This is another nasty disease where the body attacks its own intestinal lining. What causes the human body so intent on self-destruction from time to time? I guess if we knew the answer to that we would have the cure to cancer - not that Eosinophilic enteropathy is a cancer. Eosinophilic enteropathy may be caused by allergie

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What's the likelihood of catching a deadly virus like this? Has ebola spread much further than the original area? Are we too alarmist when contemplating these threats? Viruses seem to be the most difficult agents to control, and mutate rapidly. We also seem to have less effective antibiotics to fight bacteria. Will the next al

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February 1st, 2008 is National Wear Red Day, plan on wearing your Valentine's outfit early and show your support for research and education of Heart disease. Register at the website to get a free pin and assessment. Wherever you are, Fashion Week or the grocery store you can be part of the call to action.

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I was at the doctor yesterday and I found out some pretty disturbing news from the nurse.  From what she told me, doctors have a real problem getting men to come in for their annual physicals.  Because of this, I've written a post on why men should go into get their annual physical.  So all of you men here at Bl

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There are some diseases that we never really knew where it started or where it came from. It just mysteriously appears. I have made a list of mysterious disease that even medicine sometimes couldn't explain. A very mysterious skin disorder has cropped up again just recently. It is said to have a creepy-crawly feeling on the

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Every once in a while there seems to be another scientific study telling us about the incredible health benefits of drinking wine.

I generally don’t like the taste of alcohol and may have a sip or two of wine once in half a year, if that.

But according to some research at the University at Buffalo, drinking white wine may help your lung

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Possibly good news for people suffering from autoimmune illnesses: Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have managed to transplant new blood-forming stem cells into the bone marrow of mice, effectively replacing their immune systems.

Rebooting

Although this treatment is not ready to be performed on humans yet, there

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Japan has the lowest murder rate in the world, the lowest number of alcoholics in any non-Muslim nation, and the least numer of heavy-set people. That said, there sure are a lot of unexplained deaths, heavy drinkers and people suffering from metabolic syndrome.

WTF is ‘metabolic syndrome’, you ask? You probably won't believe t

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I mentioned something about how some diseases can be spread from one person to another and that how it can cause people to isolate themselves from others. Most diseases have symptoms that can be easily seen so it can be pretty easy for people to distinguish who is infected and who isn’t. However, what if that person is someone

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Most of us love to travel a lot without knowing what the consequences might be. We are not very aware of certain diseases that we can pick up from different countries that we travel to. So what are traveler's diseases anyway? These are diseases that we contract when traveling away from home, most especially when we travel f

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A good example (where the newer generation can relate) of a scenario would be what occurred in World of Warcraft. You can read about it here. to summarize, people (players) avoided each other to avoid the effects of the “plague”. It became so popular that it attracted attention from the media. Medical researches even went so fa

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Diabetes symptoms can be very useful when you want to identify them and receive early treatment. Signing up for a proven diabetic diet plan is very useful when it comes to preventing and fighting diabetes.

Prevention is better than cure, get more insider information on diabetes or sign up for a diabetic prevention diet plan

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The number of illnesses now linked to salmonella-infected tomatoes has jumped to 228. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has found 61 new cases in half a dozen new states. Those states include Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Tennessee and Vermont. Several restaurants and grocery s

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Learn more about symptoms of diabetes today and get early treatment and advice from your doctor if the above diabetes signs match your current condition.

Do not be afraid to learn more about your body and diabetes. If proper treatment such as a diabetic meal plan and constant monitoring of your blood glucose level, diabetes

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More zombie movies, please!!...not that I'm a fan of such genre, it's just that, I find it very interesting the many times people predict how the story for this kind of film will start, and how it's gonna go all the way down to the end, would always be kind of...accurate -- especially the ending part! Our featured movie for

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