Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

Veins form a part of our vascular system along with the arteries and other blood vessels. Most veins carry blood from the tissues to the heart. Since veins play an important role in circulation, it is essential to know about vein health and the various vein problems that can be treated if diagnosed early. This ...click here to read more

For some, knitting is a favorite past time because it’s calming and creative. You put together different color yarns to create something useful like socks, sweaters, or scarves. Aside from being relaxing and a creative outlet, a Turkish University is now teaching their seniors how to knit as a means of protecting their memories. In ...click here to read more

Colitis refers to the inflammation of the colon, more commonly known as the large intestine. The inflammation could be the result of an allergic reaction, infection, an inflammatory bowel disease, or due to a reduction in blood supply—a condition called ischemic colitis. Infectious colitis is usually caused by a virus, parasite, or bacteria and colitis ...click here to read more

This week featured several articles on eye problems that cause distorted vision and covered the causes and treatments of problems such as palinopsia, oscillopsia, visual snow, metamorphopsia, and sudden blurred vision. Vision problems are more than just blurry eyes caused by far-sightedness, near-sightedness, astigmatism, cataracts, and infections. While these may cause sudden blurred vision, distorted ...click here to read more

Risk factors for prostate cancer include age, race/ethnicity, family history, genetic changes and mutations, diet, obesity, smoking, chemical exposure, inflammation of the prostate, sexually transmitted disease, and undergoing a vasectomy. Researchers have been focusing on chemical exposure and its link to prostate cancer as of late. To dig deeper and obtain further insight, the latest ...click here to read more

Diastolic heart failure occurs when the lower left chamber of the heart, known as the left ventricle, is unable to fill with blood during the diastolic phase (when the heart relaxes and fills with blood). This reduces the amount of blood pumped out to the body. If the left ventricle muscle becomes stiff or thickened, ...click here to read more

An embolic stroke is caused by a blood clot that breaks loose somewhere in the body and travels into the brain through blood vessels. Once in the brain, the blood clot gets lodged in an artery, resulting in an embolic stroke. Embolic strokes are a type of ischemic stroke, which occur when arteries in the ...click here to read more

HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels are correlated to the psychological well-being of a person, according to a recent study published in Lipids in Health and Disease. The study was conducted to verify whether the psychological make-up of a person could be used to predict blood lipid levels. Inspiration behind the study Several previous studies have ...click here to read more