“It’s a reflex similar to your leg jerking when a doctor hits a hammer to your knee.” So says George Tridafilopoulos, M.D.,a gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California at Davis, in describing hiccups. Hiccups result when the vagus nerve or one of its branches , which run from the brain to the abdomen, is irritated. And the vagus lets you know by tweaking the muscle below the lungs that helps you breathe. The diaphragm then spasms, causing the “hic”. Read the rest of this entry »

During the summer, your skin looks radiant all of those sunscreens and all that humidity in the air leave your skin moist and supple. But as soon as winter comes, you suffer from flaky, dry skin that often reaches the point of breaking open into painful cracks. Read the rest of this entry »

The H1N1 are a sub-type A virus and are the basic form that infects people. the H1N1 case that generally gets seasonal influenza global each year and kills tens of thousands of Human. Read the rest of this entry »

Step into a pediatrician’s waiting room, and you’re likely to find that one of every three children under the age of three is there because he or she has an ear infection. Some one-third of all children have more than three middle-ear infection (the medical name is otitis media) during the first three years of life, resulting in 30 million doctor visits a year. Read the rest of this entry »

11 Ways to Avoid Them

According to an old fairy tale, a single tiny pea placed beneath 20 mattresses and 20 featherbeds was enough to keep the true princess awake throughout the night. In real life, a tiny pea sized stone, lodged in one or the other of your kidneys, Read the rest of this entry »

For many women, breasts are a source of sensual pleasure. For breast-feeding mothers, they are a part of the bonding between mother and baby and a way of nurturing a new life. But at certain times in a women’s life, breasts can be uncomfortable or downright painful. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night, you fell into bed, exhausted from the day..you drifted into a peaceful sleep… and then it happened. You awoke to an excruciating pain in you big toe, When you turned on the light and took a look, you found that your big toe was red, swollen, and hot to the touch. No matter what you tried, the pain didn’t subside. Read the rest of this entry »