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Think Pink: Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Conquering Cancer Breast Cancer Awareness Month is between October 1st and 31st this year. This tragic condition affects approximately 1 in 8 women throughout their lives. That's 12.5 percent of the total population, according to those numbers. If the world has a...
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness
Alcohol has been shown to statistically cause more teenage fatalities than all other drugs put together. Because alcohol has been shown to be strongly correlated with the three leading causes of death among young adults - suicide, murder, and accidents , such as car...
GlycoMark®, Inc. Announces Partnership with Premier Medical Laboratory Services to Expand Diabetes Test Menu
New York, NY. Sept. 25th, 2018 - GlycoMark®, Inc. has announced a partnership with Premier Medical Laboratory Services (PMLS) to increase the availability of the GlycoMark test, the only FDA-cleared blood test specific to detecting recent hyperglycemia and...
Understanding Meningitis
Meningitis is a fairly rare infection of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. These membranes are called meninges, hence the term meningitis. There are several types of meningitis: Bacterial Meningitis is contagious among people in close contact and can...
Understanding Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy also known as biologic therapy is a type of treatment that induces or enhances the body’s immune system instead of using medicines. This process is usually done to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system to become more active in attacking cancer...
Understanding Gluten Intolerance
Gluten is a protein that is found in wheat, barley, rye, kamut, spelt, and other grains. A gluten intolerance does not necessarily mean you have Celiac disease. There are many people who cannot tolerate gluten that do not test positive for Celiac disease. Tests for...
5 Tips to Help Control Stress
Leading a stress-free life can be elusive in this day and age. Many factors exist that tend to cause different levels of stress. Such factors range from personal decisions to the surrounding environment. Regardless of your stage of life, it is handy to know how to go...
Symptoms of Whooping Cough
Due to the years of medical research, many of the 'old time' illness, such as the following showed rarity. Medical communities all agreed that there was no longer any need to vaccine children and adults due no incidents of these diseases reported for many years. Now...
Preventing Heart Disease
Cardiac disease in on the rise and many medical professionals believes that it is the way you live in today's busy world. While our digital technologies of today are supposed to make life easier at work and home, in many aspects is only making life more challenging....
Understanding Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is most common if there is a family history of it, colon polyps present and long bouts of ulcerative colitis without treatment. With that said, colon cancer can affect anyone. Sometimes all it takes for the cancer to occur is poor diet, lack of...