The pain of arthritis affects people differently. Physical sensitivity of the nervous system varies from person to person, as do emotional and social factors that affect how the body processes pain. Anxiety and negative thoughts can trigger the release of chemicals that magnify arthritis pain. Stress, overworking the body, not sleeping enough, focusing on the [...]
Chemical exposure even if your eye was irrigated at home, the ophthalmologist will probably have your eye irrigated again. The chemical involved and severity of the injury will dictate the treatment. For severe exposures, such as acid or alkali, your pupil may be dilated with special eyedrops, and pain medicine may be prescribed. Subconjunctival hemorrhage [...]
It is well known that Americans have very bad eating habit; they include in their diets only the unhealthiest foods such as fatty foods laden with sugar, salt and no nutrients. Everyone knows that these types of diets can only contribute to diabetes and many other diseases. Despite that they take knowledge of all these [...]
Birth weight is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of weight for that gestational age is known as appropriate for gestational [...]
Women spend billions of dollars annually on breast enlargement surgery and receive in most cases instant gratification of a larger breast. The average cost of breast implants is between $4,000 and $6,000 dollars in the United States. Women with one of these defects have up to an 80% chance of getting breast cancer sometime during [...]
Did you know that when you respond to the everyday stresses of life with an over abundance of negative emotional responses such as anxiety, anger, or hostility you are significantly increasing your risk of developing heart disease, and many others? What do all of these negative emotions have in common, can you guess what emotion [...]
In an active world people often make the mistake of forgetting to take proper care of their feet. It does not take long, however, to see how damaging this can be if you are in a position to have to stand or walk for hours on end in your job. Even the surfaces you stand [...]
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both women and men in the United States and throughout the world. Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. In the United States in 2007, 160,390 people were projected to die from lung cancer, which is more [...]
If you have eye pain, seek advice from an ophthalmologist. More severe cases should be handled by your ophthalmologist. If your ophthalmologist is not available, go to a hospital’s emergency department. It is difficult over the phone for a doctor or a nurse to grade the severity of eye pain or problems without examining you. [...]
