According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes well exceeds 100 million. Diabetes results whe...
Leukemia occurs when the bone marrow and the lymphatic system produce abnormal white blood cells that don’t work to protect the body from infection like healthy white blood cells. This overgrowth of...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a label given to describe any chronic disorder that impacts the healthy workings of the large intestine. Telltale symptoms of IBS include painful gas, abdominal bloat...
Spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, is a nerve disease that’s caused by a gene mutation of the survival motor neuron gene 1 (SMN1). This gene mutation destroys the motor neurons (of the brain and spina...
Dyskinesia is defined as any abnormal, uncontrolled, or involuntary movement that affects the entire body or a specific body part. For instance, dyskinesia be wiggling or fidgeting with the arms of le...
Eczema affects roughly 31 million Americans and is a label often assigned to describe several skin conditions (i.e., dermatitis). This rather painful and chronic condition develops in red, itchy, dry,...
Reportedly, 1 in 8 American women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, which leaves little surprised that breast cancer clai...
Asthma is characterized as a chronic disease that impacts the airways in the lungs, or more specifically, the bronchial tubes. Pat...
Acid reflux disease, also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (or GERD), occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter (or valve...
Thyroid disease, regardless of type, impacts thyroid hormone secretion. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland situated at the fr...
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs (fist-sized), located in the lower abdomen on either side of the spine. The kidneys are mai...
Prostate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland, which is situated located below the bladder, directly in front of the rectum. Con...