What is mumps?

Mumps is an illness caused by a virus. It typically causes painful swelling of the parotid glands, salivary glands located below the ear at the angle of the jaw. It is highly contagious and the virus spreads by droplets from the mouth, nose or throat when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It is most [...] http://bit.ly/ap0FUC

What causes pins and needles

It is a sensation of uncomfortable tingling or prickling, usually felt in the hands or feet. The effected area is sometimes said to have fallen asleep. The medical name for pins and needles is paraesthesia and it is caused bu blocked blood flow to a pressed nerve. Paraesthesia is a sign that sensory nerves in [...] http://bit.ly/dtX5vw

Why Is Traditional Medicine So Bad For Back Pain Treatment?

Back pain treatment is a hotly debated topic for your personal health care. Every week you can read a least one research study that claims a popular, conventional back pain treatment is ineffective. Even the most established treatments such as physical therapy do not escape the headlines. Only recently researchers at Warwick University (UK) found [...] http://bit.ly/d36cz2

Know more about baby sleep patterns

If you are new father or new mother or soon become father or mother, you need to know more about your baby sleep patterns. Sleep pattrens play important part in our baby health care. An average newborn sleeps much of the day and night, waking only for feeds. A newborn baby cannot distinguish night and day and [...] http://bit.ly/cFzL1m

Healthy Eating Tips For Your Good Health Care

Ask any nutritionist on what you need to do in order to ensure that you eat healthy for your personal health, and you will probably get the same answer; eat a balanced diet made of a variety of foods and in moderation. Does that sound familiar? Well, that is just a general summation of the [...] http://bit.ly/ctdY0K

What Is Chronic Heart Failure

Heart failure is a complex condition that can result from any disorder that affects the ability of the heart to pump blood adequately to meet the demands of the body.Prevalence increases with advancing age.
Causes heart failure:
*Coronary heart disease
*High blood pressure
*Heart valve problems
*Abnormalities of heart rhythm
*Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathies)
*Diabetes Mellitus
*Alcohol related heart disease
*Thyroid heart disease
Over 17.2 [...] http://bit.ly/aoVyWE

Travel health advice and protection

Travelers are potentially exposed to a variety of health risks in unfamiliar environments. Most such risks, however, can be minimized by suitable precautions taken before, during and after travel.
Forward planning, appropriate preventive measures and careful precautions can substantially reduce risks of adverse health consequences during travel. Although the information here can guide the public and [...] http://bit.ly/d98GpJ

Function of the lungs

The chest cavity (‘thorax’) is the area enclosed by your ribs, from below your neck and shoulders. Its floor is the diaphragm, a wide, thin dome of muscle a little above your waist. Below the diaphragm is the abdomen.
Most of the chest cavity is filled with two large, spongy lungs. The lungs are roughly cone-shaped, [...] http://bit.ly/b0p8CX

What are the health consequences of being overweight?

The latest World Health Organization (WHO) projections indicate that at least one in three of the world’s adult population is overweight and almost one in 10 is obese. Additionally there are over 20 million children under age five who are overweight.
Being overweight or obese can have a serious impact on health. Carrying extra fat leads [...] http://bit.ly/b3hJib

World Cancer Day 2010

World Cancer Day 2010, led by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), its members and with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), will raise awareness of cancer prevention.
Each year, over 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million die of the cancer disease.
The good news is that approximately 40% of cancers [...] http://bit.ly/bGK4L7