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• What Causes Jock Itch?

  What Causes Jock Itch?Jock Itch is a fungal infection that both men and women develop in the warm and moist environs of their groin, especially the junction between their thighs and waist. The infection is characterized by wavy reddish-brown rashes that appear raised and inflamed at the center,...

• Can a Piercing Ease Fibromyalgia Pain?

  Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that affects approximately 3 to 9 million American adults. The symptoms of fibro include painful, tender joints and awful body pain. These tender joints are sensitive to pressure in fibromyalgia patients. The healthcare community doesn't fully understand what...

• Alzheimer's Patient Re-meets Her Granddaughter In Touching Story

  Over 44 million people around the world are facing Alzheimer’s disease. Everyone knows that this condition is heartbreaking for everyone who has a close friend or relative with Alzheimer’s. But one daughter decided to capture the most valuable moments of her mother and spread awareness about...

• Ways to Prevent Head Lice

  A head louse is a minute, tiny, wingless insect living in the child’s hair. Head lice depend on human blood drawn from the skin for survival. They usually affect kids and can be bothersome, itchy, and hard to treat. Head lice are not deadly. Usually, lice infestations are preventable and do not...

• What is Lyme Disease? A General Overview of the Disease

  Lyme disease is a tick-borne infectious disease. It is caused by a spiral shaped bacterium known as borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. A common tick is the carrier of this bacterium.The first incidence of lyme disease was reported in 1975 in a town called Old Lyme in Connecticut. Lyme disease is the...

• CNN's Founder Ted Turner Reveals Dementia Diagnosis

  In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Ted Turner, CNN Founder casually said that he has been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia. "It's a mild case of what people have as Alzheimer's. It's similar to that. But not nearly as bad. Alzheimer's is fatal,"  Turner said to Ted Koppel from his...