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What Alcohol can do to your heart

Alcohol can be toxic to the heart muscle. Alcohol can cause the heart muscle to be weakened, and can cause you to develop congestive heart failure in people who drink excessively.

Lung cancer is not normally detected until it is in its late stages, especially in people who did not smoke prior to their cancer diagnosis, or people who were considered to be at a low risk for lung cancer. According to the American Lung Association, only fifteen percent of the cases of lung cancer are caught in the early stages before the cancer spreads out of the lungs.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention there are more than three million people in the United States that are living with Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C may be the most common of the blood born viruses, but it may also be the least understood of the blood born viruses.

What Causes People to Snore?

Snoring is simply a sign that the air is not flowing freely when the person breathes in or attempts to exhale. There are many different causes for this. If you have any form of congestion caused by a cold or allergies you may snore, if your tonsils are swollen then you may snore, if you are taking any pain medications, or sleep medications you may snore, if you drink alcohol you might be a noisy sleeper, smokers often snore as well.

The Focus Study on Autistic Children

Thirty eight autistic children and seventy six children without autism participated in a study to gauge their levels of anxiety during social situations. The children were fitted with a wrist band that was able to detect rising anxiety levels in children. The researchers were especially interested in periods of time when the children were having to interact with other people.

What is Metabolic Syndrome?

Metabolic Syndrome is characterized as people who have large waist measurements, high blood sugar levels, and high blood pressure readings. The people who have these three factors are considered to be at a higher risk of developing serious heart conditions and type II diabetes.

ALL is acute lymphoblastic leukemia and according to information published by Nature Immunology children who get the Hib, or Haemophilus Influenza type b vaccination, have lower risks of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Melanoma is the most severe form of skin cancer, and according to the Center for Disease Control more than nine thousand people die from melanoma each year.
Skin cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. The majority of skin cancer cases are caused by exposure to the UV rays of the sun, and applying sunscreen has been proven to block these rays from damaging skin.

Smoking cigarettes, and cigars, has be positively linked to health conditions like cancer, COPD, coronary artery disease, and more. When you stop smoking tobacco products, you can increase the number of years that you are expected to live, and you can decrease the number of painful diseases you might develop.

Everyone coughs occasionally. You get a cough when your allergies are active, you cough when you have colds, and the flu, and upper respiratory infections can cause a cough. When you cough for a prolonged period of time, and you have no clear reason for that cough, then you need to seek medical attention. The cough may be a warning sign of a potentially deadly form of cancer.