Flossing...one of the best preventative exercises
... rican Academy of Periodontology, people with periodontal disease are almost twice as likely to have coronary artery disease (also called heart disease).We all think of exercising our bodies as the bes ...
Clean Air, Clean Arteries
A friend of mine is supposed to run the L.A. Marathon with me, but she has reneged on her decision with the excuse that polluted L.A. air will corrode her lungs. While I think she should tough it out ...
Flavonoid-rich diets may help reduce heart disease
... - from apples and pears to dark chocolate and red wine -- may help shield postmenopausal women from coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease and stroke, a new study shows.
Flavonoids are anti ...
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 ...
Blood test helps predict metabolic syndrome: study
... as free radicals, it can become embedded in arteries and start clogging them."That is the cause of coronary heart disease," said Jacobs, whose study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Ass ...
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 ...
Overview of Chlamydia trachomatis and the Disease.
... rs; who do not use condoms during vaginal, anal or oral sex; have a history of sexually transmitted diseases; and are under the age of 25 are at an increased risk of being infected with chlamydia. Add ...
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 ...
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 ...
