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Prisoners and those who have tattoos on their body are more at risk of contracting hepatitis C and other diseases through blood, according to a study at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Researchers reviewed and analyzed 124 studies from 30 countries, including Canada, Iran, Italy, Brazil and the United States. They found the incidence of hepatitis C in some individuals with tattoos. The findings were published in the latest edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases Internasional. (more…)

The kidneys play an important role for our body. It is not only filter the blood and cleanse the body wastes, but also to balance electrolyte levels, controlling blood pressure, and stimulating the production of red blood cells.

Kidney located behind the stomach, one left and one right of the spine. Kidneys receive blood supply through artery-renal artery from the aorta directly behind the dam to send blood to the heart via renal veins.

Glomerulonephritis is one of the usual kidney disease called renal inflammation. Kidney disease commonly referred to kidney inflammation. The disease is characterized by inflammation of the part of kidney’s glomeruli. This condition can occur when the body’s immune system is paralyzed. (more…)

Health Tips – If you love getting tattoos or body piercing, then you better watch out, because it has dangers which you probably have not known yet.

British tabloid The Sun, reported that a woman in Caerphilly recently died from blood poisoning two days after her tongue was pierced. (more…)