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What is Liver Disease? The liver is an organ about the size of a football. It sits just under your rib cage on the right side of your abdomen. The liver is essential for digesting food and ridding your body of toxic substances. Liver disease can be inherited (genetic). Liver problems can also be caused by…
Occasional anxiety is a normal part of life. Anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. For people with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not go away and can get worse over time. The symptoms can interfere with daily activities. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that anxiety affects roughly 19%…
Menopause Natural menopause is the complete cessation of the menstrual cycle, which stops a woman’s reproductive system. It’s marked by the first year (12 consecutive months) in which a woman does not have a monthly consecutive menstrual period caused by the gradual decline of hormones. The menopausal stage, on average, lasts between 4 and 5 years and…
What is Parkinson’s? Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination. Parkinson’s disease occur when nerve cells in the basal ganglia, an area of the brain that controls movement, become impaired and/or die. Normally, these nerve cells, or neurons, produce an…
What is a Congestive Heart Failure? When the heart muscle is weak and unable to pump blood efficiently and cannot keep up with body’s demands, it causes fluid build up in the ankles, feet, arms, lungs or other organs. The most common cause of heart failure is coronary artery diease. Other causes are diabetes, high…
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts (or ruptures). When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, so it and brain cells die. Types of Stroke? Stroke can be caused either by…
Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, is an irreversible brain disease that progressively impairs a person’s ability to remember, as well as other mental functions. In its latest stages, Alzheimer’s disease can seriously affect the ability to carry out basic daily activities. The main risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is age. Late-onset Alzheimer’s is…
What Yoga Is The practice of yoga, with roots in ancient India, has today become a popular mode of exercise that involves taking various physical poses and positions. Yoga is used to increase flexibility and balance, improve breathing, harmonize body and mind, and reduce stress. Some may think yoga always requires getting into awkward poses…
Atrial fibrillation, often called AFib or AF, is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. When a person has AFib, the normal beating in the upper chambers of the heart (the two atria) is irregular, and blood doesn’t…
It’s not too strong to say that obesity has become a national epidemic. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than one third of American adults are obese, with over 5% being extremely obese. As for the kids, well, more than 1 in 6 children and adolescents are obese. Obesity is defined as weighing…