Eyes are organs that detect light, and send electrical impulses along the optic nerve to the visual and other areas of the brain. Some eye problems are minor and fleeting. But some lead to a permanent loss of vision. Common eye problems include: Cataracts - clouded lenses Glaucoma - damage to the...

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is also known as irritable or spastic colon, and there is no real understanding of why it exists, but that seems to occur when the muscles that line the walls of the intestine and the colon, go into spasm. The muscles contract for no apparent reason, causing pain...

The prostate is a male reproductive gland that produces the fluid that carries sperm during ejaculation. It surrounds the urethra, the tube through which urine passes out of the body. The prostate gland, which is normally about the size and shape of a walnut, wraps around the urethra between the...