Everybody wants a beautiful smile. The key to achieving this is having a good, healthy set of teeth. If you are having trouble with missing, gapped, or decaying teeth, there are a number of cosmetic dental procedures that can help. Dental crowns and bridges are both common restoration procedures. Th ...
The temporomandibular joints, or "TMJ" for short, are a pair of joints that connect the jawbone to the skull. They are rather unique in human anatomy in that they are bilateral yet function as a single unit; the nature of their function makes it rather problematic if one sid ...
It's not something most people like to think about, but the fact is that osteoporosis can happen to anyone irrespective of gender. Osteoporosis is a common bone disease that affects both men and women. It occurs when bones lose too much of their density and porosity, bec ...
Staph gets its name from the bacteria known as Staphylococcus. It is a rather resilient variety of bacteria that thrives on the skin and muscles of the human body. One of the biggest issues with this bacteria is that the primary means of treating staph, antibiotics, has become harder to apply. Staph ...
Have you ever experienced a sudden itch that never seems to stop? Most people can relate to an intense desire to scratch. But when the itching gets so intense you cannot sleep, seek help immediately since it might be Scabies.So, what is Scabies? It’s a parasitic infestation ...
Neuropathy is damage to the nerves; it can occur in people who have diabetes. Then it is called diabetic neuropathy. Diabetes is a condition involving high levels in the body of blood sugar, or glucose. These high levels may injure nerves anywhere in the body, but most frequ ...
