Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy
Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy, is a chronic bacterial disease that primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves and upper airway. Feared as a highly contagious and devastating disease, it is well established that Hansen’s disease (leprosy) is not highly transmissible, is very treatable, and, with early diagnosis More...
Michelle Fahle, Naperville student who died had swine flu
Sun-Times News Group A 14-year-old Naperville North High School student who died suddenly Thursday had swine flu. Naperville North High School officials confirmed today that test results indicated More...
Triple Negative Breast Cancer
In the last few years, health professionals have realized that breast cancer is not just one disease, but that there are many forms. The subtypes of breast cancer are generally diagnosed based upon More...
Propitious Esculent
The Propitious Esculent: The Potato in World History is a book by John Reader outlining the role of the potato. The potato—humble, lumpy, bland, familiar—is a decidedly unglamorous staple of More...
Childhood Schizophrenia
So rare is the child form of schizophrenia, it has taken researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health 18 years to diagnosis and collect data on 110 children. Schizophrenia is a chronic, More...
H1N1 Vaccine Risks？
With only days left before the arrival of the first shipments of H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine, Americans are divided about whether or not they will receive the vaccinations, not to mention whether they More...