Along with developing motor skills and temper tantrums, pickiness at the dinner table is one of the classic hallmarks your child has reached the toddler stage. When you're dealing with a child that will only eat a single food or wants to avoid eating altogether, it's very easy for a serious nutritional deficiency to sneak up on you. Keep a watchful eye out for these f
- Osteoporosis is a serious condition that weakens your bone mass. Due to this decrease in bone density, the condition causes pain and mobility issues while increasing your risk of bone fractures. While shocking to learn, an estimated 1.5 million people suffer a fracture due to disease of the bone. You or a family member may have broken a bone in an accident in the past
- Living with spinal stenosis can be challenging. From the ongoing pain and limited mobility to the emotional stress and anxiety you will experience, it is easy to see how the condition can wreak havoc on your well-being. Many people live each day with the overwhelming condition, but surgery can help treat spinal stenosis. A lumbar laminectomy decreases pain and improve
- If you are an older individual who wants a dental implant, then you may think that osteoporosis stands in the way of you receiving an implanted tooth. For some people, this may be true because the jaw will not have enough strength to hold the implant root in place. However, there are a few things that you and your dentist can do before ruling out the artificial tooth
- Crohn's disease is a chronic disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract. While any part of this tract can be affected by the inflammation that's characteristic of this disease, the inflammation is usually confined to the colon and the lower part of small intestine. This can lead to unpleasant symptoms like diarrhea or abdominal cramps. Crohn's disease is hard to