Extra Crispy French Fries May Cause Cancer Acrylamide is a harmful chemical which has been shown to cause cancer in animals. It does have a potential to be carcinogenic in humans too. What Is Acrylamide? It’s a chemical that may form in certain food stuffs when they undergo certain cooking processes. It forms in carbohydrate […]
Assessing Your Risk for Diabetes During Pregnancy Gestational diabetes is medical condition when the woman has increased levels of blood sugar in her blood during pregnancy. The overall percentage of women presenting with this condition is increasing each year in the United States. Estimates say that 18 out of every 100 pregnancies would have this […]
Pelvic Tilt – A Gift of Sedentary Work Style With each passing day, the advancement in technology is increasing our sitting time on desks and computers. This has steadily been accompanied by various health problems such as backache, cervical pain, obesity and various postural problems including pelvic tilt. Before going into the details of postural […]
Assessing and Scheduling Hepatitis B Vaccination Hepatitis B is a blood-borne viral illness. It is transmitted through intimate sex (where exchange of fluid takes place), blood transfusions, through infected needles or any other way where you get in touch with infected bodily secretions including blood, semen or vaginal fluid. Hence it is extremely important to […]
Hippocampal Sclerosis With Memory Loss Sclerosis of the hippocampal area means scarring of this region of the brain. For understanding, you may consider it somewhat similar to the scarring that you develop on your skin when you get hurt. So it’s a bodily response, to a trauma or infection, to repair the damaged area. It […]
Air Pollution Called Human Carcinogen by WHO With increasing industrial growth, tons of waste products are constantly produced and dumped into our environment. For long, things were ignored. But now these hazardous substances have started taking toll on our health. It’s surprising that just taking your routine breaths may lead to cancer. Pollutants in the […]
Reasons Leading to Virilization in Women Virilization refers to an abnormal development of male physiological characteristics in females. This may include excessive hair growth known as hirsutism. Let’s discuss briefly the mechanism and causes of virilization and hirsutism in women. Detection of cause is made on the basis of symptoms and age group. A general […]
Blood Blister on Vagina Blisters and pimples on the genitals are common. A blood blister is usually due to some infection, it may be herpes or any other STD. So, they require examination by a doctor. Causes of Blisters Beside Herpes In girls who are not sexually active, a clogged sebaceous gland (or a pimple) […]
What Causes White Vaginal Discharge? It is very common for a woman to get white vaginal discharge during her reproductive years. Such a discharge is not always pathological. It is, therefore, very important to know the various causes of getting a white discharge. The causes include infections, medical conditions and normal variations. Let us first […]
Causes of Swelling in Labia and Its Treatment Swelling in the labia may be generalized, that is, throughout the vulva, or localized, confined to particular structures only. It may be unilateral or bilateral. There may be other symptoms associated with it like burning, pain or itching. The cause of vulval swelling is diagnosed on the […]
