The heart plays a key role in the cardiovascular system. As a muscular organ, its main function is to help circulate blood throughout the body, carrying oxygen and nutrients to tissues and [...]
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a very important skill to possess in the community because it could be life saving at any time. Most community members have never been in a situation where they [...]
Most people only hear about deep vein thrombosis while reading the safety materials on a commercial flight, but it’s a potentially life-threatening condition that affects about 1 in 1000 [...]
There has been an ‘article’ circulating on the Internet lately, primarily on email and social media sites such as Facebook, that instructs a person to cough during a heart attack to [...]
If you or someone near to you has experienced a cancers diagnosis, you’re already familiar with the term oncology. If not, here’s a brief overview of what oncology means, and how [...]
Ice and heat have long been used to treat maladies, from mild conditions such as sore muscles, to injuries such as sprains. But if you use the wrong one, you could actually be causing more harm [...]
Vacation season is almost here, and for some of us, that means road trips. Road trips can be fun or grueling, but above all you want to keep them safe. Here are some tips to keep your highway [...]
Imagine visiting the doctor and instead of being seen by a human being, being analyzed by a robot, or computer software. The idea might seem uncomfortable and even ludicrous now, but that reality [...]
It may surprise you to learn that CPR is a relatively new innovation in medical science, and one that is flexible, to allow new advances to replace outdated techniques. Here’s a brief [...]
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that you may be familiar with in terms of name, but you may not know the particulars. Here is an abbreviated overview of multiple sclerosis (hereby shortened to [...]