Healthy articles

Nickel allergy is an inappropriate reaction of the immune system to the substance nickel. It is one of the most common forms of allergic contact dermatitis in which skin gets inflamed due to contact with an allergy causing substance.

Traditional tools are still being used in learning anatomy, particularly medical atlas and cadavers. However, the advent of technology introduced new ways of learning anatomy in the form of educational mobile apps.

The average person in the United States consumes more than 125-pounds of refined sugar per year or 46-teaspoons per day. Sugar has no nutritional value and is also devoid of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and enzymes.

Poison oak is a common cause for occurrence of rashes when individuals come in direct contact with the leaves, stem or root of the poison oak. Such rashes are otherwise referred to as contact dermatitis.

Individuals who come in contact with the leaves, stem or root of poison ivy tend to develop rashes on the skin. In medical terms such a reaction noted on the skin is referred to as contact dermatitis.

Women are more commonly affected than men. Varicose veins have been reported to affect about 36% of women and 19% of the men in the US. Although varicose veins are more commonly observed in the legs, they can form anywhere in the body.

‘Veiny hands’ is a common term used to refer to small blood vessels on the hands of the skin that have abnormal collection of blood and appear red or blue in color.

Strokes/Cerebral Vascular Accidents (CVA) are the third leading cause of deaths and the leading cause of major disabilities in the US. There are more than 700,000 new and recurrent strokes in the United States each year and 163,000 ends up in deaths.

Diabetes mellitus, is most often simply referred to as diabetes and the name is derived from the Ancient Greeks. The syndrome is due to a metabolic disorder and is usually a combination of both hereditary and environmental factors.

Gout affects nearly three million people in the United States a year. Gout is caused by increased levels of uric acid in the bloodstream, which could cause joint destruction and lower your kidney function, as well as causing kidney stones.