Throughout history mankind has suffered the mortal effects of ravaging diseases brought on by number of factors ranging from animals to one single human host. Given below are the five worst diseases that have plagued humankind in recorded history. Most of them have taken the lives of millions of people of this planet. Some of the worst are still prevalent …
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Home » Archive » Disease AwarenessCauses of Earache or Otalgia
May 3, 2011 # 10:59 pm # Disease Awareness # No CommentEarache a.k.a Otalgia medically is the pain in ear that can occur due to problems within or outside the ear and may be temporary or constant. An earache can affect one or both ears and can vary from a mild, dull ache to a throbbing or stabbing pain that is nearly incapacitating.
What is referred Otalgia?
Otalgia is not always associated with ear …
Top 3 Asthma Fighting Foods
April 21, 2011 # 7:43 am # Diet, Disease Awareness # One CommentAccording to statistics, 20 million Americans suffer from asthma and 11 die from the disease each day. Although there is no cure, there are medicines that can help alleviate and subdue the symptoms—most of which are designed to open up the air passage ways. But did you know that there are also foods that if consumed on a regular basis …
Internet and Patient Awareness
March 26, 2011 # 7:57 am # Disease Awareness # No CommentInternet is the richest source of information and the most vast as well in the existing world. There is almost no word or phrase that is not found in the Search. People have become well informed of their state of health and of course their disease.
There are plenty of quality health websites with informations made as simple as that, anyone …
Smoking : A Costly choice
February 2, 2011 # 6:33 pm # Disease Awareness, General Health Issues # No CommentSmoking is number one cause of preventable premature death in the United states. Percentage of US poplation that smokes comes to around 25% with Male more then Female. But The teenage females have a high rate of smoking.
Types of Smoking-
1. Smoke inhaled by the Smoker ( Mainstream or Direct smoke)
2. Passive smoke inhalation ( Sidestream Smoke)
Facts about Smoking-
Cigarette smoke contains about 4000 …
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