Things to Know: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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August 8, 2019

Things to Know: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fib...

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a type of chronic lung disease that occurs when tissues in the lungs become scarred and damaged. Over time, the scarring (called “fibrosis”), gets worse and...

July 29, 2019

Easy Food Substitutions for Low Choleste...

Cholesterol has many different uses throughout the body. Cholesterol is waxy in substance that produces hormones, protect nerves, and makes cell tissue. The liver naturally makes all the bodies chole...

June 27, 2019

Prevalent Vision and Eye Diseases

The function of the eyes, much like other areas of the body, degrade as we age. While many of these issues are only minor in nature (i.e., macular degeneration, presbyopia, eye strain, floaters, and ...

May 17, 2019

Main Types of Amyloidosis

Amyloidosis is a rare disease that occurs when abnormal amyloid (a type of protein typically produced by the bone marrow) accumulates in organs and tissues, damaging the organ or tissue and greatly i...

January 7, 2019

The Common Types and Causes of Sarcoma

A sarcoma is a very rare type of cancer that develop within the connective tissues of the body, most often within muscles, tendons, nerves, fat cells, cartilage, blood vessels, and bones. Sarcomas ten...

December 25, 2018

Common Treatments for Lymphomas

Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops within the lymphatic system, or the complex network of vessels by which lymph drainage occurs from the tissues into the bloodstream. Lymphomas exist in...

December 19, 2018

Why Clinical Trials are Important for Me...

Clinical trials are conducted in order to provide improved scientific approaches for improving the healthcare and medical industry. Research based, the findings from clinical trials may provide a rang...

September 28, 2018

Causes and Risks for Polycystic Liver Di...

Polycystic liver disease, also known as PCLD or simply PLD, is considered rather rare, affecting only 1 in every 100,000 individuals. Polycystic liver disease can grow in independant, or lone cysts, i...

September 19, 2018

Causes and Risk Factors for Multiple Scl...

Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a life-long disease that strikes the myelin (or protective fatty covering) surrounding nerve fibers in the spinal cord, optic nerves, and brain resulting in nerve damage ...

August 22, 2018

Causes and Risk Factors for Ulcerative C...

Ulcerative colitis is classified as a type of inflammatory bowel disease (or IBD) that inflames the inner tissues of the rectum and colon (or large intestine). Also an autoimmune disease, ulcerative c...