Ailments

Thyroid disease affects an estimated 27 million Americans, but only 14 million of those cases ever end up being diagnosed. This is because the thyroid hormone interacts with so many different parts of your body that the symptoms of an imbalance can be widespread and seemingly unrelated, making it difficult to pinpoint the cause of your problems.

When you’re in the middle of an eczema breakout, the most frustrating part is not knowing the reason the breakout occurred. While you probably know that you need to avoid certain allergy triggers that cause your eczema to worsen, there are four things that can lead to an eczema outbreak that you might not expect. By learning to avoid these triggers, you can help clear up your eczema and keep your skin clearer.

The various types of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are collectively called psoriatic disease. These conditions don’t discriminate against gender, race or age. However, they’re typically seen in adults. Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are connected in numerous ways.

Pneumonia is a respiratory condition that is caused by an infection of one or both lungs. This is an illness that affects more than a million people each year in the United States.

If you’re worried your high-speed, high-stress, fast food lifestyle may be giving you an ulcer, how can you know for sure? Ulcers affect the inside lining of our digestive tracts, causing persistent, burning and downright distressing pain.

This gland is one of many that make up our endocrine system. Like many other glands within the endocrine system, the thyroid is controlled by another gland, called the pituitary.

Nearly 1 in 15 of us will fall victim to an attack on our appendix at some point in our lives. And while appendicitis occurs most commonly between the ages of 10 and 30, the fact is this potentially life-threatening condition has the ability to strike at almost any age.

Sunburn art involves strategically covering up only a portion of your skin and intentionally getting sunburnt. The point? To have a design literally burnt into your skin. Ouch!

We all faces anxiety from time to time. It might be an important life change, or just a tough day at the office. Whatever the cause there are many simple ways you can use against fight those nerves.

Mornings are hard enough, and waking up with a pounding headache certainly doesn’t help. While there is no quick fix for a hangover or cure for the effect, we’ve got a couple tricks that’ll help.