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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. 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.
5. 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...
6. 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...
7. Fibrocystic Breast Disease Learn more about the natural treatment of fibrocystic breast disease!
8. Down Syndrome Information about Down Syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting the 21st chromosome.
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. 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...
12. Diverticulitis - Diverticulosis Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots, like an inner tube that pokes through weak places in a tire. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Pouches (plural) are called diverticula. The condition of having d...
13. 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...
14. 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?
15. 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...
16. 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...
17. Irritable Bowel Syndrome Learn more about the natural treatment of IBS or irritable bowel syndrome!
18. Liver Detoxification What have you done for your liver today?  Did you know that your liver is the primary organ for emulisfying fat?  That it is also the primary organ for detoxification. Please consider the liver is responsible for the production of over 13,0...
19. Hyperthyroid - Hyperthyroidism The Thyroid is a gland located beneath the voice box (larynx) that produces thyroid hormone. The thyroid helps regulate growth and metabolism. Overactivity of the thyroid gland may be caused by a functioning growth or tumor, such as a benign nodule or...
20. 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...