Diabetes :: Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is a complex metabolic disorder which has been recognised for thousands of years but which is still only partially understood.
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Obesity :: Theories on obesity – excess body weight
Obesity is a state in which there is generalised accumulation of excess adipose tissue in the body leading to more than 20%of the desirable weight. Obesity invites disabilty, disease and premature d eath. Excess body weight is a hindrance, leading to breathlessness on moderate exertion and predisposes a person to diseases like atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, gall bladder diseases and osteoarthiritis of weight bearing joint and varicose veins.
Alzheimer’s disease :: Alzheimer’s disease – a brain disorder – Dementia
Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Although scientists are learning more every day, right now they still do not know what causes AD, and there is no cure.
HIV :: Eradication of HIV virus, AIDS – a new approach
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of
the National Institutes of Health, have discovered new
information about how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency (AIDS),
possibly evades eradication from the body.
HIV :: Out & Proud – Vancouver Pride Parade, 2004
With a record attendance, 150,000 people lined Denman Street and Beach Avenue along side English Bay in downtown Vancouver?s West End. This year?s parade was the most upbeat and colorful Pride Parade ever held in Vancouver and it is the third largest in Canada, after Montreal and Toronto.
Weight Loss :: South Beach Diet – healthy diet – lose weight
We have heard lot about the South Beach Diet. You knoe the South Beach Diet is not low carb, not low fat diet. The South Beach Diet -a system- teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats.
Alzheimer’s disease :: Genetics Facts – Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists do not yet fully understand what causes Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the more they learn about AD, the more they become aware of the important function genes play in the development of this devastating disease.
Obesity :: Excess of body fat, overweight, obesity, excess of body weight
Obesity is one of the most common disorders in clinical practice. Defined (by the National Institute of Health – NIH) as a body weight 20% or more above “desirable” weight.
Macular Degeneration :: Pineal Gland theory & eye disease, sleep disorders
The pineal gland — which regulates the cycles of sleep and
waking — appears to have evolved as an indirect way to
improve vision, by keeping toxic compounds away from the
eye, according to a new theory by a researcher at the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at
the National Institutes of Health.
Schizophrenia :: Gene, glutamate associated with schizophrenia
Researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) have identified a relationship between a
small section of one gene, the brain chemical messenger
glutamate, and a collection of traits known to be
associated with schizophrenia.