Lip Discoloration & Smoking
If you are a smoker, you may begin to notice certain changes in your skin. Regular smoking not only starves your cells of the oxygen needed to replenish your skin, but may also darken your lips.
Read more →If you are a smoker, you may begin to notice certain changes in your skin. Regular smoking not only starves your cells of the oxygen needed to replenish your skin, but may also darken your lips.
Read more →You know garlic as an odorous but flavorful addition to many food dishes. But garlic cloves are packed with potential health benefits because of their natural phytochemicals that may have positive effects on the body.
Read more →Nicotine can cause many health problems. It can temporarily raise blood pressure and heart rate because it causes blood vessels to narrow. Nicotine can also make the blood more likely to clot and block an artery, and it can cause damage to the lungs and make breathing difficult.
Read more →Cymbalta, clinically known as duloxetine, is a prescription medication indicated for the treatment of depression, anxiety, diabetic neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia. It works by increasing the availability of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine. It was approved by the U.S.
Read more →Lumps and swelling can stem from a number of maladies. Lumps can apply to a range of skin conditions, including boils, cold sores, breast lumpiness, hemorrhoids and acne. Swelling might refer to those issues, or to a more generalized swelling, as with fluid retention.
Read more →A bruise, which is also called a contusion, occurs when the blood vessels leak blood. This usually happens due to an injury that causes the blood vessels to break. As blood enters the tissues, a bruise forms. Over time the area heals, the body reabsorbs the blood and the bruise disappears.
Read more →It is common for women to skip a menstrual period occasionally. This condition is known as amenorrhea. Women often find it stressful when they miss a menstrual cycle and experience anxiety waiting for their cycle to return to normal. According to the MayoClinic.
Read more →Wearing multifocal contact lenses gives individuals the ability to focus through different strength prescriptions, but through the same lens. The technology uses a single lens for each eye rather than multiple lenses.
Read more →Bronchial pneumonia, also called bronchopneumonia, infects the bronchioles, the tubes leading to the lungs and the lungs themselves. Bronchial pneumonia affects millions of Americans each year, particularly the elderly and immunocompromised. Many different bacteria, viruses or fungi can cause bronchial pneumonia.
Read more →Avena sativa means “wild oats” in Latin. This plant, also referred to as oat straw or oat extract, was used as a medicine prior to being used as food. This plant may have sparked the phrase, “sowing your wild oats,” due to its effect on sexual stimulation, according to “Prescription for Herbal Healing” by Phyllis A.
Read more →Sharp pain during pregnancy warrants your attention, but don’t panic. There are many possible culprits for sharp right-sided pain, including both pregnancy-related causes and unrelated conditions. Some causes represent harmless ailments.
Read more →Tendons are tough bands of tissue that connect muscle to bone. In order for you to move, your muscles contract. This places tension on the tendons, which in turn pull on and move the bones. If through disease, overuse or injury your tendons become inflamed or irritated, you may develop tendinitis.
Read more →Many strong opinions exist about how and when abortion should happen. There is general agreement, however, that abortion is acceptable when medical issues justify it.
Read more →Ligaments are dense fibrous connective tissues that join bones. Ligaments occur throughout the body wherever there are joints, and they can be very complex.
Read more →The kidneys filter waste from the blood and maintain the right balance of fluid in the body. They also play an important role in regulating blood pressure. In general, people with impaired kidney function are advised to eat a diet that supports healthy blood pressure and good blood sugar control.
Read more →Surgeons perform an open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy to remove the gallbladder, a pear-shaped organ that sits atop the liver along the upper right side of the body.
Read more →Chronic irregularities in the body are sometimes related to nutritional deficiencies of some kind. That can be the case when you are experiencing frequent urination; the condition sometimes results from a lack of the vitamin B12. Talk to you doctor about your frequent urination.
Read more →Ezekiel sprouted grain bread products, made by Food For Life, are flourless breads. Because the grain used to produce them is not ground, sprouted grain breads usually still contain gluten-containing grains, such as wheat, barley and spelt.
Read more →If you have sustained an injury and lost blood, of course your first goal should be to seek immediate medical attention. After treatment, it is important to provide your body with the nutrients necessary to produce new blood cells. Keep in mind that injury is not the only cause of blood loss.
Read more →A healthy weight is important at every stage of life for maintaining good health and personal productivity and especially important to the elderly because of the physiological changes that occur in the body as people age.
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