Vitamin D plays a vital role in several important functions of the body. In particular, along with calcium, it helps…
Stomach cancer (or gastric cancer) is of several types, the commonest being adenocarcinoma. Stomach cancer is more likely if you…
Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of the filtering structures (glomeruli) in the kidney. Glomeruli help remove the waste products and excess fluid…
Uterine or womb cancer is the commonest cancer of female reproductive system. It is also called as endometrial cancer (cancer…
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a fairly common reason for visits to a doctor. UTIs are more common in women,…
Lactose intolerance is intolerance to milk and other dairy products. Lactose is a type of sugar present in milk. The…
Uterine cancer is a pretty common cancer in women. Cancer of the lining of uterus (endometrium) is called endometrial cancer, and…
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that is characterized by excessive sleepiness during daytime. The drowsiness can come on every…
Chronic fatigue syndrome is characterized by excessive fatigue that does not go away even with rest. The condition can last…
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are usually caused by bacteria that travel from the urethra up to bladder, ureters and even…
Meningitis is inflammation of meninges (thin membranes covering brain and spinal cord). Meningitis occurs most commonly due to viral infection.…
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a serious illness in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your own nervous system. It affects 1-2…
Fibromyalgia is chronic and generalized aches and pains all over the body. The exact cause of fibromyalgia is not known.…
All of us have one sort of fear or another. As children, we were afraid of the dark. As adults,…
Narcissistic personality disorder is a type of mental illness in which people have a bloated sense of their own importance,…
A tooth abscess is collection of pus in the center of the tooth, on account of bacterial infection of the…
When you are young, hair is black or dark in colour because the hair follicle contains two varieties of the…
Lymph is the fluid circulating in the lymphatic system. It is formed from the collection of fluid present in tissue…
Cardiac catheterization (angiogram) is an invasive procedure done to confirm or evaluate the presence and extent of certain diseases of…
Fibroids are non-cancerous (benign) tumors that occur inside the uterus. They are pretty common, affecting around 1 in 3 women.…
Pyogenic granuloma are an overgrowth of a large number of small blood vessels beneath the skin. They are harmless and…
Anorexia nervosa, or simply anorexia, is an eating disorder in which you obsess about your weight and the food you…
When an insect bites, it injects venom and other substances into the skin. This causes swelling, itching and pain. Sometimes…
Ventricular fibrillation is a disturbance of heart rhythm. In it the ventricles (lower chambers of the heart) do not contract…
Ischaemic (or ischemic) heart disease, also called as myocardial ischaemia, is characterized by reduction in blood supply (ischaemia) to heart…
Arteries are the blood vessels carrying nutrients and oxygen from the heart to all over the body. When your arteries…
Thoracic outlet syndrome is a constellation of symptoms that occur when there is compression at the upper outlet of thoracic…
Malignant hyperthermia is also called as malignant hyperpyrexia and anesthesia-related hyperthermia. It is a very severe reaction to certain general…
Osteomyelitis is infection of bone. The bacteria that can cause osteomyelitis are many. They include Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus species, Haemophilus,…
Arrhythmia is a disturbance in heart rhythm due to faulty electrical activity in the heart. This leads to the heart…
Hiatal hernia is said to be present when the upper part of stomach protrudes into chest from the abdomen (where…
Peyronie’s disease is also called as induratio penis plastica, or lately, chronic inflammation of tunica albuginea. It is a disorder…
Angina, or angina pectoris, is chest pain or discomfort due to reduced blood supply inadequate to meet the oxygen needs…
Cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease, is caused due to a defective gene, which alters the protein regulating the inflow and…