Individuals looking for an alternative medicine solution to boost immune system effectiveness and overall good health have trusted barley green for years. Discovered for its healing properties by Yoshihide Hagiwara, MD of Japan's Kumamoto...
Schizophrenia research indicates there is no specific cause to developing the disorder, but there are numerous factors that may contribute. The National Institute of Mental Health recognizes that at least 10 percent of the people who develop...
Life insurance companies determine the amount of coverage they can provide for a specific price based on a number of factors. When considering whether and how to insure someone, the company will look at age, weight, social and personal behaviors,...
White spots on black skin describe a medical condition called vitiligo. Although distributed throughout the human racial spectrum, the disease is especially noticeable in black skin. It can appear at any age, in both sexes and begins with a few...
Also referred to as the Genetic Diet, the Genetix plan is a diet program that focuses on food choices tailored to your genetic makeup. According to a diagram on the Scientist.com website, this plan encourages its users to eat foods based on...
A cleft lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects in the United States. Fortunately, a variety of early interventions are available to treat the child with cleft lip or palate. From surgeries to different therapies, treatments are...
Bipolar disorder, sometimes called manic-depression, is a mental illness known to be hereditary. The condition causes wide, sometimes disabling mood swings between euphoria and depression. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs of the "manic phase"...
Spinal muscular atrophy is one of the genetic conditions that's closest to an effective treatment or cure, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The potential for treating this disabling and potentially deadly disease is based on...
Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by an increasing tolerance for alcohol, the inability to quit drinking, withdrawal symptoms during periods of abstinence, and more. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism...
Alopecia areata, a non-contagious autoimmune disease causing hair loss, can be emotionally devastating for the estimated 5.3 million Americans who suffer from it, especially children. Celiac disease, also an autoimmune system dysfunction, is an...
People with celiac disease have adverse reactions to the proteins that are found in wheat, barley and rye, collectively called "gluten." However, not everyone with the genetic predisposition for this autoimmune condition gets it. Still, blood...
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disease characterized by delusions, hallucinations and difficulty distinguishing between reality and imagination. Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disorder triggered by gluten, proteins found in...
Children with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and histories of abuse require special consideration and might suffer from worse health outcomes than children with ADHD only or abuse histories only. ADHD, also referred to as attention...
Vitiligo, an autoimmune disease, causes the loss of pigment in the skin. Celiac disease, another autoimmune disorder, is triggered by gluten, proteins in wheat, barley and rye. In celiacs, strict adherence to a gluten-free diet usually reverses...
Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomata, are non-cancerous tumors of smooth muscle cells in the uterus. While the exact prevalence of fibroids is not known, analysis of uterine cells from hysterectomies showed that 70 percent of women...
Genetic hearing loss accounts for 30% to 50% of hearing disorders. Thanks to exciting advances in genetic mapping, research is now able to identify more than seventy genes that lead to deafness. The genes responsible for hearing disorders may be...
A sure-fire way to induce fat loss is by increasing your metabolism, the rate at which the body burns calories. A slow metabolism can often lead to weight gain and obesity, which increases the risk for serious medical conditions, such as diabetes...
Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that results in degeneration of neurons in certain areas of the brain. Early signs include clumsiness, uncontrolled movements and difficulties maintaining balance. Huntington's progresses over years and...
According to the Mayo Clinic, methotrexate 2.5mg PO (in oral form) is an anticancer medication. Methotrexate is also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis (a skin inflammation disease), according to Drugs.com. It works by blocking the...
How many calories a person needs to eat each day for optimum health depends on many factors, such as sex, height, age and genetics. Researchers can find the average calories that a population eats through surveys and calculating the calories per...
Inherited genetic diseases affect millions worldwide. Family health history is the biggest predictor of genetic disease. Research is ongoing to detect and treat genetic disease. The decision to be tested for genetic disease is often difficult and...
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Moebius syndrome is a rare birth defect that affects the sixth cranial nerve, which moves muscles of the face, and the seventh cranial nerve, which moves eyes side-to-side....
Genetic researchers at Columbia University have uncovered a rare genetic mutation that promises to give insight into genetic hair loss. While the malformed gene only affects a little less than 200,000 people in the United States, the symptoms...
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative neurological disorder. It generally has a slow onset, usually in those over the age of 60, though it can be found in people in their 40s. While the disorder is thought to affect more than six million people...
Fibromuscular dysplasia, or FMD, is a problem in one or more arteries that can occur in your abdomen. Abnormal groups of cells form and grow in the wall of the arteries. This, the Mayo Clinic reports, narrows your affect artery and reduces the...
Genetic engineering of food has become commonplace. Up to 40 percent of corn and 80 percent of soybean crops undergo some type of genetic engineering, according to the Center for Food Safety. Current genetic modification research on dairy cows and...
No definitive cause of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) has been identified. However, as with many other mental health problems, several factors contribute to the development of this form of anxiety. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical...
Glutinous rice is popular in various cuisines throughout Asian culture. Eating glutinous rice may help lower your cholesterol, thus reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease. However, eating glutinous rice may increase other types of health...
Adult onset diabetes, also known as type 2 diabetes, is a condition in which there is a deficiency and resistance of insulin production in the body. This increased resistance to insulin production raises blood sugar levels and increases health...
