Health Watch Center

Wilms’ Tumor: How To Understand Your Child’s Condition?

admin3 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:30:06 +0000

Wilms’ tumor or nephroblastoma is mainly found in children, and usually occurs between ages one to five, in one or both kidneys. It is a rare malignant tumor found in the kidneys; the most common kidney cancer in children. Recent advances in technology have greatly improved the outlook for children who have been [...]

Medical Marijuana: An Alternative Treatment Flirts With Mainstream Medicine

admin3 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:40:50 +0000

Marijuana has been shown to be a useful modality for treating a number of medical conditions, including glaucoma, nausea from cancer treatment, and chronic pain from a variety of conditions including multiple sclerosis, cancer, and AIDS. Marijuana can be used to treat a variety of chronic pain conditions for which narcotic medications [...]

Coffee May Reverse Alzheimer’s

admin3 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:30:47 +0000

Two new studies suggest that caffeine consumption may delay the growth of Alzheimer’s disease or potentially prevent it from developing according to a July 5th edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease. The study took place in Florida and showed that a daily dose of caffeine that totaled 500 milligrams or the [...]

Adenoids: Do They Always Go With Tonsils?

admin3 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:50:29 +0000

Adenoids and tonsils have similar jobs to do in the human body. They both trap bacteria and viruses that could make you sick when you breathe them in from the air or swallow them. Adenoids also make antibodies that help the body fight infection. The adenoids are especially needed by babies and young children [...]

Treating Eczema With Shielding Lotions

admin3 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:49 +0000

Eczema is a skin condition which often begins in childhood and continues throughout life. Up to 34% of all Americans suffer from eczema. Medical researchers have not yet determined the exact cause, though it is believed to be related to the immune system. Eczema causes eruptions on the skin which itch intensely. New [...]

Aortic Stenosis Is Now A Major Health Problem In The US

admin3 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:30:58 +0000

Aortic stenosis or aortic valve stenosis is a disease of the heart valve where the aorta joins the heart. This aortic valve controls the flow of blood from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart to take blood around the body. The valve allows [...]

Students Search For West Nile Fever In Mosquitoes

admin3 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:25 +0000

Marshall University students are not interested in too much fun this summer, as some are actually spending their break counting mosquitoes. One of the three Marshall University environmental science majors who are participating in the project, Chris Chadwick, said the group has often counted 1,800 in just one day. The group [...]

Preserving The Antioxidants In Your Vegetables During Cooking

admin3 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:50:46 +0000

For years we have been told that cooking our vegetables in a minimum amount of water, such as by steaming, was the best way to keep the nutrition in the vegetable. A new study has turned that bit of traditional wisdom on its ear by discovering that some vegetables actually increase their [...]

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: It Is Important To Seek Help For Yourself

admin3 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Body dysmorphic disorder is a chronic mental disorder in which a person is obsessed with flaws in their appearance, either real or imagined. Even minor flaws are imagined as major problems, seen as deformities, and they don’t want to be looked at by other people. People with this disorder are intensely obsessed [...]

Home HIV Test Kits Are Not Accurate

admin3 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:30:49 +0000

Health Canada released a statement that advised not to rely on home testing HIV kits particularly the new Clean Testing HIV Home Kit because they have not been approved by medical licensure boards and can produce false results that may cause infected parties not to seek proper treatment. The federal department issued [...]