What is the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating? This is a common question our professionals get asked at Center for Discovery. While there are similarities between eating disorders and disordered eating, it is important to note the significant differences between the two. When discussing the presentation of disordered eating and/or an eating …
Women suffering from bipolar disorder, depression or other mental health issues often struggle with food and nutrition issues. Due to lack of interest or self-care, women may suffer from malnutrition or eat in ways that worsen mania, depression and mental illness. Diet plays a critical role in mental health. Research has shown that poor nutrition contributes to greater …
Vitiligo is a skin disorder wherein white patches appear on the skin. The condition is said to be autoimmune and genetic disorder where the skin lost its pigment. Once you’ve develop this condition, it will stick to you for life since unluckily there is no cure yet for it. But there are treatments that can slow …
This condition can be limited to one area or it can affect different areas of your skin. This condition may run in the family. At some cases, it is linked to other medical conditions such as pernicious anemia. Vitiligo does not have any major health concerns and it is not painful but it can bring …
What is Vitiligo? Vitiligo is a condition where white patches appears on the skin due to the loss of melanin in the skin cells that are responsible for giving color to the skin. Melanin, produced by special cells called the melanocytes, is destroyed or in less quantity in people who have Vitiligo. Vitiligo causes symmetrical …
Understanding prostate cancer risk factors early in life is important because if you are a male you are at jeopardy for developing this type cancer. Around one in every six men will be diagnosed with this disease; however, only one in 34 will die from it. Considering this and other factors, like age, race, and …
Prostate is basically a gland that is present in the male reproductive system; it is a part of the body that is located below the pubis and the rectum, inside the pelvic cavity. The prostate encases the bladder neck and the proximal part of the urethra. Prostate cancer is the type of cancer that grows …
According to statistics, one out of every 36 men deceases because of prostate cancer, and after lung cancer it has become the second most disastrous cancer inflicting so many men. The reason behind it is the lack of awareness. People normally get to know about this deadly malady at the later stage where, the treatment …
Crohns Disease and the epidemiologic studies of inflammatory bowel disease involve many of the problems encountered in any large population study of chronic disease. In particular, there are questions of definition differentiation of Crohns disease from other forms of inflammatory bowel disease, including the entire range of infectious colitides, as well as from ulcerative colitis. The …
A balanced diet is important to lead a disease free, healthy and happy life. It must be kept in mind that during Crohn’s disease, inflammation occurs in the small intestine and it is from here that the nutrients from the food are absorbed into the body. Thickening of intestinal linings leading to ulcer (sores) and …