Body & Health Conditions Articles

Although considered as a disorder usually noted in older age, kidney stones are now becoming a common finding in school-aged and older children. This has created concerns both for the medical fraternity and the parents.

Most of the eye strains are related to an increased viewing of the computer monitors at work or continuous television viewing. Take some time to relax your eyes and help them to serve you better for a longer time.

Lung cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the tissues within the lungs and is considered as the deadliest type of cancer that affects both men and women. Two main types of lung cancer have been identified: non-small cell and small cell lung cancer.

Rotator cuff injury refers to any injury or trauma to the muscles and tendons of the rotator cuff as a result of repetitive actions of the shoulders (as in athletes), fall or lifting heavy objects.

Organ transplantation in simple terms means the replacement of a non-working organ in your body with an organ obtained from another individual.

Although beneficial to a large group of people, administration of penicillin in certain people may initiate adverse reactions. Such people are said to be allergic to penicillin. The exact cause of this allergy is not known.

Barbiturates are drugs that belong to group of medications categorized as depressants. These drugs are commonly prescribed for individuals suffering from conditions such as epilepsy.

Sulfa drugs allergy refers to the adverse reactions noted in your body following consumption of drugs belonging to the group of sulfonamides. This group of drugs was one of the commonly advised antibiotics.

Anticonvulsant drug allergy can be explained as any hypersensitivity reaction(s) that occur in patients who are treated for epilepsy. Some of the widely prescribed anticonvulsants are: carbamazepine, phenytoin, valproic acid, gabapentin Phenobarbitone etc

Diarrhea is no fun. And while it's seldom life-threatening in the West that's no reason we should be incapacitated when there are things we can do to fix it. Here are 10 tried and tested ways to cure diarrhea.