If high blood pressure can be identified early enough, when still in its very mildest stages, the first line of defense would be an attempt to modify the risk factors associated with it. Of course, we cannot do anything about our heredity, age, race, or sex. However, we can lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking, and improve our eating habits. We may even be able to alter our personality. In most cases, the mainstay of hypertension treatment is ...

There are many reports of teenagers going to discos listening to loud music, and afterwards later in life experiencing this annoying ringing. Many people reported they always hear it, but during the daytime, they were not quite as aware of it. In bed, however, it gets louder, and when they are under a lot of stress, it gets too loud. Later, doctors identified this condition as tinnitus. This is a medical condition causing a sound without an outsi ...

Plantar fasciitis is a very specific condition and the most common cause of heel pain. It represents the inflammation of the plantar fascia. The inflammation in the tissue is the result of some type of injury to the plantar fascia. Typically, plantar fasciitis results from the repeated trauma to the tissue where it attaches to the calcaneus. Plantar fasciitis is common in middle-aged people. It also occurs in younger people who are on their feet ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is something quite different to suffering from ovarian cysts. Polycystic ovaries are ovaries covered with very small follicles in which the egg develops. In each menstrual cycle, follicles grow on the ovaries. Within those follicles eggs develop, one of which will reach maturity faster than the others and be released into the fallopian tubes, which happens during ovulation. The remaining follicles will degenerate, ...

Each month the inner lining of the uterus thickens to prepare for pregnancy. If a woman does not become pregnant, the lining of the uterus sheds and the woman bleeds during her menstrual period. When a woman has endometriosis, the growths outside of the uterus also bleed during the period. However, there is no way for the blood to leave her body, and inflammation and scar tissue is a common consequence. Blockage or bleeding in the intestines and ...