Discussing Personal and Societal Stigma
Stigma is defined as “a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.” Let’s focus on the person. And the circumstance. Mental …
Understanding Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis, otherwise known as the Besnier-Boeck disease, is an autoimmune and systemic inflammatory disorder that typically affects one or more organs, although most commonly lungs …
Best Caregiving Tips For Parkinson’s Disease
As the Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month advances among the usual calendar of activities, the progressiveness of the disease will bring up new and important challenges. …
UPDATE: Drug Addiction
Definition • Findings • Treatments • Future Drug Addiction Defined Drug addiction is both a chronic and a relapsing disease. So, what does this mean …
How To Get Beach Body Ready
Sugar / Starches OutVegetable Fats / Exercise In When assessing how to get your body back into beach-faring form in a relatively healthy manner, maybe …
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Cleverly termed NEDAwareness Week by the National Eating Disorders Organization, this yearly campaign educates people about the grim realities that surround eating disorders. And so, …
Understanding Muscular Dystrophy
Rare Yet Growing Disease Makes It Hard To Compute Exact Numbers There are several definitions for the compound of diseases the medical establishment has …
Leading Causes of Blindness in the US
Americans Fear Losing Vision More Than Memory, Hearing, or Speech Numbers First Vision loss prevalence in the US is staggering! Let’s throw some around as …
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is the term that defines an underactive thyroid gland. In other words, the thyroid gland is incapable of producing enough thyroid hormone for normal …