| Health Savvy | Savvy Cafe
May 22 2008
“Does skin cancer itch?” is a common question many people may have when they experience the annoying problem of an itching sensation that accompanies a number of lesions on their skin. Asking whether skin cancer does itch’ is, in a way, asking “Could I have skin cancer?”
The direct answer to the question is that yes, [...]
(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]