Illness and Injuries

Treating Crohn's Disease With Surgery

Enlarge Image Unfortunately, surgery is necessary in approximately 75% of people with Crohn’s Disease. This may be done for a variety of reasons, including excessive bleeding, perforation ...

Treating Crohn's Disease With Nutritional Change

Enlarge Image It should be understood that Crohn’s Disease can not be cured or treated with nutritional change. Food intake or allergies also do not cause Crohn’s Disease. However, afte ...

The Range of Treatments For Crohn's Disease

Enlarge Image The primary goal for Crohn’s Disease treatment is to control inflammation in the digestive system. Because most of the symptoms are a result of the swelling, most of the neg ...

Crohn's Disease and Colorectal Cancer - What's The Link

Enlarge Image If you have Crohn’s Disease, should you be more worried about developing colon cancer? The answer, unfortunately, is yes. Many of the forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disorder ( ...

Complications That Can Arise From Crohn's Disease

Enlarge Image Crohn’s Disease is a painful and arduous disorder in itself; however, when you also take into consideration the complications that may arise as a result, the full effect of C ...

Types of Crohn's Disease

Enlarge Image Crohn’s Disease, unlike ulcerative colitis, may affect any region of the digestive system. From the mouth to the anus, depending on which area of the body is affected, there ...

Diagnosing Crohn's Disease - How To Get A Diagnosis

Enlarge Image Diagnosing Crohn’s Disease is often a difficult process. Because it mimics other diseases, Crohn’s may appear to be a myriad of other ailments. Likewise, the symptoms expe ...

IBD and Crohn's Disease - What's The Link?

Enlarge Image Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a term used for a group of illnesses affecting the digestive system. With roughly one million sufferers in the United States, IBD is prima ...

Lifestyle Changes For Those With Crohn's Disease

Enlarge Image Life can be made considerably more complicated with the onset of Crohn’s Disease; however, with certain lifestyle changes, it can be managed to decrease day to day stress due ...

How Crohn's Disease Affects People Who Suffer From It

Enlarge Image Crohn’s Disease is a difficult disorder for those that suffer from it, both physically and mentally. This disorder causes inflammation of the intestines, which can be very p ...

Symptoms of Crohn’s Disease – How To Tell If Someone May Have It

Enlarge Image Crohn’s Disease is sometimes difficult to identify, as the symptoms mimic many other gastrointestinal disorders. However, once you recognize an inflammatory bowel disease, s ...

What Is Crohn's Disease?

Enlarge Image Crohn’s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), one of many disorders that cause inflammation in the intestines. There is particular difficulty diagnosing Crohn’s D ...

Gum Disease Prevention With Raisins

Enlarge Image For those of us with a sweet tooth, there is good news on the dental front. Despite the fact that raisins are sweet and sticky, scientists at the University of Illinois in Chi ...

Viagra for treating lung disease

Enlarge Image Erectile dysfunction drug (ED) Viagra is capable of improving exercise capacity and functional ability in patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), a serious diseas ...

Repetitive Strain Injury

Enlarge Image Repetitive strain injury deals with excessive strain that can either be work related or can also be known because of excessive physical strain on the parts of the body. Occupa ...

Periodontal Gum Disease -- Can You Turn it Around?

Enlarge Image Can you get the upper hand against bacteria once you’re diagnosed with periodontal gum disease? The answer is yes, if you begin early enough and are diligent. More advanced p ...

Avoid Back Injuries- Use a Hand Truck

Enlarge Image No one is immune to getting a back injury. Even the simple lifting of objects can cause a back injury if not done correctly. Many of these injuries can be avoided by a few saf ...

The Cool Down - Recover Faster

Enlarge Image Many people dismiss the cool down as a waste of time, or simply unimportant. In reality the cool down is just as important as the warm up, and if you want to stay injury free, ...

Dancing With Mad Cow Disease: BSE US Case Confirmed

Enlarge Image Predictably, now that a second case of Mad Cow Disease has been confirmed in the United States, officialdom is telling us we’re safe. Yeah, right. Predictably, they ar ...

Will Mad Cow Disease Get YOU? First US Human BSE Case Possible

Enlarge Image First US Human Mad Cow Disease Case? Mad Cow Disease may have already claimed its first human victim in the United States. But while we wait for confirmation that a seco ...