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30th September 2009
Diuretic drug is a type of drug which is used in elevating the rate of urination and thus provides a means of forced dieresis. There are several categories of diuretics. Every kind of diuretic increases the excretion of water from bodies, although each cl... Read >
Author: caryfank10th September 2009
Foods that contain caffeine are the main culprits in keeping people from sleeping, such as tea, coffee and cola. Caffeine stimulates the nervous system as well as other body systems. Within about fifteen minutes of having a cup of coffee, adrenaline level... Read >
Author: Apple25th August 2009
Sweating is an important consideration in the area of water and electrolyte balance as this is the one route where there can be extensive losses of water and electrolytes from the body in a healthy individual. If these losses are not replaced, serious con... Read >
Author: sulamita13th August 2009
Were you aware that diabetes can strike your furry family members? It’s true! Nearly 1 in 400 cats and dogs develop diabetes during their lifetime. The two forms of pet diabetes your veterinarian can diagnose are mellitus and insipidus. The good ne... Read >
Author: Dr. Jack Stevens, DVM10th August 2009
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to... Read >
Author: hardeep10th August 2009
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to g... Read >
Author: hardeep16th July 2009
Your dog's body is made up of 70% water. He can live even if he loses all the fat and half of the protein in his body. However, he will die if his body loses even just 1/10 of his water.
In order to survive, a full-grown dog requires, at the very leas... Read >
Author: Jerrymace08th July 2009
Aromatherapy is the opinion that particular good smelling, plant derived oils enhance your health and physical well being, far beyond the enjoyable smell and nice feeling they endow. They are breathed in, or massaged on, or occasionally consumed.
Arom... Read >
Author: Jon Arnold15th June 2009
Year after year, lots of people from different parts of the world die because they were inflicted by different diabetes types.
It has become a major concern and many health experts have devoted time and effort to study about the disease. They do this t... Read >
Author: Diana Mortenson04th June 2009
Many men and woman have had the misfortune of dealing with the agonizing pain of passing a kidney stone. If you have not had to deal with the excruciating pain, you are one of the lucky ones!
To make matters much worse for those that have had kidney s... Read >
Author: Alvin Hopkinson04th June 2009
Many men and woman have had the misfortune of dealing with the agonizing pain of passing a kidney stone. If you have not had to deal with the excruciating pain, you are one of the lucky ones!
To make matters much worse for those that have had kidney s... Read >
Author: Alvin Hopkinson29th May 2009
Diabetes mellitus or diabetes is a metabolism disorder taking place due to a combination of environmental and hereditary reasons. And the result of it is unusually high levels of sugar in the blood. The blood sugar levels in our bodies are balanced by an ... Read >
Author: steven marks16th April 2009
The main causes of diabetes mellitus are that either the body fails in the production of insulin, which is the hormone that unlocks the cells of the body and allows glucose to fuel them, or your body develops an insulin resistance. In either case this di... Read >
Author: Patsy Hamilton08th April 2009
Gout is a form of arthritis which really means it causes joint pain. Usually gout sufferers experience terrible pain in the big toe but other areas may be affected too. Gout occurs because there is a build up of uric acid in the blood. Eventually the c... Read >
Author: Lec Watkins22nd March 2009
If this occurs due to an illness, it becomes even more tragic. Kidney disease is one such killer. It can manifest itself in two ways. One is acute kidney disease and the other is chronic kidney disease. The former strikes suddenly whereas the latter takes... Read >
Author: villenoire22nd March 2009
Dog kidney disease is probably one of the leading causes of death in older dogs. There are two forms in which the disease can manifest itself, acute or chronic. The acute form can happen so quickly and suddenly, while the chronic form begins slowly and ... Read >
Author: villenoire22nd March 2009
Kidney disease is one such killer. It can manifest itself in two ways. One is acute kidney disease and the other is chronic kidney disease. The former strikes suddenly whereas the latter takes effect over a period of time. Either way, the result if fatal ... Read >
Author: villenoire20th January 2009
The smell of coffee brewing can surely awaken the senses. But people will feel the effects more after sipping since this is when the effects of coffee really kick in.
What are the effects of coffee? Studies have shown this can boost the person's alert... Read >
Author: Jennifer Seaton31st December 2008
Potassium is a mineral discovered organically in several fruits and vegetables, such as oranges, potatoes, bananas, dried fruits, dried beans and peas, as well as nuts. Healthy kidneys calculate potassium in your blood and eliminate surplus amounts. Unhea... Read >
Author: Mc Raflesia17th December 2008
Kidney Infection recognized medically as pyelonephritis. It typically initiate in the bladder. If your resistance is low, germs from the bladder could move up the tubes (ureters) that lead to the kidneys, take up residence, and multiply. An acute kidney i... Read >
Author: Mc Raflesia17th December 2008
There are two kidney arteries—one delivers blood to the right kidney, the other to the left kidney. These arteries divide into a lot of smaller arteries.
When renal arteries become partly or totally blocked kidney failure and/or high blood pressure c... Read >
Author: Mc Raflesia17th December 2008
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a frequent cause of declined kidney function, leading to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children and adults. It is discovered in all ethnic groups worldwide, having an effect on one in every 500 to 1,000 people.
When... Read >
Author: Mc Raflesia12th November 2008
Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that can happen during pregnancy. Out of every 100 pregnant women, 3 to 5 develop gestational diabetes. Like other kinds of diabetes, gestational diabetes is a condition in which your body has trouble managing th... Read >
Author: Peter rodrick10th November 2008
Dehydration occurs when the amount of water leaving the body is greater than the amount being taken in. The body is very dynamic and always changing. This is especially true with water in the body.
Dehydration can be defined as "the excessive loss of w... Read >
Author: peterhutch23rd October 2008
Losing weight is important for anyone but it can hold an especially high importance for people with diabetes. Managing you weight and diet cam be the difference between feel healthy and being extremely ill so find out more about dieting with this conditio... Read >
Author: frankwoodford17th October 2008
Medullary cystic kidney disease is an autosomal dominant kidney disorder characterized by cysts in both kidneys and tubulointerstitial sclerosis leading to end-stage renal illness. In these conditions, the kidneys don't concentrate the urine enough, leadi... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen09th September 2008
Glomerulonephritis is a type of kidney disease Glomerulonephritis is a disease that involves inflammation of the glomeruli — the filtering units of the kidneys. This inflammation and subsequent damage to the glomeruli affects their ability to filter was... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen05th September 2008
There are two prime types of kidney breakdown in humans. The first occurs somewhat abruptly and is called "acute renal letdown." We'll speak later about the causes of this order. The jiffy disease is more insidious and occurs over time. It is called "retu... Read >
Author: Jeremy Seaver04th September 2008
The two kidneys are responsible with urine production, and they are situated one on each boundary of the abdomen.
A kidney infection may grow very cool, and it is mostly announced by symptoms like sickness, fever, blood in the urine or grief in the lo... Read >
Author: Jeremy Seaver14th July 2008
Causes of Dehydration
Dehydration is caused by a variety of reasons. Some causes include diarrhea, fever, vomiting, excessive sweating, or overeating. However, the most common cause is simply lack of fluid intake. Because thirst is not always a symptom... Read >
Author: peterhutch20th June 2008
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to gly... Read >
Author: Knut Holt13th June 2008
Lavender is derived from the Latin word “larvae” which means “to wash”. Lavender oils fill up a room with its clean, fresh fragrance wherever it is used. Lavender essential oils are extracted from lavender blossoms through steam distillation. Fo... Read >
Author: Missing Link04th June 2008
Bedwetting is common, even well after a kid has learnt to use the bathroom. About 1 child in 10 will wet the bed after the age of 5. Boys are more likely to have the problem than girls, and it tends to run in the families. Some children who wet the bed si... Read >
Author: peterhutch01st May 2008
The term diabetes comes from the Greek language, and was coined by Aretaeus of Cappadocia. It meant "a compass, siphon." The sense "siphon" gave rise to the use of diabetes as the name for a disease involving the emancipation of excessive amounts of urine... Read >
Author: Perry Smith28th April 2008
Are you a caffeine junkie like me? The smell of coffee brewing can really awaken the senses. But most persons will start feeling the effects more after sipping because this is when the effects of coffee truly kick in.
What are exactly the effects of co... Read >
Author: Paul Zayer19th April 2008
Diabetes is an age old disease, which is recorded as early as Greek civilization. This disease is characterized by excretion of large amount of very dilute urine. Diabetes can also be explained as a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inap... Read >
Author: aaron nimocks11th February 2008
Hangover (veisalgia) describes the amount of painful physical effects following thick intake of drugs, especially intoxicating beverages. A hangover is caused by a combination of the poisonous byproduct of alcohol metabolism (acetaldehyde), dehydration, a... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen09th November 2007
The benefits of green tea in our body are so extraordinary that it is believed that the key to a longer and healthy life may be brewing in your cup! Having a good health is a focus for most individuals. Medical experts tell us to take better care of ourse... Read >
Author: Chris22nd October 2007
Persons aged 18 years and older, approximately 1-2% remain enuretic. Families of bed-wetters can experience disturbed sleep, turmoil, and a drain on energy and resources. Children have never achieved complete nighttime control. They have always wet the be... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen27th March 2007
Coffee includes an intricate mixture of chemical compounds. Some components, specifically those that are related to aroma, are produced during roasting of the green coffee beans. stuffs that during brewing dissolve in water to create the drink which are c... Read >
Author: Adam Akelis08th March 2007
The two kidneys are responsible with urine production, and they are situated one on each side of the abdomen.
A kidney infection may appear very easy, and it is usually announced by symptoms like nausea, fever, blood in the urine or pain in the loin. Not... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola07th May 2006
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the Islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to gly... Read >
Author: Knut Holt07th May 2006
Special areas in the pancreas gland, the islets of Langerhans, produce a hormone called insulin. This hormone is a protein of small size. Insulin stimulates muscle cells and other body cells to take up glucose from the blood and convert the glucose to gly... Read >
Author: Knut Holt
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