Archive for November, 2009

Importance of Chromium

While we take care of including important minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium or zinc in our meals, several other minerals, needed by the body in trace amounts, are often neglected by us. Chromium is...

Types of Tinnitus

Tinnitus Tinnitus is a noise that may develop in ear or head. It can be a swishing, ringing, hissing or clicking sound. It most of the cases it may not create any serious problem but...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Remedy With Diet

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder that is a major cause of infertility in women. Studies have shown that through modification in diet, which is designed to lose weight, the symptoms of polycystic ovary...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Infertility Risk

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a type of hormonal disorder that usually occurs in women with polycystic ovaries. During the menstrual cycle, eggs develop inside fluid filled sacs, known as follicles, which grow on the ovaries....

Medicinal Uses of Borage Oil

Borage is a native plant of Syria. This plant, noted for its star-shaped flower from which borage has derived its other name starflower, is also found in the Mediterranean region, Europe and North and South...

Advantages of Bay Oil

Wound Healer – It is imperative to treat a wound immediately as open wounds or cuts are much prone to get infected by viruses, bacteria or other harmful substances which might cause severe ailments. It...

Natural Remedy to Re-grow Eyebrow Hair

Natural Remedy to Re-grow Eyebrow Hair Eyebrows play an important role in maintaining the beauty of your face. More than the beauty, it acts as a barrier and prevents moisture; sweat etc from flowing in...

Causes for Dark Colored Urine

Causes for Dark Colored Urine Urine consists of waste eliminated from the body along with the excess water. Usually urine is straw yellow in color and consists of sodium chloride, urea, and traces of sulfuric...

Remedies for Whooping Cough

Whooping cough is a contagious disease caused by bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. This bacteria cause inflammation in the air passages of the respiratory system. This causes swelling and excessive secretion of mucus in the respiratory...

How to Get Rid of Head Lice

Head Lice Head lice are wingless insects that parasitize over your scalp. They live in between the hairs and suck blood from the scalp. It is commonly seen in kids between 3 to 12 years...

Ideal Diet for Hair Growth

Ideal Diet for Hair Growth The health of the hair is determined by a lot of factors and among the different factors the diet that you take plays a major role. Hair is made of...

Diet for Stress Management

Diet for Stress Management Diet has a lot to do with stress management. A well balanced nutritional level is essential for maintaining a healthy body. This is because when you under go stress your body...

Remedies For Enlarged Skin Pores

Millions of tiny pores are present on the skin. These skin pores could not be seen with the naked eye. However, several factors can increase the size of the pores. The enlarged pores tend to...

Health Benefits of Citrus Fruits

The oranges, lemons and grape fruits that we love to savor belong to the citrus fruit family. Citrus fruit trees are evergreen flowering trees that are found allover the world. They are packed with several...

Rebound Headache Prevention

Several factors might trigger headaches. You can easily ward off occasional headaches with an over-the-counter pain relief medication. However, if you are frequently using pain relief medicines, at least two to three times a week,...

Whooping Cough

Whooping Cough Whooping cough which is otherwise called pertussis is a respiratory disease. It is caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis. It causes continuous and severe coughing in the affected person. The coughing may...

Health Benefits of Red Wine

Red wine is packed with phytonutrients that can aid healthy living. However, unlike most health foods and beverages you cannot include loads of red wine in your menu. Heavy drinking is harmful for health. Only...

Remedies For Oral Thrush

Oral thrush, also known as oral candidiasis, is a painful fungal infection of the mouth. White lesions develop inside the mouth, in the inner cheeks and tongue. Sometimes these lesions might develop on the roof...

Bacterial Endocarditis Prevention

Bacterial endocarditis, also known as infective endocarditis or simply endocarditis is a rare condition characterized by infection of the inner lining of the heart. The infection that affects the inner lining of the heart or...

Eat Right on Hemodialysis

Eat Right on Hemodialysis Hemodialysis is a process of cleansing the body artificially. When the kidney of a person stops functioning, waste gets accumulate in his blood. In such patients hemodialysis is being done. Here...

Diabetes Insipidus – Causes And Treatment

Diabetes insipidus is a health condition in which the sufferer experiences extreme thirst and excess urination. Although, this disease shares its name with diabetes mellitus or type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes insipidus is...

Goodpasture’s Syndrome

Goodpasture’s Syndrome Goodpasture’s syndrome is a disease rarely seen among people. This disease affects people of white origin than that of black and it hits men than women. It affects men at their age of...

Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease

Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease is a condition in which the patient develops fluid filled cysts with in the kidney. This may happen at the end of chronic kidney failure or in...

Diet for Patients Suffering from Chickenpox

Chickenpox Chicken pox is caused a by a virus called herpes virus. It is a contagious viral disease and is associated with fever, headache and weakness. There will be rashes on the skin and it...

Uterine Polyps and Infertility Risks

Excess growth of tissues on the inner wall of the uterus is known as uterine polyps or endometrial polyps. These polyps can be as small as tiny seeds, only a few millimeters in diameter. Sometimes...

Health Benefits Of Devil’s Claw

Devil’s claw is a native herb of the Kalahari Desert and the Savannah desert regions of Africa. The claw-like appendages on the body of the fruit of the plant gives it the name devil’s claw....

Psoriasis Treatment in Winter

Psoriasis Treatment in Winter Psoriasis being a skin disease produces dry red patches on the skin and these patches may be covered with scales. This is due to the excessive growth of the skin cells...

Enlarged Spleen – Causes And Remedies

The spleen performs a number of important body functions. It destroys and filters the worn out blood cells. It produces white blood cells necessary for preventing infections. It stores blood and platelets. If for some...

Type 2 Diabetes – Risk Factors and Prevention

Millions of people around the world suffer from type 2 diabetes. The sedentary modern lifestyle is steadily pushing up the number of diabetes sufferers. Diabetes is one the major factors responsible for heart diseases, kidney...

Remedies for Ingrown Toenail

Remedies for Ingrown Toenail The problems of ingrown toenails develops when the nails of the toe grows in to the adjacent skin and then cause inflammation around this. Then the affected toe becomes red in...