Body & Health Conditions Articles

Congestive heart failure is a frightening diagnosis, but with the right lifestyle changes and medication the condition can be managed.

Chronic back pain doesn't have anything to do with structures in the back. Its strongest link is with anxiety and depression. Meanwhile people suffering from chronic pain get told 'it's all in your mind,' or that there's nothing wrong with them.

A "perfect storm" of conditions involving rapid growth, the sex trade and the railway system led to the current HIV epidemic, which has been traced back to 1920s Kinshasa, Congo.

The five senses are sometimes taken for granted. We use them all the time, for every single activity we perform and still don't know much about them. Here's an overview of how our ears work in order to receive sound and send it to the brain for coding.

Autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women of childbearing age. How do these diseases impact female fertility and pregnancy, and how does pregnancy impact autoimmune diseases?

Learning you have cancer can be frightening. Concerns over treatment, prognosis and how your family will cope can be overwhelming. But education and support can help you deal with a cancer diagnosis.

Various epidemiological studies suggest association between psoriasis and cardiovascular diseases like ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction and hypertension. Resent findings shed some light on the relationship between psoriasis and hypertension.

The highest record of staying up without sleeping is 11 days. But this is no time to make history and join statistics: sleep deprivation might not kill you, but it is so dangerous for your health that you can't afford to ignore it...

Allergies can leave you feeling terrible. Whether it is itchy eyes or constant sneezing, allergy symptoms can cause you to miss work or school and interfere with daily activities. But once you determine your allergens, you can find allergy relief.

HIV treatment has come a long way, and infected people now have a higher chance of living a long and relatively healthy life than ever before. Still, you might be shocked when you hear that some people actually want the virus.