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According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, half of people affected by glaucoma do not even realize they have it. This is because, in the early stages of the disease, there are virtually no symptoms. In general, glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually cause people to go blind.

Current medical discoveries have included the positive effects of alcohol drunk as red wine, that has health-giving qualities including flavonoids and anti-oxidants.

I empathize with those who are working a desk job. It's a part of our life and we love it, but not those backaches, shoulder aches, neck pains, and of course, weight gain that come along with it. Sitting all day long is the worst thing for your health and well-being.

Vitamin K in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and arterial calcification.\nAdams J, Pepping J.\nAm J Health Syst Pharm. 2005 Aug 1;62(15):1574-81. Review.\nPMID: 16030366

Robien K, Cutler GJ, Lazovich D. Vitamin D intake and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Cancer Causes Control. 2007 Sep;18(7):775-82. Epub 2007 Jun 5. PMID: 17549593 [PubMed - in process]

High prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy and implications for health.\nHolick MF.\nMayo Clin Proc. 2006 Mar;81(3):353-73. Review.\nPMID: 16529140 \ndoi: 10.4065/​81.3.353\n

Vitamin D protects bone, preserves muscle strength, and regulates cell growth and energy metabolism. It also offers some protection against cancer and other disease, but are these effects really important for health and life expectancy? The answer seems to be a resounding yes.

A study has suggested using aspirin could cut the risk of developing a type of stomach cancer by up to a third. The British Journal of Cancer study looked at over 300,000 people.

Association between vitamin D and age-related macular degeneration in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 through 1994. Parekh N, Chappell RJ, Millen AE, Albert DM, Mares JA. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007 May;125(5):661-9. PMID: 17502506

Measuring the thickness of a person's neck may provide as many clues to their risk of developing heart problems as measuring their waist, a study says. Researchers from the Framingham Heart Study found even those with relatively trim waistlines appeared to be at greater risk if they had larger necks.

If you wish to take up yoga for insomnia, vigorous forms like power yoga or ashtanga yoga would work best and must be practiced at least thrice a week. Make it a point however, to practice earlier in the day, and not just before you call it a day. While these forms are recommended because of their intensity, you can even take up other forms of yoga, as any discipline will help and provide you a host of other health benefits.

Government portal for the CDC. Provides medical and health care information, research, policies, reports, agencies, experts, tools, resources, contacts, and news.

For medical professionals, health care providers, industry leaders, medical students, professional and non-professional researchers, academic and medical librarians, patients, healthcare consumers, and physicians looking for CMEs and conference recaps.

Reference portal largely directed at medical professionals and health care providers, this site has articles, clinical guidelines, workups, drug databases, algorithms, CMEs, and other educational tools and resources.

A resource largely for patients and non-professional consumers of medicine and health care, created by the Mayo Clinic as an educational tool to help facilitate delivery of better, more efficient medicine to informed, participatory clients.

Candida yeast infection symptoms that lead to weight gain are seen in the form of having excessive craving for food accompanied by having problems in digesting the foods.

Living with someone who has dyshidrotic eczema is not a pretty sight. Watching them scratch themselves nearly to pieces from either pain.

You probably want to run out and buy the most expensive stretch mark cream out there and the best stretch mark cream to keep the stretch marks at bay.

It is unbelievable lower back pain is the number two worst health problem or common diseases affecting Americans and it only trails behind common flu and colds.