228 articles on "blood"

Agranulocytosis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Agranulocytosis is a disease which is similar to skin cancer. That disease may be broadly divided into 2 categories: hereditary and acquired disease. It involves a reduction of the white blood cells in the body. This condition is known by the name of...

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Selenium May Help to Prevent Prostate Cancer

Selenium May Help to Prevent Prostate Cancer by: Jeremy Maddock According to a federally sponsored study, published by a Stanford University urologist, men with abnormally low levels of Selenium in their blood are four to five times more likely ...

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Pain in the butt. How to deal with hemorrhoids?

Pain in the butt. How to deal with hemorrhoids? by: Aleksandr Kavokin MD/PhD This is very sensitive area of your body. Too private. Nobody likes when something is wrong over there. However it happens. Hemorrhoids occur practically in everyone. T...

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What is Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetes is a condition where there is too much sugar in the blood stream and not enough insulin to regulate it. Either the pancreas is not functioning correctly to produce the insulin or the tissue in the body does not respond to insulin in the way ...

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Toxic To Dogs, Zinc In Pennies Is Harmful To Dogs

Zinc is a trace element obligatory for the operation of more than seventy metalloenzymes in an animal's body. A dog's physiology requires certain amounts of zinc, but the consumption of materials containing zinc will usually create toxic le...

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Thinking Outside The Box Concerning Congestive Heart Failure

Thinking Outside The Box Concerning Congestive Heart Failure by: Greg Post “Think outside the box!” These words show up in commercials, boardrooms, operating rooms and casual conversations. They have become the calling card of the young crea...

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Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics

Medicinal Properties of Bitter Melon - Good for Diabetics by: Junji Takano Bitter Melon is the English name of Momordica charantia, a climbing vine whose leaves and green fruits, although bitter, has been used to fight cancer, diabetes and many ...

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Why Is It Important To Treat High Blood Pressure

Hypertension is often called high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the amount of force that your blood puts on the walls of blood vessels when in transit. Over time, high blood pressure can damage blood vessels and can lead to serious problems such ...

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Karats Jewelers : Beware of Blood Diamonds

Blood Diamonds is not just another Leonardo De Caprio flick. It is a major issue in the diamond trade. Blood diamonds are synonymous with conflict diamonds. The term is designed to dramatically emphasize that behind the glamorous image of diamonds li...

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Folic Acid Prevents High Blood Pressure in Women

Folic Acid Prevents High Blood Pressure in Women by: Maureen Williams Women who get lots of folic acid from both diet and supplements have less chance of developing high blood pressure than women who get very little, according to a study in the ...

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