Body & Health Conditions Articles

Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks liver cells of the same organism. This causes the liver to become inflamed, resulting in hepatitis.

Palpitations are pounding or racing feelings in your heart. You may become suddenly aware of your heartbeat, or feel that your heartbeat is not as it used to be.

Cholesterol is a type of fat made by the body, essential for good health. Cholesterol is an ingredient of every cell in the body.

Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It is a very serious disease in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and doesn't work as well as it should.

With Sjogren’s syndrome, changes occur in the immune system. This is the body’s defense against disease. The problem is that the immune system lacks the usual controls.

Mono or mononucleosis, also called the kissing disease, is named after its transmission via infected saliva. However, this disease is not as funny as the name implies. The virus that causes it is Epstein-Barr, or EBV virus.

Scoliosis occurs relatively frequently in the general population. Its frequency depends upon the magnitude of the curve of the spine. Scoliosis of greater than 25 degrees occurs in many people all around the world.

Spider veins are also known as broken capillaries. These are nothing more than tiny blood vessels no more than 2 mm in diameter that may appear on different places on the body such as face, legs and ankles.

Meningococcal disease is a serious bacterial infection caused by the Neisseria meningitides bacterium. This bacterium is known as a meningococcus.

Popular theories about the effects of full moon on human health and behavior are numerous. Most of them, however, seem to have shaky foundation. But the lower quality of sleep during the full moon nights was recently confirmed by scientific research.