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…
Scurvy is a disease, which is caused by a long-term deficiency of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). Scurvy is determined as a serum concentration smaller than 11.4 umol/L. The prevalence of…
B-vitamin biotin, also known as vitamin H, B7 and coenzyme R, together with other vitamins in the same group, is involved in several processes in the body including converting food…
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is undoubtedly a well-known water-soluble vitamin to all of us, but do we know how important this vitamin really is and what vital roles it plays…
Panic attacks are recurrent, unexpected and severe anxiety attacks, which are the main features of panic disorder. If you have experienced occasional sudden and overwhelming fear and anxiety that lasts…
Hypotension is also known as low blood pressure. It means that for some reason the blood pressure on the walls of the blood vessels is not enough to raise the…
Hypertension (HTN or HT) is a high blood pressure (HBP), or blood pressure that is higher than normal. It is a long-term health condition in which the blood pressure in…