Gastroparesis and What to Do About It
Gastroparesis (gas-tro-pa-re-sis) is a condition in which food gets "stuck" in the stomach even though there are no physical obstacles to its movement. A surprisingly large number of people have...
The Best Treatment For Seborrhoeic Dermatitis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD) is a skin condition that commonly affects the scalp, and it causes a red skin with scaly patches and dandruff that's stubborn. SD can also affect areas of the body where sebum...
Arachnoid Cysts: What They Are, What to Expect
Arachnoid cysts are sacs of spinal fluid that grow on the arachnoid membrane, one of the three layers of tissue protecting the brain. They can also grow at the base...
What Effect Do Athletics Have On The Body During Puberty?
Have you ever noticed that kids who were previously great at sports seem to go through an awkward, clumsy phase when they reach puberty and go through associated growth spurts...
Problems with Your Sympathetic Nervous System and What to Do About Them
Your sympathetic nervous system provides the "fight or flight" response of your body to stress. It prepares your body for action by regulating your heartbeat, the release of sugar from...
Vaculitis: What It Is, What to Do About It
Vasculitis is a collection of diseases involving inflammation of the blood vessels. It's not just a problem of golfers or hikers or people who take long walks on hot days...
First Aid for Burns on the Tongue
Nearly everyone burns their tongue sooner or later. Scalding hot coffee, or soup that was in the microwave too long, or bubbly cheese eventually meet up with tender tongue, with...
Sunburn Management: How to Minimize the Damage?
The question is how to turn a sunburn into a tan. The answer to that is with time. The melanin cells in the skin become stimulated with sun exposure which results...
Tonsil Stones: What They Are, and How to Tell If They Are the Problem
Everyday bad breath has any number of causes. We have all had the unpleasant experience of bad breath after eating onions or garlic. We have all had the experience of...
Restoring Regularity After Gallbladder Surgery
Cholecystectomy, the removal of the gallbladder, has a way of causing one of two extremes in bowel regularity. Either you have to go all the time, and you tend to...