Dec. 1, 2008 -- Getting too little vitamin D may be an underappreciated heart disease risk factor that's actually easy to fix.\n\nResearchers say a growing body of evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of heart disease and is linked to other, well-known heart disease risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
In the preceding few days hundreds of people in Soho had died from the ravages of cholera, one of the most devastating and least understood diseases of the age. The yellow flags were a traditional plague warning, the lime chloride a desperate attempt at disinfection. Having made an effort to arrest the disease, most of Soho's terrified inhabitants had fled. Local hospitals were over flowing with the dying. At the height of the epidemic, 143 deaths were recorded in a single day. Corpses were so numerous; they were unceremoniously piled on carts and taken away for burial.
People with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes may get kidneys disease after a decade or more of suffering from this disease. People with diabetes now comprise the largest group of patients starting dialysis in the United States and account for a large portion of the deaths from kidney failure. What causes this terrible state of affairs and can it be prevented?
We know smoking is injurious to health. It causes severe injury to lungs and increases its vulnerability to different types of infections. One such smoking induced disorder is the major damage in air sacs in lungs, which makes patients suffer from abruptly shortage of breath. This problem is called emphysema and it is one of the diseases counted in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease group, shortly known as COPD.
We know smoking is injurious to health. It causes severe injury to lungs and increases its vulnerability to different types of infections. One such smoking induced disorder is the major damage in air sacs in lungs, which makes patients suffer from abruptly shortage of breath. This problem is called emphysema and it is one of the diseases counted in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease group, shortly known as COPD.
What are the most common infectious diseases in September? With the low temperatures this week, consultations for respiratory diseases such as colds, flu, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and pneumonia intensified. How to get through this unusual beginning of September in a healthy way.
What are the most common winter illnesses or diseases? With the low temperatures in winters, consultations for respiratory diseases such as colds, flu, bronchitis, pharyngitis, and pneumonia intensified. How to get through this unusual beginning of winter in a healthy way?
An in depth knowledge about all the diseases related to the heart. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis tests, treatments, causes and preventions of all the diseases related to heart. Learn to make your heart healthy.
Pneumococcal disease are infections caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae,also known as pneumococcus.It is group of seriuos infections that occurs
Increased intakes of vitamin K2, but not vitamin K1, may decrease the risk of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women, says a new study.\nFor every 10 microgram increase in the amount of vitamin K2 consumed, researchers from the Netherlands report a 9 per cent reduction in the risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD).
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