Tweet What is Malaria? Malaria is a very infectious disease that is carried and passed to humans by mosquito bites. The mosquitoes carry a parasite that is then passed from the mosquito when it feeds on human blood. It is very common in many tropical countries where the population do not have the resources to provide anti-malaria medicine to...
Tweet High blood pressure can affect anyone. You do not need to be overweight or unfit to develop the condition, which is also known as hyper-tension. High blood pressure affects about 40% of all adults and the likelihood of developing it increases with age. The best ways to prevent and treat high blood pressure are: Eat a low salt...
Tweet Bald patterns on the top or front of the head and at the sides/temples are quite common amongst men, with half of all men suffering from pattern hair loss by the age of 50. It is the most common type of hair loss, representing about 95% of all cases of hair loss in men. Although male baldness is...
TweetConstipation is a very common medical condition. It is simply the result of the bowels not opening frequently enough and the faeces becoming hard and dry, which makes their passage slower, and sometimes more painful. Frequency of bowel movement varies from person to person, some people have 2 or 3 movements a day, and others may go several days...
TweetHirsutism is an excessive growth of hair that is sometimes seen in women. Usually the hair is dark and course, and grows in abundance on the abdomen, face, back and chest. It is obviously very distressing for women. It is generally caused by a hormonal imbalance resulting where androgens (male hormones) are present in above average quantities, which produces...
TweetFrozen shoulder is a condition which affects mostly older people, from 50 years onwards. It is when the shoulder joint becomes painfully stiff, and movement is severely limited. There is often no apparent cause for the problem, although it does sometimes follow an injury. The following treatments are usually prescribed by doctors / health professionals: Medical Therapies Anti-inflammatory drugs...