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Can Curcumin Prevent or Treat Prostate Cancer?

Aggressive prostate cancer cannot be treated effectively by current medical or surgical therapies of radical prostatectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or androgen deprivation therapy.

21 Mar 2019

What is Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia (LGLL)?

Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia (LGLL) is a rare cancer of one type of white blood cells, with less than 1000 new cases reported in the United States each year.

21 Mar 2019

Treating and Managing Colobomas

Colobomas are congenital defects of ocular tissues that result in a gap or hole in some structure within the eye. They may affect any part of the eye from the cornea to the optic disc.

20 Mar 2019

Types of Motor Neuron Disease and Their Causes

Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is the umbrella term used for a group of neurodegenerative conditions, which lead to the progressive deterioration of the voluntary muscles of the body.

20 Mar 2019

What are Aberrations of the Eye?

The human eye can be affected by a number of aberrations which can reduce the quality of retinal images and general visual perception. Research has shown that age increases the probability of developing higher order aberrations in particular.

20 Mar 2019

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Uses

Musculoskeletal ultrasound is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to capture images of the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints of the body. It is used to diagnose sprains, tears, and other soft tissue injuries.

20 Mar 2019

How to Recover Gut Health After Clostridium difficile Infection

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a common bacterial gastrointestinal infection, causing almost half a million cases of illness in the United States each year.

20 Mar 2019

Should You Take Probiotics Whilst Travelling?

Traveling to a new destination can be an exhilarating experience; however, traveling also means different food, different water, different time-zones and definitely a very different climate.

20 Mar 2019

What is Frontal Lobe Disorder?

The frontal lobe is the largest of the four lobes of the human brain and is located at the front of the central sulcus.

20 Mar 2019

Mapping Iodine Perfusion in the Body

Iodine-containing contrast medium is a chemical used in iodine perfusion studies to enhance images taken during body scans such as X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans. Increasingly, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) scanners are being used to produce iodine perfusion maps of the body. These maps are useful in the diagnosis and detection of abnormal processes that may be related to a disease.

20 Mar 2019

Managing and Treating Cirrhosis

Liver cirrhosis is defined as the last stage of long-term liver disease, and is a leading cause of morbidity worldwide.

20 Mar 2019

Prostate Gland Anatomy

The prostate gland is a mass of tissue just below the urinary bladder in males, about the size of a walnut. It is situated in the region called the bladder base. It extends all around the urethra like a doughnut, surrounding the neck of the bladder.

20 Mar 2019

What Causes Coloboma?

Ocular coloboma is an abnormality of the eye resulting from its defective development. One or both eyes may be affected by holes or gaps in the cornea, iris, ciliary body, lens, choroidal layer, lens, retina or optic disc. In many patients, a coloboma is accompanied by microphthalmia and anophthalmia, or other defects in various parts of the body.

20 Mar 2019

$What is Refractory Cancer?$

What is Refractory Cancer?

Cancer refers to the appearance, proliferation and invasion of malignant cells into surrounding normal tissue, and oftentimes to other distant sites of the body. They are characterized by their ability to grow without entering the usual cell death phase, so that they are capable of unregulated cell division and growth.

19 Mar 2019

What is Cirrhosis?

Cirrhosis is a severe form of liver disease wherein normal liver tissue is replaced by scar tissue (fibrous tissue).

19 Mar 2019

Coping with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a rare condition in which there is severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy associated with electrolyte deficit, dehydration and weight loss.

18 Mar 2019

What is Clostridium difficile?

Clostridium difficile, also called C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that mainly infects the large intestine and causes diarrhea and other life-threatening intestinal disorders.

18 Mar 2019

Diet and Psoriasis

“You are what you eat.” This popular phrase truly describes the important role that diet plays in maintaining a healthy body and mind. Research increasingly suggests that certain food, nutrients or diet plans may have beneficial effects on the skin, while others may act as triggers of certain skin conditions or disease.

18 Mar 2019