Most of the acidity problems can be solved by taking OTC (over the counter) antacids). Acidity normally occurs due to spicy food, consumption of foods, like fats, that are heavy to digest by GIT...

It seems like women and their weight troubles are endless. To have a perfect glass hour shaped figure seems to be a never ending tussle between women and their bodies...

Whooping cough is caused due to Bordetella pertussis and is a contagious disease. If left ignored it may lead to death. Hence, it becomes very important to take proper care of the infection...

When a woman is in her last days of pregnancy she experiences labor pain. Labor starts when the uterus begins to contract. Before this tightening of the uterus starts which causes discomfort...

Wisdom teeth are four in number and are called third molars. This name is given as they are just behind the second molar. They emerge very late not in the childhood but may be in your teens or late twenties. Also in some people they do not emerge at all...

Some children have problem in development which may cause delay in their speech and language development. Parents are the first to notice this as they can say their child does not speak well, is not speaking at all or is a late talker...

No matter what importance we give to our tongue but doctors would first examine your tongue whenever you would visit them. This is because it is said that tongue reflects all the diseases of your body. Tongue is basically pink in colour...

It is a myth that every women needs to have a menstrual cycle of 28 days because every women has her own menstrual cycle. Genes, body type and play of hormones in women primarily regulate for how many days and after how many weeks a woman menstruates...

Fungal infections can be caused in any part of the body. However, toe nails and finger nails are the most prone areas for this infection. Fungus affects toe nails because they grow on the keratin (that is protein in the toe nail)...

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the dermis and subcutaneous layer of the skin. It is caused by some bacteria and other factors...

Alcohol is everywhere whether its party, a family get together or an outing. It is suggested that men should have two pegs in a day and women should have only one...

A cyst is a closed pouch of tissues that may be filled with gases, pus or fluid. They can be formed in part of the body and age is no criteria for this. Their size can be very small that they can be seen by microscope only and can also be so large that they [...]..

After the fourteenth week of pregnancy, the male foetus starts to produce the male hormone testosterone. Before functioning of this hormone starts, nipples are already developed. Thus both male and female foetus has nipples. But development of significant breasts, called gynecomastia, may occur at a very later stage in life...

Toxic Shock Syndrome or TSS is an infection caused due to the toxin producing bacteria Staphylococcus aureus or Staphylococcus pyrogens. It occurs very rarely but if occurs is significantly dangerous...

River blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, is a parasitic disease. The word river is associated with onchocerciasis for the simple reason that the black flies which cause this diseases multiply quickly in river areas. This is the place where humidity is high and the speed of the water is fast...