Body & Health Conditions Articles

Thyroid cancer is relatively rare type of cancer with about 20.000 new cases each year in the United States. Thyroid cancer can occur in any age group, although it is more common after age 30 and most common in older patients.

You may be surprised how many people are facing the same problem as you are: irritable bowl syndrome. Only in United States 50 million people must deal with diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, bloating, cramping and other annoying symptoms.

Body modification is not a new age hype. Although many people think body art or body modification is a creation of Western civilization, body art has been around since the dawn of man and has played a major part in all Eastern and many other cultures.

One of the leading killers around the world, including in the United States and the United Kingdom, is sepsis, a condition many people have never even heard of. Here is what you need to know if you are confronted by this potentially deadly condition.

Sepsis is a deadly infection of the bloodstream and without prompt medical treatment, it can become fatal. Each year, countless people will needlessly die due to sepsis, which is why stricter diagnostic protocols and testing are desperately needed.

A cavernoma is an abnormal cluster of small and leaky blood vessels within the brain or spinal cord. While many patients don't have any symptoms, some experience debilitating seizures and other neurological problems.

Knee pain is all too common, among athletes of all levels and among the general population too. But it can often be fixed with corrective exercises, and if you don't have it, you can use the same exercises as 'pre-hab,' to keep your knees healthy.

The global incidence of asthma is increasing in the last decades. This causes significant loss of individual productivity and incur rising cost to healthcare systems. The triggering mechanisms of asthma are still not fully understood.

Do you feel like you can't empty your bladder completely, and still have the urge to go to the toilet after you have just urinated? This is called urinary retention, and it has a variety of causes.

One thing frequently leads to another, and this is certainly true in the case of poor foot function. If your feet aren’t working properly the effects may be experienced further up the body – in knees, hips, back and even give cause headaches.