Recent studies had shown the importance of a good sleep to one’s overall health and well being. When you don’t get sufficient sleep every time, you may be harming other parts of your body and putting yourself at risk of various illness like heart attack, stroke, obesity and diabetes.
Typhoid fever is a systemic disease (one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole) and can be life threatening. It is caused by Salmonella Typhi Bacteria, which only affects humans, the illness it causes may be mild or severe. It is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million persons each year.
The prostate is an organ located inside the lower abdomen at the base of the penis just below the bladder and in front of the rectum, is just like the size of the pea. It can grow to the size of a golf ball in adults that surround the urethra, the tube through which urine and semen exit the body. All prostrate virtually enlarge with age since their old cells do not die of as fast as new cells grow.
According to the Ambulatory Syllabus of Columbia University Medical Residency Program, the contagious nature of URT infections is the main reason why it is the common acute illness in the US and the world, and the reason for incurring absences from school or from work. Its early manifestation is when your nose begins to itch, you give a gentle sneeze or two and you always feel like blowing your nose when you have the chance to, it’s probably a cold in the making.
Do you know that there are 1.6 million children and adults die each year as a result of pneumococcal disease (PD) among all age groups according to World Health Organization (WHO) . Of these, between 0.70 million to 1 million deaths occur in children under five years old. A symposium on Pneumococcal Vaccination was recently held in Korea, marking a significant milestone in Asia Pacific in the fight against childhood pneumonia. The summit intends to develop solutions in a collective effort to drastically reduce the incidence of PD in the region.
Did you know that inhaling cigarette smoke causes several immediate adverse responses within the heart and blood vessels? The heart rates begin to rise within a minute of starting to smoke and the blood vessels become narrower. Smoking not only causes coronary artery disease but also brain attack (stroke) an peripheral disease. These factors when present in the vascular system can initiate abnormalities in the blood vessel wall which may lead to atherosclerosis or clogging of arteries.
The urinary system consisting of paired kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra is the second commonly infected by infection after the respiratory system. Maintaining the body’s internal environment within normal limits is the main function of the urinary system. Urine is formed in the kidneys and passed through a narrow tubes called ureters going to the urinary bladder where it is stored. When the bladder is full urine is excreted through the urethra.
Arthritis affects people of all ages, but it is most often occurs as a person gets older. Anyone can develop arthritis but it is more common to women, obese people, to the less educated and the elderly. One feel the stiffness , pain and fatigue in arthritis. The severity of pain differs from person to person. Some feel that the pain is tolerable but others feel that as if the entire body system is affected. The most common symptoms of arthritis are the following:
Breast cancer can strike anyone, regardless of your age, gender, status and background, everyone is at risk of this deadly disease. It is the second most common cancer in the world, eight to nine percent of women will develop breast cancer during their lifetime. To women who has not yet attained menopausal age, the best thing to check breasts for cancer is shortly after menstrual period.
About eighty percent of breast tumors are found by women themselves. To examine themselves, women should lie their back and put one arm over or behind their head. Using three or four fingers, they should examine their breasts working from the outside-in. A possible sign of breast cancer is a lump or thickening in the breast or a spot where the breast skin is drawn in redness and discharge from the nipple are other warning signs.
The introduction of Mono Sodium Glutamate (MSG) to the food industry as a flavor enhancer was phenomenal because it is almost found in all canned and frozen foods and predominantly used mostly in fast food and Chinese restaurants. MSG may be a unique flavor enhancer to your food but too much dosage can cause danger to your health. Proponents of MSG however, has fought back when they claimed that it is just like anything else, it can be harmful only when consumed in large quantities.
Most people can use MSG without any negative effects felt, however others have their bodies severely reacted to the chemical substance. MSG has been linked to asthma, headaches, and heart irregularities. A nutrition specialist at Beijing United Hospital, affirmed that MSG may cause some individuals some discomfort after consuming but believes that it’s relatively safe.
