Body & Health Conditions Articles

The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is causing a stir because history shows that 9 out of 10 infected people die due to the infection. With no vaccine or cure available, should people around the world be scared that it may affect them?

Many unscrupulous Internet entrepreneurs promise new hearts after heart attacks with injections of stem cells, or even with nutritional supplements that are misrepsented as generating stem cells. But it turns out the body makes its own stem cells.

Researchers at the University of California Riverside have found that a little time using a visual practice program can train the brain to see better. Other programs can improve vision even if you aren't a baseball player.

Lung cancer has always been associated with cigarette smoking and people who die from the disease are often blamed for their lifestyle. However, recent research shows that many non-smokers are at risk for dying from lung cancer linked to air pollution.

Multiple sclerosis, more commonly termed MS, is a fickle condition that tends to remit and relapse over time. For this reason, it is hard to evaluate the effectiveness of diet in controlling it. But solid new evidence suggests sodium restriction may help.

Thoracic outlet syndrome, a condition usually occurring after involvement in a car crash, causes pain in one arm that just won't go away. Rehab for this condition is long and difficult, but surgery may provide a cure.

Neurons have been in the spot for years and years, but did you know that there are other brain cells that not only take care of neurons, but also perform very important brain functions? Get to know more about these cells and their role in the CNS.

The liver is probably the heaviest and bulkiest organ of the human body. And luckily, its size and weight rightfully correlate with its importance in our overall health. Thus, diseases of the liver play a crucial part in the field of medicine.

After about 20 years with the disease, nearly all diabetics start developing persistent wounds in their feet. New research suggests that a treatment currently used as a "last resort" to avoid amputation is better applied sooner rather than later.

Is MERS (not to be confused with MRSA) the next virus that will encircle the globe killing tens of millions of people? At this point, it appears that MERS is not yet an epidemic and is not quickly on the way to becoming one, but the virus bears watching.