Articles, tagged with "etiology", page 5

Schizoaffective Disorder Causes Symptoms Information with Treatment

Most people with this illness have periodic episodes, called relapses, when their symptoms surface. Many individuals with schizoaffective disorder are originally diagnosed with manic depression. Schizoaffective disorder is more common in women than in men... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Hypochondriasis Causes Symptoms Information with Treatment

Hypochondriasis is usually episodic, with hypochondriacal periods lasting from months to years and with equally long quiescent periods. Hypochondriasis appears to occur equally in men and women. Hypochondriasis manifests in various ways. Some people have ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Granuloma Annulare - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Methods

Granuloma annulare is a long-term ( chronic ) skin disease consisting of a rash with reddish bumps arranged in a circle or ring. It appears most often over knuckles and other joints or in places that are subject to frequent, mild injury such as the back o... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Metabolic Syndrome - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Methods

Metabolic syndrome is a condition in which a group of risk factors. People with the this diseas are at increased risk of coronary heart disease and other diseases related to plaque buildups in artery walls (e.g., stroke and peripheral vascular disease) an... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Bodywork for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Bodywork is perfectly suited for reducing the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a condition typically appearing in young children, although teenagers and adults may also be affected. Someone with ADHD has difficulty cont... Read >
Author: Nicole Cutler, L.Ac.

Coping with Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) in Teenagers

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a generic term for several clinical signs and symptoms involving the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and associated structures. Signs and symptoms of TMD in children and adolescents have been inv... Read >
Author: Minh Nguyen, D.D.S.

Is Fibromyalgia Simply in Your Head, or is it Real?

The title of this article may seem, on the surface, insulting to anyone who has had to cope with the complaints associated with fibromyalgia. However, it's good to ask the question, even if only for the purpose of answering the critics, i.e. those who dou... Read >
Author: Tim Moore

Why You NEED to Understand Oxidative Stress -- and How to Avoid It

Oxidative stress is now recognized as a leading cause of chronic disease and aging. It occurs when free radicals -- toxic oxygen molecules produced by normal body processes but also via external sources like stress and pollution -- spiral ... Read >
Author: Brian Vaszily

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