Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

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• Anorexia nervosa is a common eating disorder. It affects about 1% to 5% of the population and occurs mostly in women between the age group of 13 and 30 (about 90% to 95% cases). Anorexia nervosa, however, can affect any age group and even males. The symptoms or criteria needed to make a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa are: Extreme fear of [..]

Healthy Eyes and Teeth can Prevent Dementia

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• Canadian scientists are of the opinion that healthy eyes and teeth can prevent the development of dementia in individuals. They have a crucial link between the degenerative mental illness where one slowly loses one’s capability to remember things with illnesses such as poor eyesight, teeth decay and arthritis and other related pains and aches. In fact Japanese researchers conducted a [..]

How to Control High Blood Pressure

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• High blood pressure or hypertension is the chronic health condition that is marked by elevation in systemic arterial blood pressure. The normal blood pressure reading needs to be below 120/80 mmHg. The blood pressure between 120/80- 139/89 is considered to be the pre-hypertensive stage while the reading between 140/90 mmHg is the hypertension of high blood pressure stage. This health [..]

What is Gastric Cancer?

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• The stomach is a J-shaped organ in the upper abdomen. It is part of the digestive system, which processes nutrients (vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and water) in food that are eaten and helps pass waste material out of the body. Food moves from the throat to the stomach through a hollow, muscular tube called esophagus. After leaving the stomach, [..]

Tips for Bone Cancer Pain Management

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• People with bone cancer experience some amount of pain during the course of the illness. Bone cancer pain has been classified as acute and chronic. Although, acute pain is similar to chronic pain, it is easier to manage. Chronic pain keeps recurring and may be disabling over time. Bone cancer pain is associated with the disease and the treatments that one [..]