Nicotine What makes cigarette smoking one of the most difficult habits to quit – Nicotine. The nicotine present in tobacco makes cigarette smoking addictive and it has quite an effect on a regular smoker’s heart, hormones and brain. Withdrawing from …
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What is Congestive Heart Failure? Heart failure occurs when the heart fails to pump blood as per its full potential. Blood moves through the muscles and chambers of the heart at a considerably slower rate, thereby causing ‘heart failure.’ In …
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Do you keep track of your yawning frequency? It is such an involuntary action that doesn’t catch our awareness. Sometimes you yawn at the wrong time and at the wrong place; that is embarrassing! You yawn either when you are …
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Many forms of medicine including western medicine, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) believe that the tongue mirrors a lot about an individual’s health. A thorough examination of the tongue can reveal a lot about the health and digestion. The …
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Skin irritants are everywhere. They can be natural like poison ivy or man-made like fiberglass. Kids more than anyone else seem to get into things that result in rashes. But how do you know when a rash is serious and …
Fatty Liver Disease: Symptoms Top Symptoms 1. Abdominal discomfort Liver inflammation occurs as a result of excess fat accumulation. When more than 10 percent of the liver’s weight constitutes of fat, the liver cells get damaged and there is enlargement …
Deep vein thrombosis: Symptoms Top Symptoms 1. Pain Pain in patients with DVT is common. Pain in the calf is experienced in 50% of the patients in the affected side. It occurs on dorsiflexion of the foot (Homans’ sign). Pain …
Hypothyroidism: Symptoms Top Symptoms 1. Weight gain and water retention Unexpected weight gain and difficulty in losing it may be a primary noticeable signal indicating hypothyroidism. Reduced thyroid function is the result of the thyroid’s impaired ability to produce hormones, …
Squamous cell carcinoma: Symptoms Top Symptoms 1. Actinic keratosis These are precancerous spots that are rough, scaly, brown or pink patches caused due to prolonged exposure to the sun. Actinic keratosis can cause itching, irritation and inflammation and may bleed …
Down's Syndrome: Symptoms Top Symptoms 1. Facial features Facial features are the most prominently observable characteristics of a Down’s syndrome patient. Brachycephaly or a flat head caused by the premature fusing of coronal sutures is noticed along with smaller and …