Health Blurbs

Turner Syndrome X Chromosome Disorder Causes Female Growth, Reproductive Symptoms, Treatment

2009-12-15T19:28:08Z

Turner syndrome is a health condition affecting females only. It’s a chromosomal disorder caused by a defect or absent X chromosome. Without the disorder, females have paired X chromosomes. Most commonly with Turner syndrome, a genetic error causes you to be born without an X chromosome in each cell. However, Turner syndrome X chromosome disorder symptoms can be [...]

Overactive Bladder Causes Urge Incontinence Symptom, Overactive Bladder Urge Treatment

2009-12-14T18:22:37Z

Overactive bladder and urge incontinence go hand in hand. As in, overactive bladder causes that urge incontinence symptom. Overactive bladder means you have a problem with your bladder that causes an urgent need to urinate. Urge incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine caused by the inability to suppress your sudden urge of an overactive bladder. Overactive [...]

Serotonin: Natural Serotonin, Low Serotonin Levels Deficiency, Serotonin Syndrome

2009-12-13T18:49:20Z

Serotonin is your naturally happy hormone. For it has a substantial influence on your mood. At adequate levels, serotonin provides you with that feeling of euphoria, along with relaxation and calmness. However, too much or too little can lead to a rather unhealthy existence. Serotonin is multifaceted. It is an important brain function chemical, acts as neurotansmitter in [...]

Overview of Circadian Rhythms, Biological Body Clock, Biorhythm Changes

2009-12-12T19:12:18Z

Your biorhythm, or biological rhythm, is a cyclic pattern of physiological changes that are genetically synchronized to daily, monthly or yearly environmental changes. Circadian rhythms are changes that occur daily, mainly in concert with lightness or darkness. Your biological clock, or body clock, are groupings of cells throughout your body that naturally drives the circadian rhythm. [...]

Seasonal Affective Disorder, Winter Blues Depression for SAD Phototherapy, Light Therapy Treatment

2009-12-13T18:53:54Z

Seasonal affective disorder, SAD for short, is considered a form of depression. Sometimes referred to as the winter blues, the condition is seasonally cyclic. This means it comes and goes at the same time every year. For most suffering with this depression, seasonal affective disorder symptoms come on during the annual shortening of daylight and subside as [...]

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Causes Severe PMS Symptoms for PMDD Treatment

2009-12-12T02:07:48Z

Do you experience PMS? And does your PMS symptoms of depression, irritability and tension prior to menstruation seem more severe than those of other women? Then you may have premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD. It’s essentially a severe form of PMS. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is marked by an assortment of symptoms that occur after ovulation and [...]

About Oral Contraceptive Birth Control Pill, Oral Contraceptive Side Effects, Delay Menstruation Use

2009-12-12T19:01:36Z

Oral contraceptive, aka birth control pill, is a pill taken in an effort to prevent pregnancy. This method of birth control is extremely effective, albeit not 100%. Oral contraceptives either contain estrogen and progestin combination, or just progestin. They are the laboratory equivalent of your naturally circulating female sex hormones. And because birth control pills are of a much [...]

Causes of Dyspepsia Upset Stomach Discomfort Symptoms, Functional Dyspepsia Treatment

2009-12-08T18:57:38Z

Dyspepsia is used either to denote a group of symptoms caused by some digestive related health condition or as a digestion function problem itself, aka functional dyspepsia. Irrespective of which category the term is used, upset stomach or stomach discomfort is the primary symptom. Additional complaints falling within dyspepsia cluster of symptoms include: bloating belching cramping chest pain indigestion early satiation abdominal pain loss of [...]

About Antiplatelet & Anticoagulant Blood Thinners, Anticoagulant Side Effects, Natural Blood Thinners

2009-12-08T19:05:48Z

Coagulation denotes the complex blood clot formation process. It is vital to your health because coagulating stops the excessive loss of blood from a damaged vessel. And it’s blood platelets that form a hemostatic occlusion at the site of any open vessel injury. However, coagulation can be a health detriment because this process can also cause blood clots, [...]

Causes of Dysentery, Amebic & Bacillary Dysentery Bloody Diarrhea Symptoms, Dysentery Treatment

2009-12-06T19:21:50Z

Dysentery means you’re experiencing intestinal inflammation coupled with frequent stool passage of watery diarrhea, which may be bloody. Two other classic symptoms include abdominal pain and cramps. Dysentery can be caused by an infectious disease or chemical irritation. Causes for intestinal infection dysentery is a virus, bacteria, protozoa or parasite. Amebic and bacillary dysentery are the two most common [...]