Of all the types of cancer that we have become familiar with in the past few decades, lung cancer is at or near the top of the list. Breast cancer gets as much attention from media, from patients and family members as lung cancer, but lung cancer is also quite feared among the general population. [...]

Most of us have heard about the “big” names in cancer types – breast cancer and lung cancer, to mention two. But skin cancer is the most “prevalent” of all types, according to figures compiled by medical studies and by the American Cancer Society. Each year, at least a million new skin-cancer patients hear this [...]

While most people refer to this condition as otitis, it is known as otitis media in the medical community. This term refers to inflammation in the middle ear. This is the reason for the word “media,” which means middle. Many people who suffer from otitis media find that the condition starts with a cold or [...]

Edema is a general term that refers to fluid accumulation in the body – either in tissue or in the open spaces in and around major organs. The word in Greek and Middle English original referred to swelling. This definition is still appropriate because most of the edema conditions human beings suffer involve visible swelling [...]

As defined by the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is “a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may grow into (invade) surrounding tissues or spread (metastasize) to distant areas of the body.”
Many people are familiar with breast cancer because of the attention [...]

Most of us will develop “age spots” as we grow older. Many of us will simply accept the condition as one of the things that come with advanced age. But there are some things we can do to reduce the color of age spots and fade the color in relation to the rest of the [...]

Corns, the condition with the unusual name, are really one of the ways the body protects us from more serious damage. According to most medical information, corns develop on the toes and on the feet when we wear shoes that don’t fit properly, or when our toes and feet are slightly malformed. Rubbing can cause [...]

In decades past a child who had difficulty sitting still and couldn’t concentrate on school work or home projects was often “diagnosed” as being a high-energy person with a lot of mental ability that was hard to harness. In the last couple of decades many children with similar “personalities” are diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity [...]

The simple answer to the questions in the title would be that water retention means we are holding water and we can stop this by not taking in more water. We could also stop water retention by getting rid of the water that is already there. It sounds so simple, but the truth is water [...]

One of the most important things you should know about scar tissue is this: Don’t try to remove it. Scar tissue is nature’s way of protecting a part of the body that is healing. Exposing the new skin under a wound or injury may lead to further damage or to infection. So learn to live [...]