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It is thought that we perceive 85 percent, or the majority of our surroundings via eyesight. Having that in mind, it is fairly easy to conclude how important our visual organs are. What are you doing to protect yours, especially in the home?

Fear of a genetic disorder is one of the biggest stressors going into a pregnancy. Prenatal screening can help alleviate some of the stress with some answers but other genetic conditions are much harder to diagnose before the baby is born.

COVID-19 has hit us hard, with more than a million deaths worldwide since the pandemic started. Scientists all over the globe are trying different prevention and treatment approaches. One of the proposed solutions is monoclonal antibody therapy.

Vitamin D is essential to your health and normal functioning — but many people are deficient without knowing it. Here's why that matters even more during the coronavitrus pandemic.

Compared to this time last year, the world is a scary and uncertain place — and that, it turns out, makes people a whole lot more likely to fall for conspiracy theories.

Sternum or the breastbone refers to the long flattened dagger shaped bone situated along the midline in the center of the chest. It connects to the rib bone by means of tough elastic tissue (cartilage) forming the front part of the rib cage.

Black tongue is a condition in which the dorsal surface of the tongue is either stained black, is unusually dark, or becomes hairy in appearance. The medical term for this condition is “Lingua villosa nigra”.

Some of our best topics are suggested to us by our readers. This article is in response to a question from an Australian reader about pimple-like sores, severe eye irritation, neck problems including crepitation, or "clicking," and degeneration of bone.

Learn the differences between empathy and sympathy and find out about overempathizing or hyperempathy. Explore how empathy occurs and the different areas of the brain which are involved in the emotion.

Knee tendonitis is a general term used to describe the conditions that affect the tendons of the knee.