Body & Health Conditions Articles

A new strain of avian influenza (the condition also known as bird flu) has emerged in China. Researchers report that this H7N9 strain of flu can resist the most common drug for treating flu, and it is not losing its ability to spread with time.

Coffee seems to be uniquely beneficial for people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also known as COPD. But its benefits seem to be limited to former smokers and people who never smoked at all.

One of the most common factors behind the development of stomach ulcers in people worldwide is Helicobacter pylori infection. But for identifying the infection, one had to undergo a battery of tests until now. A new test can do so in less than 10 minutes.

A traumatic brain injury is defined as an insult to the human brain, which can be the result of impact such as from a fall or accident, internal damage or from oxygen starvation.

Urge incontinence is the inability to stop the flow of urine when the urge to urinate is felt. Although it is a condition most people do not care to discuss even with their doctors, urge incontinence is extremely common.

Many people complain of eye problems their doctors miss during eye exams. A recent article in JAMA Ophthalmology explains the reasons why.

Low doses of a drug currently used to treat lymphoma could offer hope to people at risk of developing Type 1 diabetes, a new international study finds.

High blood pressure works differently in women and this difference puts female hypertension patients at risk of vascular disease, a new study finds.

A rare condition, in which some women can be allergic to sex with men, can occur. The compounds in the semen that appear to trigger this allergy seem to be proteins from the prostate gland.

Seventy-five percent of Americans who are allergic to pollen-producing plants are actually allergic to ragweed whose season runs from mid-August to October.