Body & Health Conditions Articles

Although men are five times more likely to be diagnosed with aortic aneurysm, women have a higher risk of complications like aortic rupture. What causes these differences, and what can you do about it?

Diabetes is a serious chronic disorder that requires close care and management. While it has some very well-known complications, its relationship with dental health is not always well understood. Here are some things that you shod know.

Some of the drugs used in chemotherapy, like anthracyclines, have been shown to cause damage to the heart muscle which can range from mild to life-threatening. The effects can happen even decades after the treatment. Here's what you need to know about it.

Aortic aneurysm rupture is one of the main causes of sudden death in the modern world. This “ticking time-bomb” in your abdomen is especially tricky to prevent and treat properly, because it mainly doesn’t show any symptoms. Prevent is, therefore, key.

Head trauma can lead to obvious short-term consequences like headaches and trouble concentrating. If this trauma occurs repetitively, however, there are long-term consequences that you need to be aware of if you have a few concussions.

Asthma patients can experience mild to severe episodes of asthma attacks. These patients' airway walls are hypersensitive due to chronic inflammation, which means that the presence of triggers can cause an acute reaction known as an asthma attack.

Cardiac amyloidosis is a dangerous condition that can lead to heart failure. Recognizing it in its early stages can mean the difference between life and death, since patients with progressed forms are not suitable candidates for modern forms of treatment.

We know little about the initial triggers causing the chain of events that lead to aneurysms, but there are theories that try to explain this mechanism. Until we find the answer, we try to prevent aneurysms by learning about risk factors and evading them.

Using a dab of hand sanitizer to clean hands after sneezing in the car or before putting contact lenses on the train to work is cheap, quick, and convenient. But do hand sanitizers really work?

Billions of people around the world love cats, but kitty litter can pose a serious health problem of which most people are only vaguely aware.