Danger level: High

What is it?

Temporal arteritis (also known as giant cell arteritis) is a disease in which there is an inflammation of your blood vessels (which in medical terms is called vasculitis). Most…[More]

Last week, 18-year-old South African athlete Caster Semenya won a gold medal in the 800 meters race at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Now she may be forced to return the medal if she fails a gender-verification test imposed…[More]

Danger level: High

What is it?

Preeclampsia happens when pregnant women have high blood pressure coupled with a high level of protein in the urine.

Who gets it?

Preeclampsia occurs in as many as 10%…[More]

Danger level: High

What is it?

A stroke happens when your brain stops functioning normally due to problems with its blood supply.

You should also know the term Transient ischemic attack (TIA) – this is the same as…[More]

Regular visitors to the site know that we offer much more than your occasional articles. We offer a constant stream of medical news and health tips at out Twitter account – @diseaseaday.

Now you can enjoy all…[More]

Danger level: Medium

What is it?

Asthma is a disease which affects the airways, causing attacks in which breathing is difficult.

Who gets it?

In the Unites States, about 5-10% of the population (or 22 million people)…[More]

Back in May we featured an article about the (then) new search engine, Wolfram|Alpha. Just a reminder: Wolfram|Alpha lets you enter questions and get answers, as opposed to other search engines such as Google or Bing, that don’t treat…[More]

A few days ago we have learned that an outbreak of pneumonic plague has killed two people in China, and forced the quarantining of a town of 10,000 to halt its spread. Today the news is that a…[More]