Purpura is a bleeding disease in which the walls of the smaller blood vessels become dilated and thin then rapture, causing local hemorhage. Purpura is more common in women. It tends to come on in a middle life and so to run in families. In one t [Read More]

Both can be excellent choices, or lousy ones. "Soup can be very healthy  and filling if they're broth-based or bean-based," says Gidus. "But stay away from anything with the word "creamy" or "cheese" in it."Case in point: At Denny's, the Chicken [Read More]

Polycythemia is a condition in which there is an increase in the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells, which is measured as hematocrit level. It can be due to an increase in the mass of red blood cells ("absolute polyc [Read More]

Put the cracker chips, cereal, or other food onto plate or bowl. "Research has found that people eat 25 to 50 percent more when they eat out of a package," Zelman says. [Read More]

Eating garlic may improve your mind. Researchers in Pakistan found that rats fed a puree of garlic and water performed better on a memory test than rats that weren't fed the mixture. Consuming garlic may increase brain level of serotonin, which h [Read More]

Many different factors may interfere with the normal production of red blood cells in the bone marrow. Infections, inflammatory conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, tumor of various kinds, cancer of bones, and certain toxic substances – all of the [Read More]

A study of the Center for Behavioral Medicine in Chicago cocluded that if people write down everything they eat at least 75 percent of the time, they'll be more likely to succeed at losing weight and keeting it off. This is a form of self-monitor [Read More]

Veggie fried rice Veggie chow mein It’s a noodles by a nose. At Panda Express, vegetables fried rice contains more calories than the noodles (390 compared to 330), slightly more saturated fat (2.5 grams compared to 2 grams) and more signi [Read More]

In Pernicious Anemia the blood cells are larger than normal,  fewer in number. Instead of 5,000,000 red  cells per cubic millimeter, the count may drop to 1,000,000. Trouble arises because the “intrinsic factor” normally produced by the sto [Read More]

A muffin is usually the better choice because scones contain more artery-clogging fat, but both are high in calories. "Scones are very dense," say Tara Gidus, an Orlando, Fla., Nutritionist and spokeswoman for American Dietetic Association. [Read More]

If you cut 100 calories per day, you won't even notice the difference but could lose up to 10 pounds in a year! Easy ways to do it: Swap two tablespoons of light vinaigrette for two tablespoons of creamy salad dressing; have two slices of to [Read More]

Research at Stanford University found that when people slept only five hours a night, they had low levels of gherlin hormones that are involved in appetite regulation - compared to those who clocked eight hours of shut-eye per night. While proper [Read More]

The clear winner is Orange Juice. The calorie counts are virtually the same - 112 to 117 calories per cup - but an 8-ounce glass of orange juice has more than a day's worth of Vitamin C, compared to about 2 percent for apple juice. Orange juice a [Read More]