Healthy Aging Articles

• Infant's Health
  Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Birth Defects
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Child Development
   
  

  Premature birth

  Premature birth (also known as preterm birth) is defined medically as childbirth occurring earlier than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Most pregnancies last about 40 weeks. About 12 percent of ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Heart Disease
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  Dehydration

  Dehydration is the removal of water from an object. Medically, dehydration is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which the body contains an insufficient volume of water for ... > more
• Anemia
  Sickle Cell Anemia
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Lung Cancer
  Sports Medicine
   

  Pernicious anemia

  Pernicious anemia refers to a type of autoimmune anemia. Antibodies are directed against intrinsic factor or parietal cells which produce intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is required for vitamin ... > more
• STD
  Sexual Health
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Infectious Diseases
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Syphilis

  Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. Syphilis has many alternate names, including "lues", "syph", "the ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Heartburn
  Nutrition
  Colitis
  Healthy Aging
  Obesity
   

  Digestion

  Digestion is the process whereby a biological entity processes a substance, in order to chemically convert the substance into nutrients. Digestion occurs at the multicellular, cellular, and ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Leukemia
  Cancer
   
  

  Stomach cancer

  Stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus and the small intestine. It ... > more
• Stroke Prevention
  Heart Disease
  Elder Care
  Diseases and Conditions
  Hypertension
  Disability
   

  Stroke

  A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted. In brain tissue, a reduction of blood flow, cerebral ischemia, leads to an ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  Food Additives
  Brain Injury
  Sports Medicine
   

  Excitotoxicity

  Excitotoxicity is the pathological process by which neurons are damaged and killed by the overactivations of receptors for the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, such as the NMDA receptor and ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Insomnia Research
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diseases and Conditions
  Heart Disease
   

  Sleep apnea

  Sleep apnea, sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. These episodes, called apneas (literally, "without breath"), each last ... > more
• Eye Care
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Today's Healthcare
  Wounds and Healing
  Healthy Aging
  Obesity
   

  Refractive surgery

  Refractive eye surgery is any eye surgery used to improve the refractive state of the eye and decrease dependency on glasses or contact lenses. The most common methods today use lasers to reshape the ... > more

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