“Kidney stones” is one of those popular neighborhood names you’ve heard so much about, yet know so little of. You probably can’t really tell the facts from the old wives’ tales. Kidney stones are not myths in themselves, they are definitely real. However, like most health concerns, they tend to have some myths and superstitions …
Cervical cancer is a disease in which cancer cells arise in the cervix, which connects the uterus to the vagina. HPV is almost always the cause of cervical cancer, which is why vaccines against the virus are an important part of cervical cancer prevention strategies. Cervical cancer was the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer type …
Have you ever taken a medication and it ‘did not’ work? Well, you may have impeded the action of the medication by a certain food or drug you may have taken with it. This is called drug interaction. Simply put, a drug interaction occurs when a patient’s response to a drug is modified by food, …
Hypertension, also known as high or raised blood pressure, is a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure. Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of the body in the vessels. Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood into the vessels. Blood pressure is created by the force of …
Obesity is the term characterized by abnormal or excessive fat accumulation which may have a negative effect on a person’s health. People are said to be obese when they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. This measure is strongly correlated with various metabolic and disease outcomes. It makes people more likely …
