When it comes to glands, there are two main ways they can go wrong. They can work too hard and produce too much of a certain hormone, or they can produce too little and create a hormone deficiency. Addison’s disease is the second. You might hear Addison’s disease called primary adrenal insufficiency. It’s caused when […]
Many conditions can be discovered through a blood test, but that’s not the be-all, end-all of medical testing. If you’ve got a genetic disorder, it can only be identified with a genetic test. In fact, genetic testing has a variety of useful purposes. Genetic testing means looking at DNA to identify any changes in the
What exactly happens when your cholesterol levels are too high? You’ve probably been warned about the dangers, but sometimes those warnings can sound a little vague. If you don’t have some medical knowledge, a complicated-sounding term like atherosclerosis may even make you zone out a little. Unfortunately, atherosclerosis is too serious to ignore. It may
When it comes to mental illnesses that have a bad reputation, few are more stigmatized than personality disorders. Depression and anxiety are becoming more widely acknowledged, but personality disorders are tricky things that can be difficult to understand. Part of this is because personality disorders aren’t about measurable experience, like schizophrenic hallucinations or bipolar mood
Personality Disorders Read More »
1. Everyone gets anxious sometimes. It’s natural. Sometimes, however, when it’s irrationally intense or lasts an excessive length of time, you may need some help to stop it from impacting your daily life. 2. There are a few different conditions that come under the heading of anxiety disorder and their symptoms are similar but not
10 Commandments Of Anxiety Read More »
1. Some people use depression to refer to any time when they’re a bit sad, but it’s also a serious and specific medical condition. In fact, it’s a condition with many subtypes, so don’t dismiss or underestimate it. 2. The most recognizable of these diagnoses is major depressive disorder. Like the name suggests, it’s serious
10 Commandments Of Depression Read More »
When we talk about hypertension, to give high blood pressure its proper name, we often end up focusing on primary hypertension. That’s the one where things like diet and exercise are essential to keeping it in check, but there’s no obvious, specific cause. It’s no wonder that it gets more attention because it makes up
Secondary Hypertension Read More »
If you’re listing the benefits of organic food, the lack of pesticides is often going to be near the top of the list. Pesticides are, after all, designed to be toxic. They’re meant to be targeted at insects and other pests, but that doesn’t mean that humans want to be consuming them. Do organic foods
If you were to take a look at the health advice available everywhere from magazines to official government websites, you’d be forgiven for thinking that humans are basically incapable of making any kind of decision about their own diet without having the rules of healthy eating explained to them in great detail. Now, it’s true
Nutritional Wisdom Read More »
You want to break the records. You want to lift the biggest weights and run the fastest times. You set out on your exercise journey with the loftiest of goals. Then you get there, and you realize you actually have to start small and slow. How, exactly, do you traverse that massive distance between beginner
