Healthy articles

Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. It is more frequent in people older than 60.

Acute or short-term low back pain generally lasts from a few days to a few weeks. Most people are not aware that low back pain is one of the most common symptoms patients complain of when visiting a physician.

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome is a complex condition caused by orthostatic intolerance, which means intolerance to change from the supine position to an upright position.

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are not an embarrassing disease as many people think. They are very common; in fact, respiratory infections are the only infections more common than urinary tract infections.

A large percentage of the human population has some stomach disease. Helicobacter pylori is the cause of a common gastrointestinal problem - mainly terrible pain.

Kidney stones are made of salts and minerals in the urine that stick together to form small pebbles. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball depending on patient.

The growth hormone, also called the somatotropin, is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland located in the brain. Its main purpose is to stimulate the cell growth and reproduction.

People have used marijuana as a medical treatment for thousands of years. Marijuana has been hailed as a prescription for many ills and physicians once used it to stimulate the appetite, relieve chronic pain, and treat asthma and migraines.

The learning disability we define as a condition that affects one or more of the elementary processes involved in understanding and applying language skills – either spoken or written skills.

Addison's disease is a severe or total deficiency of the hormones made in the adrenal cortex, caused by the destruction of the adrenal cortex. It is basically a hormonal disorder that occurs in all age groups and afflicts men and women equally.