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When it comes to cardiac risk factors, or risk factors for heart problems, some cannot be controlled. These include age, gender and heredity. Other risk factors, however, can be....Read More
Sadness is an eventual part of everyone's life. However, when sadness becomes more than part of your life, when it, in fact, becomes all there is to your life, this is depression. According to Psych Central, ...Read More
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is increased pressure within the arteries. The top blood pressure number, the systolic, represents the pressure during the heart beat when the arteries contract to push the ...Read More
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HIV is a virus that causes the cells of the immune system to fail. This failure makes it more difficult for the body to fight off infection, which may lead to a condition known as acquired immune deficiency ...Read More
The American Heart Association (AHA) has identified nine major risk factors that contribute to heart disease. Three you can't change; six you can reduce by modifying diet, exercise and other behaviors....Read More
Dementia is not a disease itself; it's a group of symptoms such as memory loss, hallucinations and paranoia. Some forms of dementia may occur on their own, but others are caused by disease and various risk ...Read More
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is inadequate blood flow to the tissues of the arms or legs due to atherosclerosis in conjunction with emboli or thrombi. Atherosclerosis is the thickening and hardening of ...Read More
Amyloidosis is a disease that affects different organs in different people. It's rare: Approximately 1,200 to 3,200 new cases are reported in the United States every year, according to the Amyloidosis ...Read More
The herpes simplex viruses lead to conditions known as cold sores (oral herpes) and genital herpes. (Other herpesviruses lead to conditions like chickenpox and roseola). The first outbreak of both conditions ...Read More
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot develops in one or more deep veins in the legs or elsewhere. Clots may cause leg pain or no symptoms, may travel to the lungs and can be fatal....Read More
In the United States and other developed countries, there are three main routes of transmission for HIV: unprotected penetrative sex, sharing hypodermic needles, and from mother to child (MTC) during ...Read More
The varicella zoster virus remains dormant in the nerve cells long after a chicken pox infection resolves. In some people who have had chicken pox, the virus can become reactivated, causing herpes zoster, or ...Read More
Shingles is a disease that causes a painful rash and affects an estimated two out of 10 people. The rash usually occurs on the back and chest and develops into blisters....Read More
Fibromyalgia is a chronic and debilitating syndrome that affects the muscles, tendons and fibrous tissue. According to the Mayo Clinic, fibromyalgia occurs in about 2 percent of the U.S. population....Read More
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is an virus that causes the body's blood barrier (must enter the bloodstream) in sufficient concentration to trigger infection. There are several known risks that serve as ...Read More
Osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease, is the most prevalent form of arthritis. This disease causes the cartilage in a patient's joints to wear down. Osteoarthritis has no cure, but its symptoms can be ...Read More
