Fibromyalgia (FM), also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a long-term medical condition that mainly affects the central nervous system and causes widespread musculoskeletal pain all over the body. Other accompanied…
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, a chronic inflammatory disorder which occurs when your body’s immune system mistakenly sends antibodies to the lining of your joints, and attacks its own…
Osteomyelitis (OM) is a bacterial, or in rare cases a fungal infection of the bone which affects about 2 out of every 10,000 people. Bacteria can reach a bone by…
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis that happens when the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones in your joints gradually degenerates - meaning, it wears down over…
Osteomalacia is a bone condition characterized by defective mineralization of newly formed bones and softening of bones, which leads to bone weakening. In children and young adults this defective mineralization…
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that affects men and women of all races, as losing bone is a normal part of ageing. However, especially white and Asian women in the…
Osteopenia and osteoporosis are related diseases. Osteopenia is a stage before osteoporosis, when a bone density scan shows you have lower bone density than the average for your age, but…
Even though, sun should give all of us enough vitamin D, about half of the world's population suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Why is it like that and what are…
Vitamin D has several health benefits and it's easy to get it in sufficient amounts, as it's free to all of us. However, even though, sun should give us enough…
That men`s health is generally worse than women has been made clear by strong evidence from several sources. For example, according to a study published in 2014, the women were…