Archive for March, 2008
World Down Syndrome Day, March 21st 2008
World Down Syndrome Day is on march 21st. Organizations of Down Syndrome(DS), through out the world, organize and take part in events to raise awareness of Down syndrome in public.
Creating awareness on this day gives great chance to raise funds to support children and adults with Down Syndrome.
Down syndrome is also called as Trisomy 21 [...]
How To Suspect Hiatal Hernia?
In general, hernia can occur in your body when any part in the body protrudes through the gap or opening into other part.
Hiatal hernia can be formed at the opening of your diaphragm where the esophagus, commonly known as food pipe, joins your stomach.
Most of the small hiatal hernias do not cause [...]
Heart Murmur: An Abnormal Sound Of Your Heart Beat!
Are you aware of the abnormal sounds of your heart beat? This unusual or abnormal sound made by your heart is nothing but a heart murmur.
This unusual sound is generally made by your blood while flowing though your heart. Heart murmur generally sounds something like water flowing through a hose.
How innocent are these [...]
Distressed With Fever Blisters? Steps To Prevent The Spread Of Infection!
Are you suffering with yellow-crusted painful lesions on your lips, cheeks, and chin or in your nostrils?
Fever blisters can be the cause! These are the most common skin conditions which affect almost 15% of total population.
These fever blisters, also known as cold sores, are actually caused by herpes simplex virus, which can [...]
Certain Toxic Foods Can Lead To Botulism!
Have you ever heard of food poisoning? Certain foods, which you take can be poisonous to your body some times.
This condition of food poisoning also called botulism is very rare condition but can be very serious for you if you get affected.
Botulism can be caused due to intoxication caused by certain potent [...]
Maintain A Healthy Lifestyle To Prevent Arteriosclerosis!
The arteries become harder as people get older, specifically the arteries in heart, kidneys, and brain.
These stiffer arteries, called arteriosclerosis, cause the heart and kidneys to function even harder.
Cholesterol is a substance that is produced by the body. It is an essential substance for the cell membrane formation, hormones, and other [...]
Identify And Treat The Pancreatic Cancer Before It Reaches The Last Stages!
Pancreatic cancer is one of the serious cancers that spreads rapidly and rarely detected in its early stages.
In United States, it is the fourth common cancer and is responsible for more than 33,000 deaths a year.
In spite of much advancement in the fight against cancer, the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely [...]
Chemotherapy Treatment For Brain Tumors Shown To Have Long Remission!
When compared to the tumors of different parts of the body, treatment of brain tumor is very difficult because brain surgery requires highly sophisticated instruments.
Side effects from these therapeutic drugs are quite complicated and the brain itself does not allow the therapeutic drugs to enter it.
However, the modalities of treating the [...]
Discover The Factors Responsible For Bursitis!
Overuse or repetitive stress to your body joints can result in a painful inflammation, bursitis.
Usually your body has more than 150 bursae which lubricates and cushions the pressure points present between your bones, tendons and muscles near your joints.
When ever an inflammation occurs to these bursae, it can end up with a [...]
Birth Defects Are More Common In Infants With Diabetic Mothers!
Controlling the blood glucose levels is very important for women before they think about getting pregnant.
If you have diabetes before you got pregnant or developed gestational diabetes, then you are at increased risk of having babies with birth defects when compared with the women who neither have diabetes before pregnancy nor developed [...]
