Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis by Chuck Wensler
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a very painful and debilitating common form of arthritis. It is an inflammation in the lining of the joints, causing warmth, diminishing range of motion and swelling, thereby creating severe joint pain. RA damages all of the joints of the body including, bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. In the United States […]
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Megan Canada
Oral Squamous cell carcinoma does not easily metastasis through the body; it is locally invasive. This certain cancer is one of the most common types of oral cancer. Causes: Some of the main risk factors of oral squamous cell carcinoma are alcohol, smoking, and the HPV virus. It is mainly seen in people who are […]
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) by MariJo Day Ahr
UTI stands for urinary tract infection. That means that germs have infected a part of our body’s urinary system: bladder, urethra, kidney(s) or the tubes that connect the kidneys and the bladder. UTIs are the second most common type of infection in the body and are the reason for more than eight million doctor visits […]
Necrotizing Fasciitis by Tzipporah Weiss
Necrotizing fasciitis is a rare but life-threatening aggressive soft-tissue infection that causes rapidly spreading inflammation and the death of the soft-tissue (necrotizing) and the fascia, the layer of soft tissue covering the muscle. This is also commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome. Infection typically follows trauma, although may be as minor as […]
Infant Botulism by Kayla Colona
Botulism is uncommon but very serious in children and adults. Infant botulism is the most common of the three main types which are: Infant, food-born, and wound botulism. In the United States about 145 cases are reported each year and 65% of them are infant botulism. It is caused by a nerve toxin from bacteria called […]
Gout by Jillian Payne
Gout is a complex type of arthritis that is caused by a buildup of uric acid. It is said that gout can be one of the most painful forms of arthritis. It is an attack of pain, swelling, and tenderness in joints. These attacks usually happen in the big toe first. The ankles, knees, wrists, […]
Syphilis and the Tuskegee Study by Emily Meininger
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that has increased significantly in the United States in the past decade. Syphilis is a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum; this infection is mostly spread by sexual contact and spreads from skin to skin or mucous membranes. Four stages of Syphilis occur when a person becomes infected. The […]
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by John Merz
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a strain of the Staphylococcus bacteria that is not affected by the usual antibiotics used to treat staph infections. Because it is resistant to antibiotics, it is a more serious infection as it is difficult to treat. MRSA can be found in any place where other treatable staph infections are […]
Alzheimer’s Disease by Connie Maull
Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of dementia. Dementia is a general term for memory loss and loss of other intellectual and social abilities serious enough to interfere with activities of daily life. Alzheimer’s accounts for 50-80 percent of dementia cases. It is not a typical part of the aging process. It causes brain changes that […]
10 Things You Should Know About Flu Vaccines
10 Things You Should Know About Flu Vaccines By Jessica Minor The flu is a viral infection that is spread from person to person in secretions of the nose and lungs, for example when sneezing. Medically, it is referred to as influenza. Flu is a respiratory infection, that is, an infection that develops primarily […]