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1. Cluster Headaches Cluster headaches are the worst pain a human can experience. I have heard them compared to having an amputation without anesthesia several times per day. They are approximately 100 times worse than a migraine, and extremely difficult to treat. They a...
2. Turner Syndrome Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects development in females. Women with this condition tend to be shorter than average and are usually infertile, or unable to conceive a child, because of a loss of ovarian function. Other features...
3. Seniors Portal 'Seniors' are elderly persons, usually more than sixty or sixty-five years of age. People in the United States and Canada who are more than sixty years of age are commonly referred to as senior citizens or seniors. These terms refer to people who...
4. Hemorrhoids Facts About half of the population has hemorrhoids by age 50 Hemorrhoids usually are not dangerous or life threatening Today's treatment methods make some types of hemorrhoid removal much less painful The number of hospital hemorrhoidectomies is declining...
5. Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids, often called piles, are swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and rectum. They may result from straining when having a bowel movement or the increased pressure on these veins during pregnancy. A sometimes embarrassing topic of discussi...
6. Ear Infection - Earache An ear infection is a bacterial infection of the middle ear (the space behind the eardrum). It usually is a complication of a cold, occurring after the cold blocks off the eustachian tube (the passage connecting the middle ear to the back of of the e...
7. Fibrocystic Breast Disease Learn more about the natural treatment of fibrocystic breast disease!
8. Arthritis is a Pain Nearly 40 million Americans have arthritis. Every year on October 12 people with arthritis from around the World join together to make their voices heard and raise awareness of arthritis, a disease that affects millions of individuals across the globe...
9. Syncope and Fainting Fainting is fascinating. The idea that our bodies can just turn off all of a sudden is both frightening and intriguing. Why do we faint? What happens physically and mentally when we faint?
10. Down Syndrome Information about Down Syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting the 21st chromosome.
11. PD: A Primary Caregiver's Perspective of a Dreadful, Debilitating, Devastating Disease As the primary caregiver of someone who suffered with Parkinson's Disease (PD), I wanted to develop this Lens to hopefully help someone else going through the same experience. My husband Charlie (pictured at left before PD) died November 26, 200...
12. Hives What is Urticaria? Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of swollen, pale red bumps or patches (wheals) on the skin that appear suddenly as a result of the body''s adverse reaction to certain allergens or for unknown reasons. Hives usually c...
13. Glaucoma - Have You Had Your Pressure Checked Lately?  Glaucoma (glaw-KOH-muh). A disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball. If left untreated, glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause loss of vision.
14. Multiple Sclerosis A disorder of the central nervous system marked by weakness, numbness, a loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control. Multiple sclerosis is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system d...
15. Bursitis If you have bursitis, you may notice: A dull ache or stiffness in the area of your elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, big toe or other joints A worsening of pain with movement or pressure An area that feels swollen or warm to the touch Occasional skin redne...
16. Eye Care - Jonathan D. Christenbury, MD, FACS As the Medical Director of Christenbury Eye Center, Jonathan Christenbury, M.D., F.A.C.S., is at the forefront of laser vision correction. In fact, Dr. Christenbury is one of the most experienced LASIK surgeons in the nation. He has completed more th...
17. Arrhythmia A cardiac arrhythmia, also called cardiac dysrhythmia, is a disturbance in the regular rhythm of the heartbeat. Several forms of cardiac arrhythmia are life-threatening and a medical emergency. A rhythm of the heart at a rate of more than 100 beats/m...
18. Gout Gout is one of the most painful rheumatic diseases. It results from deposits of needle-like crystals of uric acid in connective tissue, in the joint space between two bones, or in both. These deposits lead to inflammatory arthritis, which causes swel...
19. Macular Degeneration Macular degeneration is a progressive eye condition affecting as many as 15 million Americans and millions more around the world. The disease attacks the macula of the eye, where our sharpest central vision occurs. Although it rarely results in compl...
20. Irritable Bowel Syndrome Learn more about the natural treatment of IBS or irritable bowel syndrome!