The appendix is a fingerlike pouch attached to the big intestine and located in the lower right area of the abdomen. Scientists are not sure what the addendum does, if anything, but removing it does not appear to affect a person’s health. The inside of the addendum is called the appendiceal lumen. Mucus shaped by the addendum travels through the appendiceal lumen and empties into the large intestine.

Appendicitis is the most common reason for abdominal surgery in children. About four of eve
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Have you ever felt afraid of gaining weight? If the answer is affirmative, just be careful. Sometimes wishing to have a perfect body can be dangerous. Desires like those could be the origin to a very well known illness called anorexia which is an eating disorder characterize by low body weight and fear of becoming fat. Even when anorexia is linked to a physical condition, the real causes of anorexia are related to an individual’s emotionality.

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A person with anemia will feel tired and weak because the body's tissues are being starved of oxygen. In fact, fatigue is the main symptom of most types of anemia. The severity of symptoms is in part related to the severity of anemia.

Anemia is a medical condition in which the red blood cell count or hemoglobin is less than normal. The normal level of hemoglobin is generally different in males and females. For men, anemia is typically defined as hemoglobin level of less than 13.5 gram/100ml a
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Acne most often affects teens; more than 85% develop at least a mild form of this state. Most people outgrow acne by their early 20s, though some-mostly women-can have acne into their 40s or 50s. Acne vulgaris, also known as acne is a skin state that occurs when overactive oil glands and dead cells clog the skin’s pores resulting in a breakout of pimples. When germs enter the pores, redness, swelling and pus often develops. It can affect anyone but is very common amongst young people and youn
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Alzheimer's disease is an acquired impairment of cognitive and behavioral functioning of unknown cause that can evolve into dementia. Patients with Alzheimer's disease most commonly present with insidiously progressive memory loss. Many Alzheimer's disease treatments have been explored. The main Alzheimer's disease medications are centrally acting cholinesterase inhibitors.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive disorder in which brain cells (neurons) deteriorate, resulting
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