Alot Health Team

When cord blood cells are transplanted into a patient, they help to restore the blood and immune systems to help replace diseased blood and fight diseases. Learn more about the diseases cord blood can help to fight.

Cord blood banking stores blood from your baby's umbilical cord to treat blood and immune system disorders, for your family or for research. Learn more about how the cord blood is collected and then stored for future use.

Having a bout of indigestion every now and then is not uncommon, but experiencing indigestion on a regular basis may indicate an underlying problem. Learn more about why indigestion occurs and how to prevent it.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS depend upon the type of MS diagnosed.

Deep vein thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot forms in one or more of the deep veins in your body, usually in your legs. These are dangerous as they can break off and lodge in your lung.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin. Learn more about type 2 diabetes in this article.

Type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, and was previously known as juvenile diabetes. Only 5% of people with diabetes have this form of the disease where the body produces no insulin.

Hormones like estrogen and progesterone can sometimes cause breast cancer to grow. As a treatment, doctors may administer hormone therapies blocking this production. Learn more about this type of therapy.

When a suspicious site is detected in your breast through a breast self-exam or on a screening mammogram, your doctor may request an ultrasound of the breast tissue. Learn more about this procedure.

Adult women of all ages are encouraged to perform breast self-exams at least once a month. Follow these steps to be sure that you are performing your breast self-examination properly.