Category: Diseases

West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne disease that is often diagnosed a while after infection. Compared with dengue fever, individuals infected with the West Nile Virus often show  minor to no symptoms, making the …

If you have ever taken the anti-heartburn medication, Zantac, you should know that there are certain cancers that may result from long-term use of the drug. The problem is that millions of people have taken …

It’s the new year, and you’ve decided to take up jogging and running as your form of exercise. You don’t know what to get as far as equipment goes, but I’m here to help you …

If you are having Type 2 diabetes, it is supposed to be a condition when your blood sugar levels shoot up and are very high. The blood sugar levels are extremely high because your body …

What is Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive form of cancer that develops in the linings of the lungs, abdomen or heart. Exposure to asbestos is the only known cause of malignant mesothelioma. The average …

It is truly alarming that every 1 in 2 people with diabetes are not aware they have it. In other words, about 46% of diabetic people in the world are still undiagnosed. In the UK …

The Rule of Nines determines the percentage of burns which is useful to direct treatment solution choices such as fluid resuscitation and will become a part of the ideas to figure out transport to a burning part. Rules of nines is a strategy of estimating the degree of burn, expressed as a percentage of overall body surface area. Using this approach, the whole …

The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system constitute the nervous system of the body. The brain, spinal cord, and nerves are the organs of the nervous system. The nervous system is a critical …

Alzheimer’s disease is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the US, and the third leading cause of death among the elderly. As such, it naturally warrants a lot of research and a lot …

Dengue fever is a major threat and the number of reported cases has been constantly increasing. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness triggered by one of the four associated dengue viruses.  The fever is transferred …