Body & Health Conditions Articles

"You can drink the water," public health officials told residents of St. Bernard Parish in Louisiana, "as long as you don't let it go up your nose" after a four-year old died of a brain infection he caught while playing on a water slide.

Several cups of coffee a day may keep endometrial cancer away, but not if it is decaf, according to a newly released study from Britain.

The idea of cancer-killing viruses is slowly moving from science fiction pages into practical reality. The promise is high, but technical implementation of this approach is remarkably difficult.

Bacteria help man in many ways - from brewing to drug production - but they have always had a role in human disease as well. Surprising new research has shown they may even be responsible for such different conditions as back pain and heart disease.

Have you ever had an experience that makes you ooh and ah and feel tingly all over? Millions of people have, so many that a new description for this feeling has found its way into the language, braingasm, or brain orgasm, also known as brain shivers.

Wounds that are slow to heal, typically a complication of diabetes, are the most common cause of tissue damage that requires amputation of a foot or leg. Simply cleaning wounds more often, researchers say, ensures that they heal faster.

Painful, ugly, shoe-spoiling bunions are a very common affliction, affecting all ages – not just the old. Are they really caused by fashionable shoes, is there any treatment apart from surgery and what does bunion surgery involve?

Flu vaccination is problematic due to quick emergence of new strains of influenza virus. Novel vaccine developed this year has a potential of providing a reliable long-lasting protection against seasonal flu epidemics.

The levels of salt in breads sold in Britain have lowered over the past ten years. Does it imply that there will be lower cardiovascular diseases? Read on to find out more about a recent study to find out about the salt levels in bread sold in the UK.

Most people who have had heart attacks have normal cholesterol levels. The real culprit behind the atherosclerosis that leads to cardiovascular disease may be phosphates, particularly the kinds of phosphate that are added to whiten and light food.