Stroke Awareness

Stroke Awareness

The Unreported Killer It started with a loss for words, a muscle cramp in the right leg, a headache that felt like the brain was exploding. That’s how some victims of stroke describe the onset of symptoms that they ignored at first. The American Heart Association...
Shoo Flu Don’t Bother US

Shoo Flu Don’t Bother US

The number of Influenza (flu) cases this year so far are headed to the highest levels in decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). By mid-November, there were 4.4 million illnesses, 38,000 hospitalizations and 2,100 deaths from the flu reported....
Diabetes Awareness The Sneaky Disease

Diabetes Awareness The Sneaky Disease

The Sneaky Disease  Chances are, you know someone who has diabetes and don’t know it – because they don’t  know they have it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of people with diabetes is higher than it has ever been. The...
Squashing Breast Cancer

Squashing Breast Cancer

Squashing Breast Cancer Well-known television journalist and former anchor Katie Couric recently shared with the public that she was diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer in June, becoming one of the eight women diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, in the...
Preventing Skin Cancer

Preventing Skin Cancer

With all the recommendations to go outdoors in 2020 and soak up some vitamin D, turns out that many people got sunburnt, according to a 2021 survey of the American Academy of Dermatology. In fact, the survey revealed that when people go outside getting skin cancer is...