Category Archives: Health News

Onions offer great health benefits, but unfortunately, cutting them up will leave you in tears. Maybe you’ve been cutting onions your whole life and just never thought about the real reason behind why you tear up. First and foremost, when onions are growing in soil, they use sulfur in the soil to create amino acid ...click here to read more

A contracted gallbladder is generally considered a normal physiological process that may also go by the name collapsed gallbladder. This structure is involved in the process of digesting the food we eat. The gallbladder is a structure connected to the liver, which supplies it with bile—a yellowish-brown fluid that aids in the digestion of fats ...click here to read more

Males and females have obvious differences in appearance and anatomy, but they’re thought to function more or less at an equal level. But according to a new study, stress may have a dramatically different effect on male and female brains. A new report from Rockefeller University, NY, has found differences in the brains of male ...click here to read more

Almost everyone experiences heartburn. It is characterized by the feeling of burning chest pain caused by stomach acid regurgitating up into the esophagus. While most people can avoid getting heartburn symptoms by avoiding foods that trigger it, those who suffer from a more severe form of the condition require the use of gastric acid-reducing medication. ...click here to read more

Good news egg lovers: eggs are super good for your health. That’s right, if you wake up and enjoy an egg, or really have an egg any time of the day, you are taking the necessary steps to maintain proper brain function. It’s no surprise that our brains can deteriorate as we age, and with ...click here to read more

The white part of the eye, called the sclera, is a protective layer surrounding the cornea. A brown spot on the sclera can look scary, but here we will discuss its causes and how to get rid of it. Normally, the color of sclera is white with a bit of a bluish hue. In some ...click here to read more

Carpopedal spasms are extremely painful cramps or contractions that mostly occur in the hand and feet muscles. They can be caused by infections such as tetanus or simply be due to low calcium levels in the blood. An accurate carpopedal spasm definition would be an involuntary sudden vibration and muscular contraction of both or either ...click here to read more

Your digestive tract is filled with millions of bacteria that help to break down and digest food to increase their absorption by the body. Some microorganisms are also vital for synthesizing vitamin B and K, needed for various metabolic and homeostatic operations. However, this collection of bacteria has recently been linked to a neurodegenerative condition ...click here to read more

After a long day, many of us reach for a nightcap to help us fall asleep. There’s no doubt that alcohol triggers sleepiness, but did you know that after drinking, you don’t actually sleep well? The result is that you wake up the next day feeling more tired than before. After consuming alcohol, the body’s ...click here to read more

An arterial embolism is a blood clot that has become lodged in the arterial blood system, the main circulatory system for delivering oxygenated blood. This can restrict vital blood flow in tissues and organs virtually anywhere in the body. However, blood clots in the arterial circulatory system tend to affect the arms, legs, or feet ...click here to read more

An enlarged ovary is one that has become larger than normal. There are many different causes of enlarged ovaries and they have varying degrees of severity. A woman’s ovaries are part of her endocrinal and reproductive system. They are responsible for the release of hormones such as estrogen and progesterone, which play a part in ...click here to read more

Obesity affects more than one in three adults. This is currently a real problem in the United States, as people with weight issues are more likely to suffer from various health conditions that inevitably drive up health care costs. It has long been assumed that overweight people simply consume more calories than they burn off, ...click here to read more

It is very likely that when you were a child, you had chickenpox, a mostly benign condition that despite making you extremely itchy, required you to miss a week or two of school. While most parents would think their children are safe from the infection after its resolved, what they don’t realize is that it ...click here to read more

Our daily lives are filled with noise. From honking car horns and sirens to music on the radio and face-to-face conversation. Our world is quite a noisy place, but many of us don’t think about how all this noise is affecting our hearing in the long run. Nearly 14 percent of people aged 45 to ...click here to read more