World Heart Day takes place on 29th September every year and is the World Heart Federation‘s and the world’s biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease, including heart disease and stroke.
For most women, hysterectomy is a significant point in their lives. Whether the surgical removal of the uterus is done for endometriosis, fibroids, or gynecological cancer, life after hysterectomy permanently changes a few aspects of your life.
As a species, we have spent millions of years evolving in such a way that robust physical activity has almost always been a large part of life for all humans on every continent.[1]
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a condition where stomach acid flows back into the esophagus. Although acid reflux can happen from time to time, GERD is when it occurs more frequently and causes irritation. While the condition can prove to be uncomfortable, there are ways in which to manage the symptoms.
In spite of current fashion trends that aim to dress children up like little adults, in the medical world, children are certainly not miniature adults at all. In fact, a child's biology is world's apart from an adult's. This means that all healthcare for kids, from medications to surgery, needs to be implemented in a very different fashion to that of adults.
How would a computer function without a CPU (Central Processing Unit)? The brain is arguably the most important organ in the entire body, being the master coordinator of many vital body systems. The rest of the nervous system is an extension of the brain that takes in information from the environment and coordinates organ functions. When the nervous system becomes diseased, the brain tends to be affected as well as other organ systems throughout the body.
Cardiovascular conditions and events tend to be the ultimate leading causes of death worldwide. According to a WHO report (2006), 85% of mortalities from neurological conditions were attributed to cerebrovascular diseases, with the rest being relatively little by comparison.
Demyelinating diseases are uncommon conditions in which the myelin sheath is attacked, resulting in neurodegeneration and eventual disability. The myelin sheath surrounds axons in the brain and peripheral nervous system. Axons are nerve cells that extend neurons. While neurons coordinate sensory and motor information in the brain, the axons deliver that information to where it needs to go; either between neurons or outside the brain to organs and tissues within the body.
There are many types of infections that can result in neurologic complications, let alone the multiple types that strive to invade the nervous system. Viral infections are the most common; however bacterial, parasitic, fungal and mycoplasma infections may also have long-lasting, devastating consequences[1].
