Kidney failure, otherwise known as end stage renal disease (ESRD), is a very serious condition. Millions of people are affected by the condition every year. Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys lose the ability to filter the blood, which results in dangerous levels of electrolytes, fluid, and wastes building up in the body. People suffering from ESRD are forced to…
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Indigestion can bring complete ruin to your day. There is absolutely nothing worse than trying to get through work when your stomach is tied up in knots. Thankfully, there are many ways you can go about to treat indigestion, which naturally start with your diet. The best way to use your diet to avoid indigestion is to not eat foods…
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Vitamin D has been determined to be a vital factor in speeding up the rate that tuberculosis (TB) bacteria is cleared from the lungs of people suffering from multi-drug resistant TB. This is vital because cases of drug-resistant TB are increasing all around the world. This is primarily because people are gaining a resistance for the antibiotics used to treat…
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A lot of diets and exercise plans call for counting calories. When you eat food, it is digested and metabolized and used as energy. Certain elements of the food, like protein and dietary fiber are passed through the digestive system and eventually expelled from the body. Most of everything else is either burned as energy or stored for later use…
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If you’re trying to lose weight this winter, you’re going to want to look into a low calorie diet. It can be difficult to maintain a low calorie diet if you don’t know what to eat though, there are just too many bad food choices out there. A good choice is to include some winter vegetables in your diet. They…
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Kidney stones occur when there is a buildup of dissolved minerals on the kidney’s inner lining. They are usually composed of calcium oxalate but can be composed of a variety of different compounds. Kidney stones vary in size; they can range from the size of a pea to the size of a golf ball. Your body passes kidney stones through…
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There are two primary types of fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic induced fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic induced fatty liver disease. NAFLD is currently the most prevalent form of chronic disease that affects between 10-20% of the general pediatric population globally. Some researchers predict that NAFLD will turn out to be the biggest cause of liver failure and liver transplants…
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