Body & Health Conditions Articles

Breast cancer comes in many different types, ranging from the very manageable to the very aggressive.

We all "know" that smoking causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the fact is some non-smokers develop the condition, and some smokers do not. What makes the difference?

What's it really like to have breast cancer and to overcome it? SteadyHealth spoke to one breast cancer survivor to find out.

Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory condition that causes devastating pain and stiffness, but it's surprisingly difficult to diagnose. With the right treatment, however, your quality of life can improve drastically and immediately.

Excessive sweating can be embarrassing, but it can also signal that there is something wrong with your body. How do you know if you are sweating too much, and what can you do about it?

We live in a fast pace world where it is important to keep moving and to meet the challenges and demands of our daily life.

A large proportion of people, particularly women, will suffer from some level of dry skin. Men do suffer it as well, but they don’t tend to be concerned about it like women are. But when is dry skin more than just a minor problem?

If you were fated to have lung cancer, a largely incurable disease, or some other deadly form of cancer, would you really want to know? Here are some of the pluses and minuses associated with new testing methods for lung and other kinds of cancer.

Burning mouth syndrome is pretty much what it says on the tin: a complex pain disorder that can set your mouth "on fire" and ruin your life. What can you do to feel better?

We are told over and over that it's very important to get to an emergency room anytime we suffer severe chest pain, so a potential heart attack could be treated in its earliest stages. However, more and more doctors don't always treat angina.