8971. General discussion about bladder infections
May 09, 2007
It is well known that normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts or waste products but no bacteria, viruses or fungi. The bladder infection occurs when microorganisms occur at the opening of the urethra and begin to multiply. This condition is also known as cystitis. Statistics say that wome...
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8972. Facts about the polycystic ovarian syndrome
May 09, 2007
The polycystic ovarian syndrome is a disease which affects 4-7% of the world's women. Most people mistake the polycystic ovarian syndrome with the ovarian cysts but they are different affections. In the definition of the polycystic ovarian syndrome pain is not mentioned while in the case of ovarian ...
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8973. Facts about strep throat
May 09, 2007
The condition known as strep throat is caused by group A streptococcus, a bacterium responsible for a variety of health problems. The actions that this bacteria has on the body of a human are very wide and sometimes very dangerous. A person attacked by group A streptococcus can get a mild skin infec...
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8974. Causes of gall bladder disease
May 09, 2007
Gall bladder disease becomes more and more common nowadays. We should realize that the causes for this condition are inappropriate diets and bad eating habits. To confirm our affirmation we can say that only in the United States almost 20 percent of the persons that have passed 40 suffer from gall b...
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8975. Bird flu - one step to a pandemic
May 09, 2007
Since the bird flu virus was noticed in humans, in 1997 in Hong Kong, specialists shared us their opinions about this virus and the risks that may develop.
The risks of mutating into a pandemic disease are estimated to cause 7.5m deaths. Some specialists believe that this is an optimistic o...
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8976. Are there people more likely to have a heart attack?
May 09, 2007
Older people are usually those predisposed to heart attack. However, studies have shown that other people as well can suffer from a heart attack, even when they are younger.
South Asia is one of the places where heart attack is at " home" . People who where born here are more at risk of havi...
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8977. Answers about thyroid disorders
May 09, 2007
Many people care to know as many information as possible related to what they are interested. Medical problems lead to a desperate need of information for the patients and their close ones. Thyroid problems are able to change your life permanently and that is why we felt like answering to some gener...
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8978. Answers about menopausal hormone therapy
May 09, 2007
It is known that hormone therapy was highly used for the treatment of menopause and menopausal symptoms. It also proved to be effective in the prevention of osteoporosis and heart disease but nowadays a large study shed new light on how hormone therapy is viewed.
Many of you might wonder wh...
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8979. Answers about chickenpox
May 09, 2007
People often hear about chickenpox. They have to know the general things about it because in case of an infection they usually do not know what to do.
The answers to all of their questions are given in the following lines.
The most common question about chickenpox asks what it mean...
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8980. All about home pregnancy tests(part one)
May 09, 2007
Most of the women who think they are pregnant, but are not sure, use home pregnancy tests. But how many of them know how these tests work and if the result is true or not? Well, first of all a woman should know when the test must be taken and which are the best home pregnancy tests.
So, the...
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