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The former condition is caused by the same herpes zoster virus responsible for chickenpox in children and shingles (a painful skin rash with blisters) in adults.

Incredible as it may sound, radiation and stress have a lot in common. Radiation damages biological macromolecules (proteins and DNA), which upsets the operation of cells, causes mutations, cancer, and death.

Why do you sometimes toss and turn for hours, trying to adjust the pillow to make your neck feel more comfortable, but the coveted sleep just refuses to come

You can do away with the numbness and pain in your hands for good – just use the right mixture of your own efforts and professional help.

Suppose you have swallowed a dreadful poison that can ruin your brain, heart, and kidneys. The doctor offers you an antidote with some minor side effects. Would you refuse because “it’s not very good for the liver?”

As anyone knows, when a person experiences dizziness or vertigo, it simply means that he momentarily loses the ground under his feet.

A headache can become a veritable nightmare. We all know that, with the possible exception of the dumb colonel from the famous old joke

Nagging pain in the joints seems almost inevitable at a certain age. It may manifest itself as a dull pain in the neck or lower back, as squeaking knees, or a shooting pain in the hip.

In fact, joint pain does not necessarily mean arthritis! The pain that we feel when moving often relates to adjacent ligaments and muscles rather than the joint itself.

There are numerous kinds of allergies. It can be triggered by certain foods, paint or varnish, medicines, textile fabrics, metals, pets, and so on. I shall discuss the most common type, that is, the seasonal allergy to the pollen of flowering plants.

Even if it goes away, however, it does not necessarily mean that you managed to solve the main problem -- those muscle spasms that block your vertebral joints and obstruct blood circulation.

The fastest way to reduce pain is to accept it. Sounds absurd? Just think about it. Pain is a message saying you did something wrong —maybe had a bad meal, lifted a heavy weight or had an anxiety attack.

The human body was such a black box for a long time: its content could be observed only during an autopsy or surgery, at which point information about it, as you may realize, was not particularly useful.

Excruciating cough, combined with troubled breathing, fever, and chest pain, points to pneumonia. This disease is treated with antibiotics. Make sure you finish the full course; otherwise, the surviving bacteria (those with the greatest resistance to the drug) will proliferate and come back with a vengeance.

A smile forced by a depressed person would come out fake and pathetic. This is the key to good mood and health. Indeed, these two are closely connected via the limbic system I described above.

This disease is common indeed: virtually anyone has at least once suffered from sneezing, coughing, and fever. Some unlucky people catch it several times a year.

You have to master this art all your life. Reading new literature in this field is important, but the main thing is hands-on experience, no pun intended.

In order to improve your health, it is vital to deal with qualified, highly trained specialists who have an inherent talent for and plenty of experience with intricate and complex therapy.

Many of my patients with heel spurs come to the clinic after an initial episode of acute pain. Others have already sought medical help, spent a long time on treatment, and now feel sick and tired of the disease and the remedies alike.

Mosby’s medical dictionary adds that it may be due to “rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or a herniated intervertebral disk.”