An inherited progressive degeneration in the retina, the light - sensitive membrane at the back of the eye. Speaking, generically it can be described as a progressive cause of visual loss, which is attributed to the loss of viable photoreceptors.
Arghh, the dull pain from sore muscles, is a repeated complain from women involved in fitness training! Hard exercise causes muscle damage. If you looked under a microscope at your sore muscles after a hard workout you would see torn and ruptured individual muscle cells, and breakdown of the membranes between them. High intensity exercise causes muscle soreness.
Unless you're a monk in a monastery or living in an ashram, the temptation to indulge more than usual may be too much to pass on all you're offered. After all, you don't want to be a spoiler among your peers as they celebrate with cakes, processed foods, and alcoholic beverages.
"Breast feeding - that's my number one secret," for post pregnancy weight loss said Nicelle Herrington after losing 25 of the 29 pounds she gained during pregnancy.Heidi Klum who lost 30lbs in 6 months after her pregnancy also credits breastfeeding for her rapid post-natal weight loss. Women Fitness has a team of trainers, nutritionist, gynecologist to help you shed post-natal fat.
Giant cigarette producer British American Tobacco got a stern reproach from the Health Ministry for issuing products that were not fully compliant with Australia’s strict plain packaging laws, which started gradual implementation in October 2012.
Ritalin and other stimulants can help criminally inclined ADHD patients to control their impulses, experts say.
You eat a healthy diet, exercise daily, and limit saturated fats. But if you're consumed with guilt, you may have overlooked an important health component.
The interiors of airplanes are awash in bacteria, including fecal bacteria, according to random tests conducted by Dallas-Fort Worth's local CBS affiliate.
Are you uncertain about your medical condition? Have a few questions for your doctor? Well, if so, you might want to bring extra money with you the next time you go in for a visit. Or better yet, ask your doctor's receptionist before you go in: "Will I be charged for asking questions?"
Pregnant women with Type 2 diabetes have a better chance at good outcomes than those with Type 1, particularly if they receive proper care before and during their pregnancy, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) study published in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine (Nov. 2012).
From happy childish squeals of delight during a snow storm to a cozy winter corner wrapped in the seductive lusciousness of sweet warmth, nothing touches the heart or belly like a cup of delicious hot chocolate.
Americans are not known for their lush locks and it is no wonder -- their diet tends to be high in harmful fats, laden with sugar and heavy in animal protein along with dairy.
More evidence continues to be discovered of the dangers of smoking to human health. The latest is a study made by researchers at King's College London that smoking is more dangerous to the brain than high blood pressure and obesity.
Families bustle with the push and pull of conflict and cooperation. But just how profoundly in the end do family members affect one another in the only currency that really counts: evolutionary fitness? A new study out of Finland via Sheffield suggests the effects can be both profound and complex.
Manchester scientists studying hearing and sight loss are the first to use key health data from UK Biobank, a research project of global importance based in the city.
Young adults who live at home into adulthood still rely on their mothers to do housework, new research has found.
Australian's have been accused of being racist but what is their everyday understanding of racism?
Ten years after the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience was established it now stands an innovative institution whose interdisciplinary research on DNA repair mechanisms in the brain is at the very forefront of the field.
British Doctor Gives Wrong Vaccines to Children for More than Three Years, Hundreds of Children now Face Health Risk
The most practical way to prevent childhood obesity starts prior to conception with good maternal nutrition, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman told an audience of healthcare professionals at a nutrition symposium held at Massey University's Albany campus last week.
Researchers made remarkable discoveries after studying the effects of cannabis on the brain. Dr. Matthew Jones and his colleagues at the Bristol University in United Kingdom declared that the cannabis effect is the same to some schizophrenia symptoms with an impact on memory and cognition.
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to measure how accurately a child reads aloud and comprehends what they read.
Decreased kidney function is associated with decreased cognitive functioning in areas such as global cognitive ability, abstract reasoning and verbal memory, according to a study led by a Temple University researcher.
Lack of Vitamin C Could Permanently Damage Unborn Babies' Brains
ACSM Research: Physical activity and energy expenditure are significant predictors of frontal lobe atrophy progression
Using skills gleaned from video games, high school and college students outmatch medical residents in surgical simulations a new UTMB study finds
Amputee athlete Kristen Lusk, 14, scales up a 45-foot rock wall at the Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center located at UCSF Mission Bay.
Graphic images carry more punch in convincing smokers to kick the habit, a new U.S. study said, which also showed that mere text warnings were no match to powerful representations of the numerous ill-effects of cigarette smoking.
As if the federal government’s anti-smoking policies were insufficient, an Australian professor floated the idea that cigarette smokers need to secure a license to get on with their habits, considered a serious health hazard by medical doctors.
One of the world's largest and most comprehensive studies into the factors that keep us active as we age is among 10 Queensland University of Technology (QUT) projects to share in more than $6.1 million funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
