According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 40% of US adults were considered to be obese in 2015-2016. Weight gain has been […]
High Cholesterol and Stroke Risk
A stroke is a cardiovascular disease that can greatly affect the health status and quality of life of affected individuals. High cholesterol is a single […]
Ehrlichiosis Treatment and Prevention
Human ehrlichiosis is an acute febrile tick-borne disease that is caused by various species belonging to the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma. The infection is known […]
What Are Rare Clotting Factor Deficiencies?
Rare clotting factor deficiencies are a collection of bleeding disorders associated with issues with clotting factors. These conditions are inherited and target the proteins in […]
What is Adenosine Kinase?
Adenosine kinase is an important enzyme that regulates both the intracellular and extracellular concentrations of adenosine. The inhibition of this enzyme has numerous clinical applications […]
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Causes
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare brain disorder that affects approximately 6 in 100,000 people worldwide. It causes muscle weakness and affects gait, balance […]
Antidepressants: Types and Side Effects
Antidepressants are a type of psychiatric medication used to treat mental health disorders such as clinical depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or […]
What is Aspartic Acid?
Aspartic acid, also called aminosuccinic acid or aspartate, is a non-essential amino acid that is made naturally in the human body through dietary intake. Image […]
Is Food Packaging Harmful to Health?
While walking through any type of grocery or home store, bold labels on plastic bottles and containers often read “BPA-free” and/or “PFASs” free – but […]
How Does Insulin Affect the Brain?
Insulin is an important hormone that can be found in high concentrations in the human brain. Insulin has been shown to play many different roles […]
Benign Salivary Gland Tumors
There are three bilaterally paired major salivary glands, the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. In addition to these major glands, minor ones are located in […]
What is Refractory Cancer?
Cancer refers to the appearance, proliferation and invasion of malignant cells into surrounding normal tissue, and oftentimes to other distant sites of the body. They […]
Dry Drowning First Aid
Dry drowning (secondary drowning) is a type of drowning that can happen after being submerged underwater. It prevents the entry of oxygen into the lungs, […]
Risk Factors for Stunted Growth
Stunting is the severe shortening of length in young children (or height in older children) to less than 2 standard deviations below age-specific medians. It […]