There are many types of diseases and illnesses that can lead to hair loss: Some worse than others. Cushing’s syndrome is one of the less common ones, however, if you are one of the ones who suffer from hair loss due to Cushing’s syndrome, it is just as devastating to you. The problem is one…
Eating Peppers for Health
Peppers come from the Capsicum plant family and the variety among peppers are tremendous. There is mild flavored, to sweet to dangerously hot. No matter whether you enjoy the taste of the mild Anaheim or bell pepper, the medium cascabel or the fiery jalapeno or Tabasco, enjoy peppers on a regular basis as they are…
History of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis has haunted women since the dawn of history. Egyptian mummies from 4,000 years ago have been found with the telltale dowager’s hump. Most young women today can expect to spend their old age standing as straight and tall as they ever were, thanks to recent dramatic improvements in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of…
What is Auditory Hallucination?
An auditory hallucination, or paracusia, is a form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus. Auditory hallucinations need to be distinguished from endaural phenomena in which sounds are heard without any external acoustic stimulation but arise from disorders of the ear or auditory system. A common form of auditory hallucination involves hearing one…
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (also sometimes spelled sleep apnoea) takes place when a persons breathing stops as they sleep. It is defined as “a common sleep disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during sleep.“ These interruptions of sleep are apneas, and they generally take place over a period of ten seconds or more and can…
Who Discovered Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis was a disease that has been around since the Middle Ages. Many infants with “salty skin” often died in infancy or young. These babies and children were considered “bewitched” because they died at such an early age. The Swiss pediatrician Guido Fanconi first named the disease in 1936, when he refers to it…
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Self-image is one of the ways in which one will often times look at them from a different type of reality. Your perceived image often causes a reaction from an individual. If this is brought to an extreme, it causes body dysmorphic disorder. This causes one to believe that they must continue to work on…
10 Warning Signs Of A Panic Attack
There are several types of panic disorders, the most common being a panic attack. While panic attacks don’t usually last for more than ten minutes, to say they can become detrimental to your way of living and your daily activities is an understatement. If you believe that you are having panic attacks, it is best…
Sex Headaches – Orgasmic Cephalalgia
Whoever would have thought that some men might shy away from having intimate relations because of the intense headache pain they experience as they are about to climax? This is a very real problem and although not common it can be a big issue for men in serious relationships. How do you tell your girlfriend…