Image by ?Adriënne via Flickr Centuries ago, when disease was thought to result from a disruption of the body’s four basic “humors” – fluids that collectively governed health – treatments were designed to bring them back into balance. “Therapies,” some of them ghastly by modern standards, were intended to relieve patients of harmful surpluses of... »
Image via Wikipedia The whooping cough our parents — or even grandparents — were exposed to is probably not the same whooping cough now causing the worst epidemic in California in 50 years. The Centers… Continue reading »
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Image via Wikipedia SAN DIEGO — Over the past few decades, hospice care has become a more common choice for people who have a terminal illness. These patients forgo life-prolonging treatments... »
Image via Wikipedia By Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Even back when I was a medical student, we were taught Alzheimer’s disease (AD) began to cause damage in the... »
Image via Wikipedia After Sandy Allen had a large tumor removed from her brain’s left temporal lobe, she found herself struggling with words. Reading became difficult. She couldn’t follow plots... »
