February 1, 2020

February Health Awareness Calendar

February is busy with various health awareness observances such as American Heart Health Month …  
January 24, 2020

Updates on the Evolving Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

A new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and […]
January 17, 2020

The Gut-Brain Connection

Emerging research has identified a strong relationship between the gastrointestinal system and the nervous system. This relationship is often termed the gut-brain axis, where physiologic processes or […]
September 15, 2019

Multiple Myeloma

Multiple Myeloma, cancer of plasma cells, is a relatively uncommon cancer compared with other cancers but accounts for 10% of all blood and bone marrow cancers. […]
September 9, 2019

Thyroid Cancer

 Thyroid cancer rates are rising faster than any other cancer in the United States, tripling in the past 3 decades. Part of this is due to […]
August 17, 2019

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. In 2017, 10 million people around the world became sick with TB disease, and there were 1.3 […]
August 5, 2019

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop after exposure to a potentially traumatic event that is beyond a typical stressor, such as violent assaults, natural or human-caused […]
July 28, 2019

Intimate Partner Violence

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is violence or aggression that occurs in a close relationship, varying in frequency and severity. IPV has lasting impacts on the health […]