Health

Educational Consequences of smoking or drug abuse are drama­tically altered diet, which can lead to irregular eating with poor nutrition.

Patient-Friendly Given its length, diameter and proximi­ty, a ruptured aortic aneurysm is catastrophic, having a mortality rate of 90%.

Women Peripheral artery disease (PAD) typically falls under the cardio­logy specialty. Diabetes is primarily treated by endocrino­logists and nephro­logists. How can diabetes be confused with PAD?

Educational This autoimmune system disorder may go undetected for months or years with symptoms ranging from mild to aggressive attacks on skin and internal organs.

Educational When a doctor looks at your hands, he may see more than what you care to admit. That seemingly insignificant white crescent shape on your fingernails has an important function....

Educational There are clinically adverse physical and emotional effects of prolonged shift work. Don’t kill yourself by trying to stay up. Find a balance between necessities of good health and earning...

Women Here is the health reason why medical doctors may harp a little less about your cholesterol than they did more than years ago.

Patient-Friendly From a medical health perspec­tive, learn how to recognize, prevent and possibly reverse fatty liver disease. What is the relation­ship between it and cysts or cirrhosis? The majority of cysts are...

Women With many varia­tions in location and manifesta­tion, healthcare physi­cians and patients need to be diligent for early diagnosis, using multi­disciplinary medical treat­ment of blood cancers affecting the lymphatic system.

Women Functioning with very little sleep is not a virtuous work habit. Deep sleep improves productivity. Could this be the reason you’re so groggy, cranky and obnoxious?