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Every year, hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States die of cancer. Moreover, according to the American Cancer Society, more than 1.6 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year alone. Although breakthroughs in treatment have allowed...
Heart disease is a rampant and costly problem that affects people all throughout the United States, including far too many in the Houston area. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease kills roughly 610,000 people per year in the U.S....
During the difficult economic times that Texans experienced a few years ago, many people in the Houston area probably had fears about losing their job and not having an income. Even today, job security can be a scary subject for hard-working people in a variety of...
Last week, our blog discussed how May is Mental Health Month, an annual event held to promote understanding, debunk misconceptions, and fight the stigma faced by millions here in the U.S. and around the world.In keeping with this theme, today's post will address how a...
Most people are well aware of the risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes, including heart disease, smoking and, of course, obesity. However, a recently published study in the European Journal of Endocrinology suggests that another risk factor might soon be added...
Statistics show that well over two million people around the world suffer from multiple sclerosis, a disease that we've discussed in-depth in a previous post, but which is essentially characterized by the immune system's attack on the otherwise healthy protective...
Thanks to the Social Security Administration's Compassionate Allowances program, those people suffering from one of 225 recognized medical conditions that would otherwise clearly satisfy the agency's existing disability standards can see their application for...
Researchers at the Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recently published a truly eye-opening study in the New England Journal of Medicine outlining what could prove to be a major breakthrough in the treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma, a condition which claims over...
If you were to ask people what medical condition they feared the most, there's a very good chance that the majority of people would have the same one-word answer: cancer.This makes sense when you stop to consider just how debilitating and just how deadly cancer can...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as much as two percent of the general population here in the U.S. suffers from fibromyalgia. For those unfamiliar with the condition, it is defined by the Mayo Clinic as a disorder characterized by...