Importance of National Health Center Week

Image is from North Carolina Community Health Center Association More Healthy Communities One of the most important things for proper health in a given community is education. People must know which activities are healthy, and which can be potentially harmful....

Importance of National Breastfeeding Month

Spectrum Health Services, Inc August is National Breastfeeding Month and people are joining together all over the world to promote this natural and beneficial way of feeding one’s child. Not every mother chooses to breastfeed and not every woman is able to due to...

Understanding HIV

Image is from scienceblog.com What is HIV? HIV is an ellipsis for human immunodeficiency virus. It is a virus that provender in the human body fluids such as blood, breast milk, saliva and the sexual fluids. The virus prompts Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome...

Understanding Cataract

Image is from Medical News Today What is a Cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the clear lens that filters light in your eye. Cataracts can interfere with your vision and can slowly develop over time or can enlarge quite suddenly. Cataracts are often diagnosed on...

Hepatitis Causes and Prevention

Image is from National Hemophilia Foundation Hepatitis means inflammation of a person’s liver cells due to an injury to the liver. There are different types of hepatitis you can get that can be determined through a laboratory test. Hepatitis can heal on its own...