Body & Health Conditions Articles

Everyone puts Q-tips in their ears, but otolaryngologists warn that they should not. Here are ten tips about Q-tips to help you avoid injury.

No one wants to believe that beer, wine, cider, and hard liquor could set the stage for the development of cancer. A growing chorus of experts, however, warns of a cancer connection for alcohol.

The eyelid contains many tiny oil glands, and these can become clogged up by dirt, oil or even dead skin. Once this occurs, it creates a great breeding ground for bacteria, and so the style is born.

The link between Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease is well established. But what causes the link, and what can you do if you are afflicted by both these autoimmune conditions?

Bursitis, an inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs that cushion your bones, can be extremely painful and immobilizing. Would you recognize the symptoms, what's the treatment, and how can you prevent bursitis from developing in the first place?

Metformin is an extraordinarily effective and extraordinarily inexpensive medication for diabetes, which has the side effect of helping to cure certain kinds of cancer.

Breathing second-hand smoke increases cancer risk in humans. Now research shows that even plants are affected by nicotine in the

Scientists have known for a long time that people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) tend to have low vitamin D levels, but only recently has there been evidence that vitamin D supplements help the condition.

Inflammatory bowel disease cause symptoms that may come and go, but the long-term course of the condition is relentlessly declining health. Treating the underlying condition, damage to the intestinal mucosa, is more important than just treating symptoms.

Some cancers result from inherited traits. The overwhelming majority of cancers, however, can be prevented. They result from lifestyle choices and controllable environmental factors.