Body & Health Conditions Articles

Inflammation of the aorta can be a very complex disease, and as such requires numerous medical specialties to work together, both in diagnosis and as well as its treatment. Treatment should start as soon as possible to avoid possible complications.

As we age, it may be shocking how noticeably our bodies can deteriorate in a matter of a few decades. By the time we retire, it is more likely we may deal with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Most mothers with hepatitis B or hepatitis C can, according to the CDC, breastfeed safely. Is there any evidence that either viral liver infection can ever be transmitted through nursing?

Alcohol septal ablation is an alternative to open-heart surgery (septal myectomy), used to treat obstruction in HCM patients. Fully understanding the benefits and the complications can help you make a well-informed decision.

Getting your child to the dentist can seem like a pain, but it does not always have to be that way. Here are some ways in which you can prepare your child for a dental visit and help things go smoothly.

Septal myectomy is a type of open-heart surgery used to treat obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Here's everything you should know about why it's needed, how it works, it's efficiency and possible risks.

High blood pressure is a very common health problem that can really affect your quality of life - especially if it gives you a stroke or a heart attack! Regular exercise is a hypertension remedy you may not have considered yet, but that can really work.

Nowadays, there is a general tendency to replace the eponyms with descriptive names of diseases, in order to make medical terms both more self-explanatory and more appropriate.

It doesn’t matter if you have systolic or diastolic heart failure — you will have to make the necessary lifestyle changes to slow down this condition, but also follow the doctor’s recommendations and take your medication as prescribed.

There are two main types of systolic congestive heart failure, depending on which ventricle of the heart they affect. Additionally, there is left-sided diastolic heart failure, which represents the third type.