Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is the reduced blood flow in the limbs due to narrowed arteries. This disease is marked by mild to severe pain of the legs, while walking (claudication). Peripheral artery disease may be a sign of accumulation of fatty deposits in the...
Sports and games have become integral to regular life activities. Both, children and adults need to undergo specific and specialized check-ups before they are declared fit for a sporting activity. Amateur as well as professional sportsmen have to undergo checks to...
Pancreas is part of the endocrine and exocrine system of the human body. Pancreas performs a dual function, endocrinal and exocrinal. Pancreas has a two-way role, maintain the body’s glucose balance, and produce hormones (insulin and glucagon) that regulate the...
Winter’s cold has its terrible impact on the body. This season brings in its trail, cold, flu, skin dryness, flaking, wheezing and cough, joints and back pain, among others. In the old and middle aged with joint and knee pains, the winter season aggravates...
Bone cancer is very uncommon, and usually affects the long bones of the body. There are different types of bone cancer. Bone cancers originate and spread in the bones only, those cancers that originate at other parts of the body, and spread (metastasize) to bones are...