Informational Health Articles

Escherichia coli or simply E. coli is a bacterium that is emerging as the cause of foodborne illnesses. Foodborne illnesses are those illnesses that are transmitted and contracted through consumption...

Posttraumatic stress disorder is an emotional condition (anxiety disorder) which develops after an extremely stressful experience. PTSD affects rape victims, war veterans, people with highly frightening or near death experiences...

About contact lensesContact lenses are small, round and transparent pieces of usually plastic material with the main purpose of substituting glasses in people who have problems with vision. Today, there...

Dysautonomia is a medical term that refers to abnormal function of the autonomic nervous system. This is actually a group of rather complex medical conditions, all of which have one...

Esophageal cancer is an aggressive malignant tumor affecting the hollow tube called the esophagus, an organ important for transfer of food from the oral cavity into the stomach. The development...

Women who want to have kids often decide they will wait for some time. This waiting may cause fertility problems due to the age and declining quality of the eggs...

Dry skin is an irritating and uncomfortable condition, but is not normally a serious problem. There are, however, a group of skin disorders that can lead to more serious dry...

Kidney disease can affect every person and that is why people need to make sure that they do everything that is possible in order to avoid suffering from it. Nutrition...

A certain virus called variola is the main cause of smallpox. Smallpox is highly contagious and sometimes it is hard for the doctors to diagnose them at first. This is...

Our eyesight is a wonderful part of our lives, giving our existence an invaluable perspective, making it possible for us to enjoy every single day incomparably more than we can...