Hirschsprung's Disease
Hirschsprungs Disease (congenital aganglionic megacolon) is a birth defect in which nerve cells in the wall of the large intestine do not develop. These nerve cells, called ganglion cells, control the ...
The Stuff We're Made Of: Vitamin A
... night blindness, light sensitivity, dry skin, blackheads and whiteheads, dandruff, weak nails, and bacterial infections of the mucous membranes.
Amount needed daily: 5,000 units. Found in spinach, ...
Women and small vessle disease
Any women that has been diagnosed with small vessle disease , please comment An interesting article on mayoclinic.org about women and small vessel disease.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Information
... ammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have no medical cure. Once the diseases begin, they tend to fluctuate between periods of inactivity (remission) and activity (relap ...
Sexually transmitted diseases/UTI
I recently went to the doctor because I had experienced lower abdominal cramping along with a discharge and painful sex. I have had a UTI before and felt that this is what it was. I went to an urg ...
"Bell's Palsy of the Gut" and Other GI...
... is, possibly cholecystitis, dysbiosis, jejunal or ileal incompetence with resultant small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), megacolon, encopresis and rectal muscle cramping (proctalgia fugax). ...
A fresh look at women's heart disease
More than three-quarters of American women will get heart disease in their lifetime, but most of them aren't aware of the risk they face and even their doctors are only just beginning to realize there ...
Anger Can Lead to Heart Disease
If you tend to blow a fuse easily, think better of it--it could affect your health in tangible ways. A study by the Medical University of South Carolina showed that men with chronic anger problems may ...
