Some disorders are dealt with by other people as something hideous and not something requiring attention and help. What we don’t know is that once left unaided, these people afflicted will only be put to a more serious and helpless situation. Let’s discuss one common disorder that may or may affect someone you know – Agoraphobia.

Agoraphobia came from Greek words aγορά meaning “marketplace”; and φόβος/φοβία/phobia meaning “fear”. It is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where…

The skin is the largest organ of the human body, not to mention, the toughest one as well. But even superman has his kryptonite – the skin has infections and diseases it’s prone to.

Two of the most common skin disorders that we hear and see are Psoriasis and Eczema. But what are they really? How do we get them? And most especially, how do we treat and rid them?

Let’s talk about Psoriasis.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition affecting almost 7M in US alone. It appears to be patches of skin that are inflamed, raised and often resulting to silvery scales. It is most common on the elbows, scalp, knees and…

Asthma is the major cause of chronic illness in children. It is said that the number of children suffering from this respiratory illness is continuously increasing. Asthma is difficult to diagnose in babies or infants but is easily determined in children.

Having the knowledge to identify what causes asthma, as well as its symptoms would aid you in dealing with it.

Children develop asthma because of the following risk factors:

* occurrence of allergies
* family history or its origins
* respiratory infections
* low birth weight
* exposure to cigarette smoke before and after birth
* raised in rural environment
* most common: exposure to more allergens like dust, air pollution

Some of asthma symptoms include the following:

* rapid…

I have always envied people with shapely, thin legs – that is because I was born with heavy and big ones and I have never learned to appreciate them, not until I came to know this fact: Thin thighs might actually kill you. Or at least put a strain on your heart.

People with skinny thighs are more likely to develop, and die from, heart disease.

That’s the word from Danish researchers who studied more than 2,800 middle-aged people for up to a dozen years, only to find that those with the slimmest thighs had the highest chance of heart disease and premature death. There was up to twice the risk there…