A growing body of research indicates that aspirin may play a role in preventing certain types of cancer. One of the largest studies suggests that daily aspirin intake can reduce the risk of esophageal, colorectal, stomach and prostate…

Unless you live in an area where it snows year-round, it can be hard to explain away the white flakes lining your collar and shoulders. Dandruff does no one any favors, and although it is nothing more than dead flakes of skin, it gives…

Hyperesthesia is considered a type of neuropathic pain and is, therefore, caused by a disorder of the nervous system. It can be a bewildering and distressing condition, for there are many variations and it also has multiple possible causes.…

For most parents, the health of their children is the most important thing in their lives. It doesn't matter what age the child is, there are always things out there that can negatively impact their health.  Sadly, many of those things are…

Apart from the fact that maintaining thin and brittle nails is a difficult task, disfigured nails can cause low self-esteem, especially in teenagers. Such are the effects of Koilonychia. It also involves a lot of pain... Unfortunately, many…

The plank is a fitness mainstay for good reason. It's one of the best exercises out there for your abs, and it doesn't require any equipment. For many people, though, the plank may start to feel pretty stale after a while. One way to mix it…

Bibasilar atelectasis is a medical term that translates to mean the partial or complete collapse of one or both lungs. It is commonly confused with pneumothorax, another condition in which the lungs can collapse, but each arises from…

Toenail fungus, also known by its scary-sounding medical term, onychomycosis, arises from the simplest of causes. There is a type of fungi, dermatophytes, that can invade the nail bed area under certain types of favorable conditions. But…

You may have seen lecithin on a list of ingredients or assumed it was a man-made chemical concoction similar to those hard-to-pronounce ingredients often found in many processed foods today. In fact, lecithin is a powerful superfood that is…

White spots on the toenails are relatively common in both adults and children. In most cases, these spots indicate nothing more than a slight injury to the matrix – the part of the toenail where new nail is produced. However, there are…