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Anxiety Disorders in Children

Anxiety is a common reaction to stress or anticipated danger. It helps individuals to prepare for and take action to avoid the source of threat or handle the situation that is likely to arise. However, in some people, anxiety becomes intense and acute, or lasts well beyond the time when it is useful.

15 Aug 2017

Help for Button Phobia (Koumpounophobia)

Button phobia, also known as koumpounophobia, refers to the fear of buttons, which is surprisingly very common. Since button phobia is a kind of anxiety disorder, it is treated by psychotherapy and hypnotherapy.

15 Aug 2017

Neurogenic Bladder Causes

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent signaling. These nerves carry messages between the bladder and spinal cord, and direct the holding and release of urine. When the nerves fail to function, the symptoms of neurogenic bladder develop, which is the condition that affects millions of people around the world.

15 Aug 2017

What is Cancer of Unknown Primary?

When the cells in the body start to grow abnormally out of control, it leads to cancer. The body cells that are nearest to the malignant portion get affected and, from there, spread to other locations. From the primary site, the tumor advances to other parts of the body called the metastatic site.

15 Aug 2017

Diagnosing and Treating Hyperopia

The ophthalmological condition that presents with deficiency in near vision, but normal far vision, is known as hyperopia or farsightedness.

15 Aug 2017

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) Diagnosis

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) is a condition with symptoms that vary in severity.

14 Aug 2017

Presbyopia Complications

Presbyopia is a medical condition that presents with a loss of the ability to see objects in the near distance clearly. It is a gradual and progressive problem that typically manifests in the fifth decade of life.

14 Aug 2017

Causes of Carcinoid Tumors

Many are unaware of the risk factors of carcinoid tumors of the lung. Through many scientific studies, researchers have found that changes in the lungs, due to dangerous chemicals or radiation, cause carcinoma, which is a typical lung cancer. However, these components are not considered significant in the increased risk of lung carcinoid tumors.

14 Aug 2017

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Diagnosis

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is difficult to diagnose. For diagnosing PMP as well as verifying the development of the disease, several tests are available.

14 Aug 2017

Pericarditis Causes

If the heart gets affected by inflammation, the extra fluid is released and gets collected in the sac, causing pericarditis.

14 Aug 2017

Vaginal Microbiome During Pregnancy

By employing high-throughput sequencing and other modern molecular methods, the profiling of the microbial community with subsequent detailed determination of the vaginal microbiome was finally possible.

14 Aug 2017

Recovering from Sepsis

Sepsis is an extreme immune reaction of the human body toward serious bacterial infection circulating in the bloodstream. It becomes life-threatening or lethal when it manifests in the extreme stages of severe sepsis and septic shock.

14 Aug 2017

Molluscum Contagiosum Epidemiology

Molluscum contagiosum represents a benign skin infection that predominantly affects children, sexually active adults, and immunocompromised individuals. Worldwide the incidence of this condition (caused by a specific type of poxvirus) ranges from 2 to 8%, and recently it has been linked to the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

14 Aug 2017

Dukan Diet: Pros and Cons

The Dukan diet is similar to the traditional Atkins diet, a ketogenic eating plan designed to ensure high fat and protein consumption and low carbohydrate intake.

14 Aug 2017

Presbyopia Surgical Options

Presbyopia, the loss of ability to see objects clearly at near distance, is a medical condition that everyone will experience at some point in their lives. It is a fairly predictable phenomenon of aging and is due to the gradual and progressive hardening of the lens, which is accompanied by a decrease in length and strength of the ciliary muscle. This muscle plays a central role in the process of accommodation, which is responsible for the normal changes in the optical power of the eye that enables us to see objects clearly as distance varies.

14 Aug 2017

Presbyopia Causes and Risk Factors

Presbyopia is the term which denotes the medical condition whereby a person loses the ability to see objects at near distances clearly. It is a fairly predictable part of aging, because everyone will develop it at some point. It develops most commonly after the fifth decade of life and people typically find themselves having to hold reading material further away from their eyes in order to read. Presbyopia does not occur overnight. It is a process that occurs gradually and progressively with increasing age, hence the meaning of presbyopia which is literally “old eye” in the Greek language.

14 Aug 2017

How Do Additional Fingers and Toes Arise?

“Polydactyly” is the term used for referring to additional fingers that arise in the hands or toes of a person. In other words, it is a condition in which an individual possesses more than five fingers in either or both of the hands and toes, which is also termed as hyperdactyly.

11 Aug 2017

How to Relieve Pain During Labor

Normally childbirth involves labor pain which crescendos around the time of delivery. This significant level of pain can require much endurance from a woman, particularly if the labor takes longer than usual.

11 Aug 2017

Diagnostic Tests for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic heart condition where the heart muscles become thickened and stiff, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood around the body effectively. Usually the muscular wall of the left ventricle is affected, although the condition may also cause thickening of the muscle in the right ventricular wall

11 Aug 2017