Family Health Articles

Many suffer from vulvovaginal candidiasis or vaginal thrush. Recurrent infection is also common.

Alcoholism is a chronic condition that involves a preoccupation with alcohol and impaired control over alcohol intake. It is often a progressive disease which eventually can be fatal.

A heart is a hollow muscle organ whose primary role is to pump blood through the body. It beats approximately once every second. During one day, it pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood through the circulatory system.

Doctors often suggest birth control pills as means of regulating menstrual cycle and alleviating an acne problem. Should woman try this? Could it be just a myth? To explain this, we should learn first what birth control pills are, and how they work.

Hair loss, commonly called baldness, typically refers to the excessive hair loss from your scalp and can be caused by heredity, certain medications or an underlying medical condition

Circumcision is a procedure in which some or the entire foreskin of the penis is being removed. Foreskin represents at least a third of the penile skin and serves to cover the glans or the head of the penis.

As there are so many abortion debates around us, different way to prevent pregnancy, and problems with teen pregnancy, sometimes we can forget there are many women trying to conceive without success.

Breast-feeding is feeding your baby milk directly from your breast. Breast-feeding is also feeding a baby from a bottle after expressing the milk with a pump. Breasts are prone to infection during this period, especially to mastitis.

Testosterone is a hormone produced by the Leydig cells of the testes. Like other steroid hormones, testosterone is derived from cholesterol.

The prostate is a small gland present only in men and located just below the bladder. It is usually about the size of a walnut. The gland is made of two lobes or regions, enclosed by an outer layer of tissue.