Archive for February, 2010
Awareness About Birth Control and Family Planning
What a birth control means? Birth control is basically a method which is used to control and prevent pregnancy. Contraception is another word used in this regard. A sex without having precautions would be more liable to get pregnant.
What Is Meningitis?
Meningitis is basically an inflammation of the meninges. Meninges are the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Mostly it is caused by bacteria or viruses but it can also be caused both by the use of certain medicines and illness.
What Is Allergy?
The term allergy is used to describe any malfunction of human immune system causing a serious reaction against normally harmless substances in a natural environment. Such substances are called allergens. The allergic reaction causes eczema, hay fever, asthma and many other conditions which are commonly referred to as allergies. Skin allergies are most common.
What Is Liver Cancer?
Basically the liver cancer is a cancer that starts in our liver. There are two main types of liver cancer.Hepatoma and cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatoma is a primary liver cancer. Cholangiocarcinoma is a bile duct cancer. Liver cancer can also be categorized as primary and secondary liver cancer, latter one being more crucial for liver cancer symptoms. [...]
What Is Migraine? What Causes Migraines?
Migraine headache is a neurological disease and is 3 times more common in women than in men. Adolescents and children also suffer from migraine headache. Migraine headaches are caused by nerve cell production of pain signals including prostaglandins and serotonins often in response to brain blood vessel constriction which is followed by expansion.
What Is Obesity? What Causes Obesity?
Obesity or overweight is a condition of excessive fat accumulation in the body. A person is considered to be obese if his/her body weight becomes 20% or more than normal weight. Morbid obesity means that a person is:
What is Bone Cancer?
Bone cancer is a type of cancer that usually affects both adults and children. Bone cancer is most common in children and teens. Bone cancer can be divided into two types: Primary bone cancer-if it is originated in the bone. Secondary bone cancer-if cancer spreads from other locations to the bone.
What is AIDS-Related Cancer?
The AIDS-Related Cancers are actually a group of cancers that develop more frequently in persons with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection. The most common form of AIDS-related cancer is Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) which was one of the most common and first indications of AIDS epidemic. According to recent research, the number of AIDS-related cancers has [...]
How Heart Attack Occurs?
What is a heart attack? When blood flow to a section of heart muscles is blocked, a heart attack occurs. If this blood flow to heart muscles is not restored quickly, the section of heart muscle begins to die due to lack of oxygen.
What is high blood pressure?
High blood pressure or hypertension means high blood pressure in the arteries. Arteries are basically those vessels that carry blood from the pumping organ heart to all the organs and tissues of the body. Tension and stress can increase blood pressure.