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1. Is there a link between impotence and heart disease or Diabetes?
   Is there a link between impotence and heart disease?One of the main causes of heart disease is fatty deposits that narrow and eventually block the arteries supplying the heart. This process can also affect blood vessels in the penis, which can lead to male impotence. Because the blood vessels o ...
2. Diabetes - Screening , Complications and Testing
   Quiet and discreet, diabetes is a disease that can for long go unnoticed. Thus, five or ten years may elapse between the onset and diagnosis which is often done when the patient presents with a complication. So, could you be diabetic without knowing it and how to improve detection? During diges ...
3. Diabetes - Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
   Diabetes is one of the most common diseases throughout the world. It affects millions, and while some of those people might be aware that they suffer from the condition, even more have silent diabetes. Diabetes is basically an abnormal metabolic state in the body where the cells fail to use ...
4. Heart Failure - The Causes and Complications
   Heart failure is a serious health problem that occurs when the heart can no longer pump enough blood to meet the oxygen needs of the body. Gradually, people become out of breath and get tired more easily. It usually occurs in individuals whose health is weakened by several years of cardiac a ...
5. How to Treat Heart Failure
   The cause of heart failure is often treatable. It must therefore be addressed immediately. For example, repairing or replacing a heart valve can stop heart failure. When the cause is not treatable, treatment aims at relieving the symptoms. It is quite possible to regain a good quality of lif ...
6. Herpes - Triggers, Pregnancy and Cure
   What triggers a herpes outbreak? A number of factors can trigger herpes outbreaks, including: stress; sunlight; illness or fever; certain types of foods or beverages (including peanuts, alcohol and coffee). Can Herpes Cause Other Health Problems? Although genital herpes usually causes mil ...
7. All You Need to Know About Herpes
   What is Herpes? Herpes is a common infection caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV). This virus has two sub-types: HSV1 and HSV2. The two subtypes cause blisters and ulcers on the mouth, face, genitals or around the anus. Once a person is infected with herpes, the infection may last throughout ...
8. Do I Have the Flu?
   Flu Symptoms are common symptoms that can be brought on by any common cold. They range from mild symptoms such as head and muscle aches to more severe symptoms such as high fever and extreme tiredness. These symptoms don’t stop there though. There are many other things to look for when ...
9. An Explanation of Allergies that You Should Read
   Many conditions in the body are caused by our environment and the foods we eat. Almost 50% of the population has some form of allergies, triggered by either outside forces or by ingesting something that the body can’t handle. The following is an article that has will help with ex ...
10. How to Treat the Flu Virus without Medication
    Flu is an infection that can develop into multiple illnesses that are caused by influenza viruses. Most people who suffer from the virus will feel miserable and weak. Some of the symptoms are high fever, chills, body ache, severe headache, sore throat, muscle pain, dry cough, weakness, stuffy n ...
11. Eating disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia
    Eating disorders Eating disorders are very common all over the world these days. About one or two of every 100 college students is struggling with some type of eating disorder. The most general types of eating disorder include bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. However, other eating disorders ...
12. Cervical cancer, what is it?
    Cervical cancer, what is it? The symptoms of cervical cancer are often overlooked because they are similar to the symptoms of many other disorders. Numerous women pass off these symptoms as pre menstrual disorders or the ovulation pains. As a matter of fact, In many cases, Cervical cancer h ...
13. Diabetes, am I strong enough?
    Diabetes, am I strong enough? Diabetes is a very common disease and is spread Worldwide. Diabetes occurrence has increased gradually in the last few years. It is considered as one of the main reasons for deaths each year. This article contains all the diabetes information and the necessary ...
14. Heart Disease – Time to Pay Attention
    Heart Disease –Time to Pay Attention Cardiopathy or Heart disease is a combined term for different diseases disturbing the functioning of heart. The very common heart diseases include – cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, inflammat ...
15. Kidney Diseases, we are all human...
    Kidney Diseases, we are all human A kidney disease is a disorder or illness that influences the kidney’s functions related to re-absorption, filtration, and secretion. Kidney diseases could be congenital, hereditary, or acquired. There are two main categories of kidney failure in human ...
16. Swine flu, time to panic?
    Swine flu, time to panic? We all are aware of the deadly swine flu disease. Whenever we switch on the television or read the newspaper, the reports regarding swine flu are there. Even when we are sitting in some public place, almost everyone is discussing this pandemic. The horrific news fl ...
17. What is Norovirus? New virus?
    What Is Norovirus? Noroviruses, also known as Norwalk-like viruses are a cluster of RNA viruses, which may cause severe stomach flu or gastroenteritis. Nororvirus is believed to be extremely contagious, just ten particles of this virus are sufficient to cause someone an infection. Though ca ...