While the most obvious symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis have to do with joint swelling and pain, there are multiple other problems that may occur that an arthritis specialist has to be constantly vigilant for.

For instance, rheumatoid arthritis can cause damage to the lungs and heart and be associated with significant damage to the skin and nerves. Also, it can cause serious problems with the eyes.

There a number of eye conditions that can be associated with...

Whether you are a child or an adult you are as susceptible to the damage done to skin and soft tissue by hard activities as anybody else. So what can you look for if you decide have a day outdoors and face the dangers that you will come across that want to leave you bruised ,scratched, scraped, cut and itching from all the falls, knocks, stings and bites that most people experience when they are more used to spending their time indoors?

Bruises are caused by a knock, and can...

Systemic yeast infections or candida may well be the unknown epidemic of the day and are most often caused by the use of antibiotics. Systemic yeast infections (fungus) are extremely difficult to detect and kill. New information about the underlying cause of yeast infection -- a relatively new branch of medical science -- is discovering that chronic intestinal and systemic yeast infections are at the root of a host of medical problems including chronic fatigue, allergies, chronic...

Popular prescription drugs for diarrhea are opium (as pare­goric) and its derivatives which include diphenoxylate with atropine and loperamide. These relieve severe diarrhea dramati­cally but are not recommended for mild, short-term cases because they tend to be addicting and they have a lot of side ef­fects.

"They also should not be used for young children since they can mask signs of dehy­dration and cause severe toxic effects and even death," said Kurt...

Ask anybody who does not want to stay slim. Probably everybody! But how many of us can stay slim and check our increasing fat. Knowingly or unknowingly we tend to increase the amount of fat anyhow. Now when we come to know about our fat, we either go for dieting or sweat our body heavily in a gym. But according to medical research starving does no good to our body. Hunger is a natural instinct and we feel hungry only when our body needs food. One thing which every body should know that...

Sometimes, relief from prostate pain and discomfort will become a priority especially if you suffer from chronic prostatitis. I want to outline in this article, six ways which will help you to keep your prostate healthy. This article does not cover medication or prostate massage.

Frequent ejaculation by men, whether by masturbation or by sexual intercourse, has been found to keep the prostate gland healthy. This was the conclusion at the end of a study done by The Cancer...

One of the most common joint replacement surgeries is the total knee replacement (TKR) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Despite the numerous surgeries performed each year many individuals are ill prepared regarding the total knee replacement recovery process. Below we will discuss some of the issues involved in recovering and rehabilitating from this orthopedic surgery.

1. Preoperative Physical Conditioning

Let me begin by saying total knee replacement recovery...

There are over 130 types of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Of these, about 30-40 strains are transmitted through sexual contact which may result in genital warts or the development of cervical cancer.

In fact, most cases of cervical cancer resulted from an HPV infection. Unfortunately, many of those infected with HPV simply do not know they have the disease, as the virus does not always produce physical symptoms such as genital warts.

The only sure way to detect...

Mitral valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure to treat mitral valve stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leakage). The mitral valve is between the heart's left atrium and left ventricle. The mitral valve has two flaps, or cusps. Blood after picking the oxygen from the lungs flows through the pulmonary veins, to the left atrium of the heart. Once the left atrium gets filled with blood, the mitral valve opens to allow blood to flow from the left atrium into the left ventricle. It...

Healthcare today has become one of the most discussed issues which have forced consumers to take a closer look at their health and how their personal health is being managed.

An area of healthcare that is often overlooked is the laboratory testing that occurs annually or routinely during the annual or semiannual health check-up with their personal physician. Most consumers understand very little about the results they get back from the laboratory and rely heavily on...