Informational Health Articles

Neural tube defects are medical conditions which occur inevery 1000th live birth in the United States. Medically speaking, aneural tube defect can be characterized as an opening in the brain...

There are a lot of names for chewing tobacco and some of the most commonly used are hoobastank, backy, tobac, snuff, pinch and many more. Chewing tobacco is one of...

The hormone found in the female body, called the human chorionic gonadotrophin or, shorter hCG is the hormone which gets produced once a pregnancy takes place. Simply enough, this hormone...

According to the data, in the year 2009 there were almost 220,000 patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States. This type of cancer can develop at any age...

Because we move our neck considerably during the day, it is a very difficult place for us to pull a muscle and experience a sudden pain. The pain is always...

Insulin resistance or IR is a condition in which the hormone insulin stops lowering blood sugars. The increase in blood glucose may cause serious health effects. Certain cells in the...

Definitive cure for ovarian cancer does not exist but there are medications and treatment regimes which can extend the survival rate and life span.The treatment of ovarian cancer depends on...

One very annoying thing about dyeing the hair to change its color is that the hair dye often leaves stains on everything, including the body, the bathroom tiles and the...

Baby making is not such an easy task as it may seem. Many women who are trying to get pregnant testify that the process can be long and frustrating, especially...

When there is too high level of copper accumulate in brain, liver or vital organs Wilson's disease occurs. It is an inherited disorder and its also degeneration of hepatolenticular. Copper...