Skin is a very important part of our body, perhaps the largest organ and it is impossible to imagine a person without any skin. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths between 100 and 400 nanometers (shorter than visible light) which makes it invisible to the naked eye.
The sun gives off 3 types of UV …
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June 19, 2011 # 10:43 am # Cancer # 2 CommentsPreventing Heart Diseases: DOs and DONTs
June 14, 2011 # 5:01 pm # Cardiovascular diseases # One CommentAny disease that affects the normal functioning of blood vessels vascular – arteries, veins) and the heart (cardio) are categorized under cardiovascular diseases. May be you have already come across a quote: “As the arteries grow hard, Heart grows soft”. The key cause of majority of the cases of Cardiovascular disease is deposition of fat on the inner lining of arteries …
Causes 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 …
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An ulcer is defined as an area of discontinuity of the surface epithelium. You can remember the mnemonic "DRESSINGS
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