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Cell Phones and Cancer Risk – Haven’t we Heard This Before?

When the first headlines once again began peppering websites and newsstands, the nation let out a collective sigh. Just as we have finally recovered from our initial cell phone radiation fears, a new study has once again fueled the fire and effectively foiled our sense of security.

Buying Used or Renting Medical Equipment Can be the Best Route

In the medical field, there are some very complicated machines out there that are often necessary for performing a variety of procedures.

Teaching children about oral hygiene

Oral hygiene is really important and good hygiene habits should be encouraged as early as possible to ensure children enjoy good oral health in the future.

Seizure Attack

Things That Can Help During  SEIZURE ATTACK

A person who is suffering from the seizure can lose his conscious, even can fall down or start moving violently.
Some tips to keep in mind that can help to avoid the injury of the person suffering from seizure-
• First and the foremost thing is one should not get [...]

Swine Flu – Symptoms,Preventions, Treatment etc..

Swine Flu
Swine flu is a disease caused by the flu virus that affects pigs, getting mutated and transforming into human flu virus. Normally the swine flu virus would not be able to affect the humans, but the genetic mutation it underwent enabled it to affect humans and as a result the current outbreak. CDC calls [...]

Hard Hearing – Common Old Age Problem

HARD HEARING-COMMON OLD AGE PROBLEM

As a person’s age increases his hearing power decreases. So this problem is seen commonly among the old age people. Hearing loss can be a bit or even to the higher degree.
You are suffering from this disease if you are facing any of the following problems-
• If you can not [...]

Hemochromatosis – A Gastrointestinal Disorders

HEMOCHROMATOSIS- A GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

Hemochromatosis is a disease in which a body soaks and stores huge amount of iron that accumulates in various body organs such as pancreas, liver, heart, etc and damage the cells. It is basically caused due to the genetic error. It is more common among men then the women. This can [...]

Hematuria- A Urine Infection

HEMATURIA- A URINE INFECTION
Hematuria is the condition of excess of red blood cells in urine. There may be a case when the blood in the urine is only seen under the microscope and that is termed as microscopic hematuria. While in other cases the blood can be seen with the naked eyes where the urine [...]

A Gum Disease – Periodontal Disease

A GUM DISEASE-PERIODONTAL DISEASE
Periodontal disease is basically a gum disease that is the major reason for the tooth decay among adults. It can also affect the heart adversely. This disease is hardy painful so it is difficult to recognize the disease.
Some signs that can help you detect the disease-
• Bleeding of gums while brushing teeth.
• [...]

Acute Glaucoma

ACUTE GLAUCOMA

Glaucoma is a type of the eyes disease that cause damage to the optic nerves that helps us to see. The Chronic open-angle type of glaucoma is the most common glaucoma that develops slowly and produces hardly any symptoms until  blind spots can be seen in peripheral vision. This type of glaucoma occurs [...]