Diseases & Health Conditions

Overview The medication quinine treats malaria. According to Drugs.com, an online drug reference, parasites cause the disease malaria. The parasites enter the body through the bite of mosquitoes. The majority of malaria cases occur in Africa, South America and Southern…
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Lung cancer kills nearly 160,000 people in the United States each year, and remains the leading cause of cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society (ACS) states. Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, with between…
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Overview Bacterial growth requires a variety of conditions to support single cell growth and division. Bacterial growth on the individual cell level requires extremely efficient deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis and repair mechanisms. On the individual cell level, if one mistake…
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Bladder cancer is a highly treatable cancer because, according the American Cancer Society, 74 percent of bladder cancers are found before they have spread beyond the bladder. According to the society, men have a much higher incidence than women and…
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Overview According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 20 million people in the United States suffer from asthma. Worldwide, the disease affects 300 million people and is the cited cause of 250,000 deaths annually. Asthma is a type of…
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Overview Peeling skin can make your face look raw, chapped and rough. The result of changes in your skincare regime, sun damage or excessively dry skin, peeling skin on the face can be taken care of by enacting a more…
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The major signs of heart disease include high cholesterol, high blood pressure (hypertension), high triglyceride levels, inactivity/poor diet, and family history. According to the Mayo Clinic, approximately 90 percent of individuals who suffer a heart attack have high blood pressure…
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which eventually causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), kills blood cells needed to fight off infection. Individuals with HIV are at risk of becoming sick from opportunistic infections such as pneumonia. According to statistics from…
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Migraines are extremely painful, chronic headaches that can last from several hours to several days. Migraines can be extremely debilitating and cause nausea, vomiting or sensitivity to light and sound. This can make it very difficult to work or complete…
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Cocaine addiction affects the user physically, socially, emotionally and environmentally. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) indicates that treatment is hopeful for a cocaine addict and that many options are available for help. However, treatment for cocaine addiction is…
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Many things can trigger a headache, including stress, allergies or sinus infections. Tension headaches are often related to a muscle strain or pinched nerve. Migraines, on the other hand, are caused by an acute dilation of blood vessels in the…
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Smoking cigarettes is a dangerous and addictive habit that can lead to a number of life-threatening diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 21 percent of adults in the United States regularly smoke cigarettes, and 20…
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Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, accounting for more than 190,000 new diagnoses and more 40,000 deaths in 2009, according to the National Institute of Cancer. Breast cancer occurs when cells in the…
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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic disease that causes inflammation of the skin and joints. General symptoms include patchy, raised, red areas of skin inflammation with scaling on various areas of the body. It is considered a systemic disease, meaning that…
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1. Expect Arthritis With Age Osteoarthritis finds its way to the joints, particularly the knee and hip joints. The cushion in the joints, known as cartilage, breaks down and causes friction and pain. Sometimes osteoarthritis leads to hip fractures. According…
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Natural remedies for warts include herbs, diet and duct tape. Warts usually resolve by themselves, according to the University of Illinois Urbana McKinley Medical Center. But many people want to remove them because they are unsightly or embarrassing. Warts do…
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Tulsi, commonly known as holy basil, has been used for centuries as a medicinal herb. Practitioners of Ayurveda–a traditional system of medicine originating in India–associate tulsi with the god Vishnu. Tulsi is incorporated into many religious and cultural rituals throughout…
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Traditional Chinese health practices have developed and evolved over centuries, and they remain a part of daily life for Chinese citizens and members of the Chinese diaspora. Chinese health practices, many of which are no longer secrets, are being used…
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Overview Skin tabs are common, soft, benign growths that occur primarily on the armpits, neck and groin. They consist of blood vessels and collagen fibers, and are often confused with viral warts or seborrheic keratosis. Skin tabs affect both men…
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Overview Tuberculosis, or TB, once the leading cause of death in the United States, is a serious disease that takes the lives of approximately 2 million people worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The World Health…
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The medication sold as clemastine fumarate is used for the treatment of allergies with such symptoms as a runny nose, sneezing, itching of the nose and throat, watery eyes, cough and other upper respiratory problems. This medication is an antihistamine…
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A bladder prolapse, also called cystocele, is a condition in which the bladder of a woman bulges into her vagina. This, the Mayo Clinic reports, is caused because the tissue that supports the separation of the vagina and the bladder…
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Overview Russian scientist and physician Konstantin Buteyko pioneered a novel asthma treatment, writing in 1991 that, “The essence of the method is to decrease the depth of breathing by will power and by relaxation of breathing muscles until one achieves…
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Renal, or kidney, cancer is more common in people older than 40, according to the National Cancer Institute. The institute says that almost twice as many men than women have the disease. The cause of kidney cancer is unknown, but…
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There’s no cure for the common cold, but people have spent thousands of years trying to come up with ways to help ease the symptoms. Some folk remedies are as common as mom’s chicken soup and have scientific backing. Others…
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The drug, generically named mirtazapine, is marketed within the United States under the brand names of Remeron and Remeron SolTab. According to the Mayo Clinic, this medication is used for the treatment of depression. This medication works by decreasing the…
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Breast cancer is a group of diseases which stem from mutations in normal breast cells, causing the cells to proliferate out of control. Breast cancer is extremely prevalent–over 194,000 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States in…
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There are a number of types of breast cancer, which are categorized according to their originating cell type and aggressiveness. Ductal carcinoma of the breast is a very common type of invasive breast cancer that originates from the ducts of…
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Cancer begins with a few genetic mutations that allow a cell to divide more quickly. As these cells develop and acquire more mutations, they divide rapidly and form a tumor. As the cancer progresses, tumor cells gain the ability to…
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While asthma can’t be cured, it can be managed through education and early intervention. The goal of asthma management through symptom classification treats the disease process to avoid flare-ups before they escalate. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute classifies…
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