Overview Bariatric surgery is also referred to as weight loss surgery and metabolic surgery. It is the recommended treatment for people with morbid obesity (men who are at least 100 lbs overweight or women who are at least 80 lbs overweight) in which the BMI is 40 or...
Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a type of megaloblastic anemia, the other type is folate deficiency anemia. All vitamins are essential for the body and their deficiency can cause health problems. In this post, we discuss vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 is needed...
What is vitamin B12? Vitamin B12 or cobalamin is easily the most well-known of all the B vitamins. It is vital for nervous system function, DNA production, and red blood cell development. It is not produced in the body and therefore it has to be obtained from our...
Our body needs about forty known elements that are essential for its nutrition. Of these, thirteen are vitamins, fifteen are essential minerals, trace minerals, and electrolytes, and twelve are amino acids. Vitamins were discovered in the late nineteen century when...
What is iron in nutrition? Iron is an essential mineral, classified as a micronutrient, which the body essentially needs for its growth and development. It helps maintain a healthy blood picture. It performs important functions in the body and there is a required...
Overview This post explains the different lung cancer treatment options and the best options for the two types of cancers: NSCLC and SCLC in their different stages. Doctors from different faculties work together to treat lung cancer. Pulmonologists are doctors who are...
Lung cancer screening and diagnosis comprises two steps: Screening high-risk individuals who do not have any signs or symptoms of lung cancer Diagnostic tests to confirm the presence or absence of lung cancer. Once these tests confirm the presence of lung cancer, they...
Overview Though the causes and risk factors of lung cancer are well defined, its symptoms tend to differ widely from individual to individual. This is probably because lung cancer is of different types and the symptoms of lung cancer come on late after the cancer has...
Overview Lung cancer is cancer that has developed in the lungs. There is an uncontrolled growth of cancer cells that starts in the lungs, which then cluster together to form a tumor that can later spread to other parts of the body. It is the third most common cancer...
In this post, we shall discuss the natural remedies for skin, which you must use to whiten and improve your skin complexion and health. In the first article of this series on skin improvement, we discussed how to improve your skin complexion by adopting the right...
