Muscle Cramps
A muscle cramp is more a symptom than a disease. Wherever you have a muscle, you can have a cramp. Skeletal muscles are most cramp-prone, but smooth muscle such as that lining the
Nasal Polyps
Health Encyclopaedia/Sinusitis Few people admit to having nasal polyps. After all, the name conjures up images of warty pedunculated alien growths incubating in an unsuspecting nos
Nausea and Vomiting
Vomiting is the forcing of the contents of the stomach up into the oesophagus and out of the mouth. It is one of the body’s more ostentatious methods of elimination. Nausea is th
Nicotine Addiction
Smoking cigarettes has been proved to be associated with cancer of the lungs, larynx, stomach, pancreas and bladder; heart attacks and strokes; lung disease; stomach ulcers; diabet
Nosebleed
Most nasal bleeding, or epistaxis, occurs from a plexus (congregation) of blood vessels at the root of the nose. Why Me? Nosebleeds can occur secondary to infection such as sinusit
Overweight
Overweight is a large (sorry!) subject about which gazillions of words are written and squillions of diet books have been sold. The following are my thoughts on the topic and what