Your menstrual cycle is your body's way of preparing a nourishing environment for a pregnancy by building up a uterine lining. So you won't get your period (lose your uterine lining) if you're pregna… [+10038 chars]
A study published in Journal of Nephrology found that talking about dialysis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) was avoided by most patients, as dialysis was the source of much of the stress relating t… [+4563 chars]
SEX life? What sex life? When men hit their forties, they often feel exhausted, irritable and are the butt of grumpy old man jokes. When men hit their forties, they often feel exhausted, irritable … [+4534 chars]
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech Unive… [+14027 chars]
A case of disease discovered on a pig farm in England is not foot and mouth disease, the UK’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer co… [+2194 chars]
Background Abdominal wall hernias are a common surgical entity encountered by the general surgeon. Approximately 10% of abdominal wall hernia patients require emergency surgery. However, these surge… [+42143 chars]
Consider the following prevalence data: Diabetes mellitus (DM) remains a giant at 463 million people, or 9.3% of the population, projecting to 578 million by 2030 [1]. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PC… [+28296 chars]
Liver cirrhosis was linked to a greater risk for stroke in a large retrospective study, and the association was independent of established cardiovascular risk factors, a research reported. In the st… [+3591 chars]
