Walk into any yoga studio and chances are high that the place will smell amazing, usually because there’s incense burning. Or maybe you use incense at home to set a relaxing mood when it’s time ...
Every year in the United States 210,000 people are admitted to hospitals with acute pancreatitis and 56,000 people are hospitalized each year due to chronic pancreatitis. This is a serious condition that can result in ...
Peripheral vascular disease is disease or damage in blood vessels other than (peripheral to) those in the heart or brain. (1) It is known by several names, including its medical abbreviation PVD and peripheral venous ...
American culture is so sanitized. Think about it … alcohol-based hand disinfectants at every corner of the grocery store, chlorinated water, antibiotics in the food supply, bleached laundry and kitchen floors. No wonder we are ...
Many people are pretty familiar with gastroesophageal reflux, or GERD. And they probably know about the burning heartburn and painful discomfort that can come with it. Not so many people have heard of silent reflux, ...
After a convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1976, hundreds of attendees fell ill with pneumonia-like symptoms and fevers reaching 107 degrees. More than 200 fell ill and 34 died. The outbreak ...
The world's population hit a staggering 7.5 billion in April 2017. By 2100? It's projected to hit an astounding 11 billion. It's going to take a lot of food to feed that many people, which ...
There's a kids' game and a Ted Nugent song by the same name, but what is cat scratch fever? Many people have heard of it, but still wonder, is there really such a thing as ...
About 1 in 1,000 hospitalizations is due to some type of condition that affects the blood vessels leading to the intestines, called intestinal vasculopathy. (1) Ischemic colitis is the most common type of intestinal vasculopathy ...
When people talk about listeria or listeria symptoms, they are often referring to the infection caused by Listeria bacteria. This infection is technically called listeriosis, and it affects about 1,600 people per year in the ...