Could you be living with chronic bronchitis, and yet you don't know you do? Do you smoke and have a constant cough that does not clear? It is about time you realize what is behind that cough.It is normal to cough once in a while when you are ejecting some foreign material from your throat. But, persistent coughing that continues for weeks could be ...

Is your common cold taking more time than usual to clear and probably even getting worse? It might be more than a cold. It might be acute bronchitis, which is also known as a chest cold.It is a lung disease exacerbated in cold seasons and more prevalent during the winter season.Most acute bronchitis cases are viral, which likens to the common cold,...

How is your day-to-day diet? Do you dine and wine like a king? Then you are at a high risk of getting gout, an arthritis type of disease.Many years ago, King Henry VIII, who was obese from his incredible appetite for sumptuous meals and alcohol, suffered from the "disease of kings," or the "king of arthritis" called gout.Another great man of old wi...

Don't you sometimes forget your appointments or even fail to remember where you placed something important? Although most people would ignore and associate memory loss with aging, it can be worse than that. It can be Alzheimer's disease.Do you know that Alzheimer's disease is in the 6th position among high fatality diseases in America? For every th...

In most cases, coughing might not be just a cough. It can be a severe lung disease such as interstitial lung disease that would require urgent and critical attention.Interstitial lung disease (ILD) progresses quietly with the usual symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath, which you can easily ignore. You may realize its existence at its l...

Before the name diabetes type 2, the disease was known as adult-onset diabetes. It was an adult disease before it changed its course to affect children and adolescents as well.Current eating habits, lifestyles, and weight gain or obesity are more to blame for the disease.Every meal you take would contain carbohydrates that are reduced to glucose af...

Could rheumatoid arthritis be one of those diseases you dread or fear might ever occur to you? It is a dreadful disease.Rheumatoid arthritis progresses gradually from its onset and eventually advances to the extent of affecting your mobility and activities.Even though rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease and not curable, you do...

Ask anyone living with diabetes type 1 what they have to go through daily to manage the disease. You will be surprised by what you find out in the timetable and the schedules in the life of diabetes type 1 patient.Even though the strict processes of managing the disease can be overwhelming and stressful, it has positive results. You can live a long...

Wouldn't you feel overwhelmed to know that your newborn child has a disease you hardly know about, such as neonatal diabetes mellitus? It becomes even worse to know that the condition is beyond your ability to help your baby out of it."Can newborns be diabetic," you may wonder! Yes, diabetes is a common disease that can affect anyone regardless of ...

Among the accounted cancer deaths, lung cancer is the leading, with about 1.76 million deaths worldwide. The second disease with a high mortality rate worldwide is cancer, which accounts for one in four deaths in the U.S. only.The latest cancer statistics of 2017 by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reports that there were 221,12...

Do you remember to appreciate that you can breathe easily, especially when you are lying down without any interference? What might seem usual is not the same for anyone with pulmonary edema.Struggling to get enough air and frequently becoming short of breath, mostly during an activity, is an unpleasant experience. It even gets worse when you can't ...

​What is Asthma?Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that can affect your normal breathing due to airway defects. Swollen muscles constrict and narrow your inflamed airways, which leads to breathing difficulties.In various asthma cases, the inflammation may produce some mucus blocking the airway either partially or entirely, leaving you ga...

Chlorophyll is a molecule that makes the leaves green. It's actually the green pigment that's found in plants, and through a chemical process called photosynthesis, the chlorophyll molecule harnesses the sun's energy in order to perform many functions for the plant. So when we personally drink or ingest Chlorophyll, we also benefit from this energy...

America reports approximately 1.5 million cases of pleural effusion annually. Do you know what that means? It means that pleural effusion is among the top prevalent lung diseases in the US, although very little is known about it. It is a severe lung disease with a high mortality rate.Some pleural effusion cases are associated with malignancy or can...

As the saying goes, "too much of something is poison," and so "too much sugar is diabetes."Two hormones in your body that play essential roles in the control of your body sugar are insulin and glucagon. The pancreas is the source of the two hormones, also known as pancreatic endocrine hormones.Glucagon is a hormone that helps your liver release glu...

We all know that smoking is dangerous and can cost you your lungs. One irreversible and chronic lung disease is pulmonary emphysema. Emphysema lung disease is in a group of lower respiratory infections. Together with chronic bronchitis, they make up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Cigarette smoke, whether direc...

Is your common cold taking more time than usual to clear and probably even getting worse? It might be more than a cold. It might be acute bronchitis. It is a lung disease exacerbated in cold seasons and more prevalent during the winter season.Most acute bronchitis cases are viral, which likens to the common cold, albeit worse. Some acute bronc...

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs' alveoli or the air sacs, leading to inflammation. The condition causes the alveoli to fill up with purulent (pus-like) fluid.The inflammation and the fluid in the alveoli are why most pneumonia patients would have fever, cough, and experience shortness of breath.The word "pneumonia" is borrowed from the Greek...

Horsetail, oftentimes called joint grass, resembling a stack of upright towering green pipes, somewhat like miniature bamboo sticks. Horsetail, generally found growing in moist, rich soils, where the temperature is temperate and grows in Asia, North America, and areas of Europe. Horsetail contains the highest amount of Silicon of all known herbs; n...

Could it be rosacea skin disease? Consistent rosy cheeks could be more than blushing. The skin rash on your face could be more than acne. It could be rosacea.What is Rosacea?It is a common chronic skin disease that causes inflammation and primarily affects the facial skin. One common onset sign of rosacea is rosy cheeks and nose. The redness can al...