Solving obesity requires long-term commitment and hard work. You need to be determined to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle not just for a few months or even a few years, but for a lifetime. Otherwise, obesity can affect both your physical health and your emotional well-being. If untreated, severe or morbid obesity can lead to a host of illnesses, such as diabetes, sleep disorders, arthritis, and even certain kinds of cancer. In addition, being significantly overweight can have a...

Prescription drugs used to treat and cure certain diseases are quite expensive. With the increasing number of people suffering from complicated diseases that require long-term treatment, the need for inexpensive alternatives is being felt by a lot of people. Diseases like cancer, HIV, AIDS, arthritis, diabetes, heart problems and multiple sclerosis require high doses of daily medication. In such cases, medical bills alone can come to thousands of dollars per month....

Aloe vera is medicinal plant that has many health benefits for its users. Consumers may buy aloe vera in different forms. It is possible to buy aloe vera as a gel, extract, powder, juice and a plant to grow in the home. Consumers can use aloe vera externally and internally.

There are more than 300 species of the aloe vera plant. This African plant has succulent spiked leaves, which if broken, release aloe vera gel. The aloe vera plant is referred to in historic texts as being...

Times have changed. In early days contact lenses were used just to correct the impaired vision. At that time nobody had ever thought if lenses were cosmetic equipments. Well, coming up of the colored contact lenses have changed the whole scenario of the contact lens industry. They have become a fashion rage among all the people and especially with the youngsters.

Now a days, people prefer to match color of their outfit to their eye color by wearing colored non prescribed...

V. Dokov 1 W. Dokov 2 D. Radojnova2

1 Department of general and clinical pathology, Medical University of Varna

2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Varna

Key words: pineal glands, length, width, weight, density, cytology, time of death

Introduction: One of the main problems in forensic medicine is the exact determining of the time of death. There is an understanding that there is no universal method, which can solve this...

When it comes to yeast, the body is very familiar with this common fungus. It is present in the bowels, digestive tract, mouth, skin, and vagina on an everyday basis. Our bodies effectively fight off this fungus until there is a reason for the immune system to turn its attention to other parts of the body, or that same immune system is compromised by the use of antibiotics.

The use of antibiotics in Western society is the most common reason for yeast infections. Antibiotics...

Foot corns develop as a result of increased pressure on a particular area of skin causing it to become thickened and hard. Corns often appear on the tops of the toes, the sole of the feet or even in between the toes. Because of the constant increased and localized pressure on a specific area of the foot generally from poorly fitting shoes, the skin begins to react in a protective fashion and forms a corn. These corns can be either hard or soft in nature.

Corns on the tops of...

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It is due to inflammation of the plantar fascia, a thick piece of connective tissue that runs from the bottom of the heel to the base of the toes.

This is how the condition develops...

Repetitive trauma leads to micro tears in the fascia. Common causes include a sudden increase in physical activity, wearing shoes without arch support, an acute injury, and prolonged standing. Excessive weight can be a...

Over the past three decades, coronary bypass surgery has been in use to treat blocked heart arteries. In bypass operation, blood vessels from other parts of the body are used so as to redirect the blood around the blocked artery and thus, re-establishing the good blood flow, to the heart muscles.

According to some findings, the difference between the survival rates of heart patients treated with bypass surgery and those treated with medication is very little. The best part of...

Back pain is a complaint doctors hear about frequently. People want information on backaches. They want doctors to treat pain in the back. Many want to know the causes of pain in the lower right back.

Information about the Lower Right Back

It is important to understand the structure of the lower right back if we are to understand what causes pain there.

Your back, with its spinal column of vertebrae, connecting ligaments, tendons, large muscles, and...