Von Willebrand Guide

2. Causes, Symptoms And Diagnosis - By: Karen Reams #1971524
Renal cancer (kidney cancer) is a disease where cancerous cells develop in the tissues of the kidney. This disease occurs when cells in the kidney grow out of control, mass together and form a malignant tumor. Most people have two kidneys which are bean shaped organs located one each s...

3. Blood Pressure: Why You Should Monitor It - By: Michael Russell
Blood pressure is the measurement of the force applied to the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood throughout the body.  Pressure is determined by the force of the amount of blood pumped and by the size and flexibility of the arteries.  Blood pressure can also be called Diastolic...

4. Compulsive Overeating: Spotting Signs And Symptoms - By: Michael Russell
Eating Disorders are usually associated with Anorexia and Bulimia. When someone says “eating disorders”, it usually makes one think of skinny girls with hollow faces and protruding ribs. But there is another group of people who also suffer from another kind of eating disorder, and they do not necess...

5. Risk Factors For Kidney Cancer - By: Michael Russell
There are many risk factors for kidney cancer. Among a few of the top risks are smoking, an inactive life style, exposure to chemicals at home or where you work, being overweight and family history. There are other risk factors that can lead to kidney cancer also, such as, high blood pressure, takin...

6. Headache Hope Through Research - By: Dan Mathiesen
588 Headache Hope Through Research Why Does it Hurt? What hurts when you have a headache? The bones of the skull and tissues of the brain itself never hurt, because they lack pain-sensitive nerve fibers. Several areas of the head can hurt, includin...

7. Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia And Obesity - By: Michael Russell
Stress is often the trigger for eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia and obesity. Going off to college, getting married or divorced, staring a new job or having a baby are a few common stress situations that can lead to an eating disorder. Anorexia is an illness in which the pers...



8. German Shepherds: The Versatile Working Dogs - By: Michael Russell
The Alsatian, commonly known as the German Shepherd Dog, is a working dog breed that often acts as military dogs, guard dogs, police dogs, or search and rescue dogs.  They are used because they can be trained in protection and obedience easily and they like to please their owners.  German ...

9. Hypertension - Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment - By: Michael Russell
Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure. It is, unfortunately, very common in the United States, but because it usually causes no noticeably symptoms, the condition is only diagnosed by regular Blood Pressure Testing. The condition puts strain on the heart and arteries, resulting in damage ...

10. Natural Hair Care - By: Brad Jones
Bromelain Enzyme and the natural hair care Bromelain is one of several compounds known as proteolytic enzymes, all of which aid in the digestion of protein. Bromelain supplements are now included in some of the natural hair care products. The plant enzyme bromelain has ye...

11. How Serious Are Your Anxiety Attacks? - By: Michael Russell
Anxiety is a mental health disorder where our bodies prepare our organs to deal with some kind of threat, such as the unknown or an emergency.  Our bodies react to this threat in a number of ways.  Blood pressure goes up, heart rate increases, sweating and immune and digestive functions ar...

12. How Does Cord Blood Relate To Stem Cell Research? - By: Alan Jasson Smith
Cord Blood You may have heard of stem cell research with all of the political controversy surrounding the issue, but you may not have heard of cord blood. Cord blood, as defined by the Core Blood Donor Foundation, is the blood that stays in the umbilical cord after birth. The blood is tak...

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