail of six plant chemicals found in vegetables, herbs, fruits, and roots kills 100% of breast cancer cells in the test tube without side effects, scientists say.

Although it is an overstatement to describe the curative powers of green tea as "miraculous," there is no doubt that green tea can have profound benefits. Not many people know it is also helpful in slowing down the progress of age -related eye disorders.

According to estimates from the Lupus Foundation of America, approximately 1.5 million people in America and 5 million worldwide are suffering from a form of lupus.Though lupus strikes both women and men, 90% of all diagnosed cases are present in females.

The eye color in humans is controlled by the amount and type of pigment that is deposited in the iris.Eyes of all color except the reddish or pinkish eye of people with albinism contain a dark-brown pigment in the iris epithelium that is called eumelanin.

Paget's disease and osteoporosis both cause fractures in bone. They affect many of the same bones. They are treated with some of the medications. But they are very different diseases.