Aug 19 2008
Understanding Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms
Ulcerative colitis is one of the inflammatory bowel conditions which need to be treated immediately to avoid severe complications. Many people are unaware that they have the condition already; this is because the ulcerative colitis symptoms appear similar to other bowel conditions which can be temporarily treated through self care. If people visit their physicians [...]
(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 [...]