Disease & Illness Articles

Akt family of serine/threonine-directed kinases regulates a diverse array of biological processes, including cellular survival, proliferation, glucose homeostasis, and vascular tone and are important molecules in mammalian cellular signaling. For more information about Akt family read out the given article:

Actin is a ubiquitous protein involved in the formation of filaments that are major components of the cytoskeleton. It is the monomeric subunit of microfilaments, one of the three major components of the cytoskeleton, and of thin filaments which are part of the contractile apparatus in muscle cells. For more details read out the article:

In my San Antonio, Texas based Massage Therapy and Bodywork practice I often treat men and women who are experiencing pain from various nerve entrapment syndromes. Like many painful conditions involving the body’s soft tissues, nerve entrapment syndromes respond quite well to massage therapy and bodywork.

How many different diets, exercise programs and/or “pills” have you tried in your never-ending goal to lose weight… but nothing ever seems to work or last long-term?

In my San Antonio Massage Therapy and Bodywork practice I often treat pain from various syndromes including Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Like many painful conditions Thoracic Outlet Syndrome responds very well to massage therapy and bodywork.

In my San Antonio, Texas based Massage Therapy and Bodywork practice I often treat pain from various syndromes including Piriformis Syndrome. Like many painful conditions Piriformis Syndrome responds quite well to massage therapy and bodywork.

Massage Therapy and Bodywork are very effective in treating muscular pain and related problems arising from muscular issues. For example, in my San Antonio, Texas based Massage Therapy and Bodywork practice I often treat pain from various nerve entrapment syndromes including the supposedly rare Pronator Teres Syndrome. Like many painful conditions Pronator Teres Syndrome responds quite well to massage therapy and bodywork.

Living in todays world can be scary. Health is the most important part of your life. Find out the truth about what you don't know.

Common cold and influenza (flu) give many of the same symptoms, and they are often mistaken for each other. However, a flu can develop serious complications, and the chance for this occurring increases if the flu is not handled properly. Therefore it is important to distinguish between these two diseases both by your children and by yourselves.

About causes and symptoms of urinary tract infection. Also about standard treatment, lifestyle measures and althernative methods to prevent and cure urinary tract infection.

A new study showed that job may increase the risk of developing some heart diseases such as coronary heart disease. This study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Those diagnosed with cancer need not suffer in silence. Help is at hand with hundreds of help lines, self help groups, and internet forums offering advice and support.

Lung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body where they can continue to grow.

There are many causes of bowel or fecal incontinence. The condition occurs when something is wrong within the complex mechanisms of the body that maintain continence. Common causes of fecal incontinence include diarrhea, pelvic floor dysfunction, muscle and nerve damage, loss of storage capacity and constipation.

It must be said from the start, it’s a lot better to prevent than to have to go through what will surely be a painful drug treatment. Does anyone want to have pale skin, bags underneath their eyes, be poor in their academics, and forget about having fun? I think the most common answer to this question among kids would be “Of course not.”

Scalp psoriasis is a skin disease that may cause itchy patches of thick, red skin with silvery scales. It can range from mild, with only light scaling to severe, with thick, crusted scales covering the whole scalp. Scalp psoriasis is a chronic condition and while it can't be completely cured, it can be controlled with the proper treatment.

Anxiety attacks are normal reactions to a threatening situation and results from an increase in the amount of adrenaline from the sympathetic nervous system. This increased adrenaline speeds the heart and respiration rate, raises blood pressure, and diverts blood flow to the muscles.

Psoriasis is a disease which affects the skin and joints and commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin. Today more than seven million Americans suffer with psoriasis. One of the first principles of psoriasis treatment is to not create anything worse than the disease.

Alcohol rehabilitation is very difficult process that requires a lot of determination. Alcohol has been the most widely used mood-altering substance from earliest recorded history. The idea that alcohol consumption sometimes causes medical, personal, social and other harms is as old as the manufacture and consumption of alcohol itself.

Lung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor.