For all the advances in medicine, a way to change the genes of a living person has not been discovered. As such, genetic syndromes generally have no cure. In some genetic disorders, effective treatments have been developed to ameliorate symptoms,...
Most blood diseases (hematological diseases) should be thought of as diseases that can be controlled rather than diseases that can be cured. There are reports of long-term remission in some leukemia patients, as well as a small percentage of...
Cannabis is an illegal drug in the U.S. and most places around the world, but some medical doctors promote the legal use of the drug, known as medical marijuana, to help patients suffering the intense pain of incurable diseases, such as AIDS,...
The short- and long-term consequences of teenage cigarette smoking include curtailed physical activity as well as the likelihood of an early death. Lifelong smokers die an average of 13.8 years earlier than the norm, according to the U.S. Surgeon...
Each human life begins with a single cell, and expands into trillions of cells by adulthood. The cells of the body vary in their appearance and behavior, and carry out essential processes required to sustain life. Cells can be loosely classified...
Oxycodone is a semi-synthetic opiate analgesic derived from the opium poppy. It comes in both regular and time-release formulas and is used to treat moderate-to-severe pain. Like other opiates, oxycodone has a high potential for abuse and...
Taken orally, the Miracle Mineral Supplement promise to relieve aches and pains. Sodium chlorite is the main ingredient in the Miracle Mineral Supplement. While Miracle Mineral Supplement is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, its...
The pleasurable effects of nicotine can obscure the bad parts of smoking so that smokers choose to jeopardize their own well-being and cause health problems for other people. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), smoking eventually ends...
Being told that you suffer from an incurable form of cancer or a terminal disease can be quite devastating. Medications and treatments may not be able to completely remove affected tissue or reverse the progression of disease. Medical advancements...
Health maintenance calls for an ongoing partnership between clients and their health and dental care providers. In times of wellness, regular check-ups provide opportunities for doctors and dentists to assist clients in taking an active role in...
Stem cells can develop into mature cells and tissues. They are classified according to their potency, a measure of the number of cell types a stem cell can develop into. Totipotent step cells, found at the earliest stages of embryonic development,...
Fast foods contribute to poor diets in two ways -- they are often served in excessive portions and contain more detrimental nutrients than beneficial. In certain quantities, salt, cholesterol, sugar and fat harm rather than help metabolism, taking...
As obesity remains a concern for the United States, new weight-loss remedies are constantly being marketed. True Renewal markets the Miracle Mineral Supplement as a weight-loss product, making claims of what its key ingredient, sodium chlorite,...
Platelets are created in the bone marrow, which also contains the raw materials for oxygen-carrying red blood cells and infection-fighting white blood cells. An important component of blood clot formation, platelets are stored in the spleen....
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the one of the most lethal diseases in modern culture. In the United States, AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death in people between the ages of 25 to 44, according to the New York Times Health...
Fibromyalgia is a recurrent condition that involves an abnormal pain response. Although the cause is unknown, possible triggers include emotional distress, sleep disturbances or viral infection. As they often do with other poorly understood,...
Cable television's "Know The Cure" is the creation of Doug Kaufman, Ph.D., and it serves as a platform for his theory that fungus is the root cause of many diseases. While attending Washington University School of Medicine in 1974, Kaufman noticed...
A simple macrobiotic approach to food stresses the importance of natural foods as a way of creating a balanced, life-sustaining diet. It arises from the belief that foods are the foundation of health and happiness, extending into every part of our...
A fruit juice detox diet can last anywhere form one day to two weeks and can help you not only lose weight but increase your overall health and flush out toxins from the body. Detox diets such as the Master Cleanse diet is an example of a juice...
The Rosedale Diet Plan is a dietary regimen created by Dr. Ron Rosedale, a physician who founded the Carolina Center of Metabolic Medicine in Asheville, N.C., to help people with incurable diseases such as arthritis, diabetes and osteoporosis...
Liquid silver, or colloidal silver, is promoted as a natural antibiotic. However, over the years, marketers who sell colloidal silver have attributed near-miraculous benefits to its use. The National Council Against Health Fraud states that in...
To many an observer the similarities between Lai Tung Pai and Wing Chun are uncanny. However, both arts claim they are separate of origin. Lai Tung Pai shares some basic techniques with other martial arts such as Chi Sao and Chi Kung, however,...
Tobacco is the main ingredient in a cigarette and it provides the nicotine that causes addiction. A cigarette also contains about 4,000 other chemicals and particles, of which more than 40 are capable of causing cancer, according to the American...
Cells within the brain generally are classified as neurons and glia. Neurons communicate with neurons in the brain and throughout the body to allow for movement, organ functioning and higher mental processes. Glia are the supporting cells that aid...
Human papillomaviruses, or HPV, are highly infectious viruses that are spread through skin-to-skin contact with someone who has a type of the virus. The virus enters your body through a cut or scratch on the surface of your skin. Out of 100 types...
One of the most difficult parts about having herpes isn't the disease itself, it's the fear and nervousness that comes when preparing to tell a new partner that you have herpes. Whether the diagnosis is HSV-1 or HSV-2, the key to sharing this...
AIDS is a chronic incurable disease that is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is contracted through sexual contact, contaminated blood or blood products, contamination through intravenous needle sharing and via mother-to-child...
Acquired immunodeficiency virus, or AIDS, is the end process of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. A person who has AIDS must have HIV, whereas someone with HIV may not yet have AIDS. HIV and AIDS are immune system diseases; by the time...
A chronic disease is one that is long-term and usually progresses slowly. Heart disease, asthma, obesity, Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer are some examples of chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are some of the most costly diseases to treat...
