The most famous eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia which are both the results of a compulsive need to stay thin. Karen Carpenter died from anorexia nervosa and gave this eating disorder a celebrity status. The late Princess Diana suffered from bulimia and so did American Idol runner-up Katherine McPhee. The following is a …
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Mar
06
Understanding How Breast Cancer Can Spread
First of all, let’s try to understand what cancer is. Our body’s cells have genes which regulate the growth of said cells. A normal, healthy cell grows at a reasonable rate and eventually it dies out and is replaced by a new one. A cancer cell has the ability to divide at a rapid pace …
Jun
06
Hypertension As Well As Obesity
Could your child be suffering from pediatric hypertension? We tend to think of hypertension as being a disease of adults, but, surprisingly enough, anywhere from 2 to 5 percent of children meet the criteria for the diagnosis of pediatric hypertension. Disturbingly, hypertension in a child is often under diagnosed, leaving the child open for health …