Informational Health Articles

Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, together with hyperopia and astigmatism belongs to a group of eye disorders called refractive errors. All of them are closely connected with inadequate refraction of...

Emphysema is a long-term and progressive disease which is together with chronic bronchitis a member of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). It is characterized by destruction of the alveolar walls...

When a child or an adolescent is diagnosed with an emotional disorder, he/she usually has problems with anxiety and/or mood. Therefore, emotional disorders in teenagers are usually noticeable through their...

Puberty is a stage of human life during which individuals become sexually active and fertile. During the puberty people develop their bodily odors, underarm and pubic hair, menstrual bleeding and...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is otherwise known as CMT and it is considered to be one of the most common neurological disorders which a person can inherit. According to available data, one...

Even though Down syndrome was aneglected condition when it comes to the impairments it brings in thefield of writing and education in general, in recent times thesituation is changing. Basically...

In situations when the doctor needs to have a look at the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, he or she will order an esophagogastroduodenoscopy. This procedure will allow the...

People can experience regular chest pain on the left side. It doesn\'t have to be connected with heart attack but there can be other conditions and reasons involved. The pain...

The medical term for what we commonly call a \"bruise\" is the contusion that is the kind of injury which includes the rupture of the blood vessels and thus, the...

The post nasal drip is a consequence of the insufficiency of humidity in the upper part of the respiratory system. When a sensitive balance of the produced warmth and liquid...