Chamomile tea has been known to be a medicinal cure-all for people who have felt sick or stresses. This is done for centuries.
Today, researchers form England has found new evidence that the popular herbal tea can relieve a wide range of health ailments, including colds and menstrual cramps.
The herbal plant used in this study was German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), also known as manzanilla, whose flowers and leaves are brewed as a fragrant, flavorful tea. The study which was done, involved 14 volunteers who each drank five cups of the tea daily for two consecutive weeks. Daily urine samples were taken and passed though several tests and examinations.
Breakbone fever is more popularly known as dengue fever. It is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness. It varies from mild to severe in which the severe forms include shock syndrome and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) that needs to be hospitalized.
Currently, doctors from all over the world can not prescribe a vaccine yet because there is still no available. The best way to prevent is to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes altogether. Though there is no certain medication for dengue, mild can still be treated as long as it is caught before it leads to dengue shock syndrome or dengue hemorrhagic fever.
There are up to 100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide every year; the most common occurrences are in urban parts of subtropical and tropical areas, such as Central and South America, parts of Africa, parts of Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific
Medication and treatment to reduce the recurrence of the Hepatitis B appear to improve liver transplant outcomes for some patients.
Ray Kim, the senior investigator of the Mayo Clinic research team said that they have found out that the number of Hepa B patients who were listed for a second transplant within three years decreased by 50% between 1996 and 2005.
The infection of Hepa B is one of the major causes of liver damage that can eventually lead to end-stage liver disease and urge to need for a transplant in the liver.
TIA which is other termed as transient ischemic attack or simply as mini-stroke will occur when a temporary drop of the blood supply to the brain, depriving it of essential oxygen. The patient now will experience stroke-like symptoms, although they will not last long. A mini-stroke will only last a few minutes and goes away within a day.
In other words, a TIA is like a stroke, produces similar symptoms, but only lasts a few minutes and causes no permanent damage.
Health experts say a TIA may be a warning. At about 30% of people who have a TIA eventually go on to have a stroke. Half of that 30% have a stroke within a year of their TIA. Although some may call it a warning, it may also be seen as an opportunity to take steps to prevent a full blown stroke.
Medically speaking, an anemic person has a low number of red blood cells or concentrations of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a kind of metalloprotein inside the red blood cells that contains iron and transports oxygen.
It is one of the most common disorders of the blood. In the United States alone, at about 3.5 million are affected on it. While the data states that fact, the illness is more common to the developing countries, especially in very poor areas where malnutrition is striking. In the continent of Africa, severe anemia is caused by malaria.
People who are affected with malaria have already pre-existing anemia due to malnutrition and helminthiasis.
Cirrhosis is an illness that affects the liver condition in which there is an irreversible scarring of the liver. It is a progressive disease that develops gradually over many years, until it can stop the proper function of the liver. It is now the result when healthy liver tissue is destroyed and replaced by scar tissue as the condition starts to be serious, it can start blocking the flow of the blood through the liver.
The main causes of the cirrhosis are sustained excessive alcohol consumption, viral Hepatitis B and C, fatty liver diseases – however, there are more possible causes. People who are affected with this disease may also develop jaundice (yellowing of the skin, eyes and tongue), itching and extreme tiredness.
