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12th October 2009
The Vitamin C benefits in helping anti aging are far ranging and one of the most misunderstood of all vitamins. For one thing Vitamin C is an anti-oxidant and we have all heard about them.
Anti-oxidants gets rid of free radicals. They are those nasty t... Read >
Author: Wilf Staton23rd September 2009
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that occurs when the peripheral nervous system becomes damaged by disease, trauma or toxins. The condition can result in a person being unable to detect heat, cold and pain. There is often numbness or tingling in the... Read >
Author: jane baron23rd September 2009
My aunt was always taking a pumice stone to her heels. The skin on her feet was consistently hard, dry and cracked. (Like dinosaur skin, I thought.) Looking from her feet to my soft baby-skinned feet, I did not understand how the transformation happened.... Read >
Author: jane baron23rd September 2009
Approximately 25% of diabetics develop complications in their feet. Foot deformities such as bunions, hammertoes, blisters and Charcot feet are more likely to affect diabetics. Minor scraps, cuts and bruises can progress until they become serious infect... Read >
Author: roby.john19th July 2009
AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome it causes a destruction of the immune system. It is the most advanced stage of the HIV virus (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr... Read >
Author: wbdoyle16th July 2009
A person with foot drop is unable to lift the front part of his foot (a movement known as dorsiflexion). When a person with foot drop attempts to walk, the foot will slap down on the floor. The affected person may try to accommodate the condition by wal... Read >
Author: kentsmith04th January 2009
Chelation therapy is a method by which metal detoxification can be performed. The majority of people going through this article might have heard about mercury poisoning. Mercury poisoning was generally referred as the mad hatter's disease in the 19th cent... Read >
Author: Alien30th November 2008
The spine is the major nerve bundle responsible for carrying out nerve impulses from the brain, going to the different parts of the body. It is an essential part in a person’s body because it is the one responsible in conducting information coming from ... Read >
Author: Mesriani Law Group17th October 2008
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is known as the leukodystrophies. Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a inherited disorder that affects nerves, muscles, and other organs. It slowly gets worse over time. Metachromatic leukodystrophy is reported to occ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th September 2008
Ephedrine is a sympathomimatic amine derived from a shrub like plant called Ephedra, especially Ephedra sinica, which is found in desert regions in central Asia and other parts of the world and is famous for its dried greens which have medicinal propertie... Read >
Author: Tarun Gupta09th September 2008
Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a degenerative disorder of the peripheral nerves that is inherited as an autosomal recessive attribute, presenting in early childhood and progressing to death, usually by late adolescence. Giant axonal neuropathy is caused... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen08th September 2008
Feline Rabies is a serious disease that is caused by the notorious Rabies virus that is responsible for the condition in numerous outdoor animals as well as humans. Transmission is usually through bite of an infected animal and the incubation period norma... Read >
Author: Ailurophile17th July 2008
Peripheral neuropathy is disorder of nerve(s) apart from the brain and spinal cord. Patients with peripheral neuropathy may have tingling, numbness, unusual sensations, weakness, or burning pain.
Peripheral nerves also send sensory information back to ... Read >
Author: peterhutch09th May 2008
Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, found in wheat, rye, and barley. Gluten is found mainly i... Read >
Author: Corwin Brown29th February 2008
Neuropathy is a functional change or pathological disturbance in the peripheral nerves. Know anymore than you did? Probably not. Let's see if we can get a better understanding of what all that mumbo-jumbo means!
The human body's nervous system has t... Read >
Author: Linda W11th February 2008
Paresthesia is having a sensation of pricking, tingling or numbness of the skin with no apparent cause. The feeling of needles and pins
can literally drive a person up a wall. I know because I not only suffer from diabetic neuropathy but paresthesia ... Read >
Author: Jessica Bradbury30th January 2008
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) also known as Pick-Herxheimer disease. ACA is not limited to any one nationality or race. It is much more frequent in whites than in other races, probably because of a far higher exposure to ticks transmitting B a... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen22nd January 2008
The brain is a soft, spongy mass of tissue. It is protected by the bones of the skull and three thin membranes called meninges. Watery fluid called cerebrospinal fluid cushions the brain. Human brain controls the central nervous system (CNS), by way of th... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th January 2008
The Nerves
Spinal nerves are pairs of sensory and motor nerve bundles that have their root in the spinal cord. Sensory spinal nerves send information from the sense organs and the body receptors to the central nervous system, and motor spinal nerves tr... Read >
Author: Alien18th January 2008
The Nervous System comprises the central nervous system (CNS), consisting of the brain and spinal cord, protected by the skull and spine, and the peripheral nervous system (PNS), made up of spinal and cranial nerves, which extend from the CNS to other par... Read >
Author: Alien14th November 2007
Paralysis describes the loss of muscle function, which leads to loss of feeling in the affected area. Paralysis can be complete, partial and affect either one or both sides of the body. Paralysis can be extremely difficult to come to terms with; your ever... Read >
Author: Helen02nd September 2007
Guillain-Barre syndrome (also known as acute inflammatory or post-infective polyradiculoneuropathy) is a rare but serious disease of the peripheral nervous system. GBS can affect anybody. It can strike at any age and both are equally prone to the disorder... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen11th June 2007
Pain Disorder is a somatoform disorder in which the predominant area of focus is painful bodily complaints in which psychological factors are determined to be central to the onset, severity, exacerbation or maintenance of the complaint. Pain disorders are... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen05th March 2007
Studies revealed that is possible for systemic lupus erythematosus to affect the nervous system. Patients with lupus may experience confusion, difficulty with concentrating, headaches, fatigue, strokes or other signs that show nervous system involvement.
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Author: groshan fabiola26th November 2006
The pathophysiology of dental pain is a complex central and peripheral nervous system process, and the use of combination analgesics that act at multiple pain sites can improve dental pain relief. In general, for the treatment of mild to moderate dental p... Read >
Author: Minh Nguyen, D.D.S.15th November 2006
Copyright 2006 John Young
In Part I of this series, Pete had discovered he had Peripheral Neuropathy, nerve damage in his feet, over a year ago. His doctor prescribed Neurontin?, and for awhile it worked. But the condition was progressive, and the pa... Read >
Author: Mary French15th March 2006
Celiac disease is a digestive disorder caused by the by consumption of gluten, a protein commonly found in many grains, especially wheat, barley & rye. Therefore, those products containing these grains MUST be avoided by those diagnosed with celiac diseas... Read >
Author: Carl Brown21st February 2006
AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome it causes a destruction of the immune system. It is the most advanced stage of the HIV virus (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr... Read >
Author: Melissa Albright
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