Established 30 years ago by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network Food Allergy Awareness Week is recognized every year in May to emphasize awareness of food allergies–how to recognize signs of a food allergy, managing food allergies and understanding what to do in case of a food allergy emergency. What Causes Food Allergies? Food allergies... Read More

April is STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) Awareness Month. It is important that we all be informed not only about STIs and how they are contracted but why early detection and treatment is vital. What Are the Most Common STIs in the United States? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that more than 110 million... Read More

Oral cancer is a silent killer of almost ten thousand people each year. Why? Because most people do not get screened or checked for oral cancer until the disease has progressed to a late stage and little can be done to destroy it. What’s more, any cancer located so close to the brain and lymphatic... Read More

A new report cautions consumers not to buy or consume conventionally grown strawberries, spinach, or nectarines. According to the findings published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), these three fruits and vegetable are at the top of the list of the most contaminated by pesticide residue. The report that released these results is the 2017... Read More

Brain Awareness Week Brain Awareness Week (BAW) was started in 2011 as a global campaign designed to raise awareness and public support for neuroscience, as well as a platform to advocate for adequate science funding for education, research, and discovery. Officially, Brain Awareness Week occurs once a year in March, and this year’s BAW was... Read More

The women in your life are hopefully precious individuals to you. While they may never be directly affected by HIV or AIDS it is an ongoing health issue that plagues the United States and other countries around the world. As a result, women and the men who love them are coming together to mark the... Read More

Affecting both men and women equally, colon cancer is the third most common form of cancer sweeping the United States. The symptoms, however, are not always apparent to most people and they can often be confused with a different medical problem altogether. That’s what makes screening for colorectal cancer a crucial part of identifying, treating... Read More

Fish and walnuts are both touted as beneficial to your brain and heart. Certain vitamins and antioxidants in these foods can do things for your body that other foods can’t. Yet, what do you do if you cannot stand fish or walnuts and cannot get them past your lips? Here is more on their benefits,... Read More

Women And Men Experience Heart Disease Differently The media normally portrays cardiac arrest as something very obvious, clutching at the chest, breathlessness and more. However, those symptoms are normally portrayed in men. Women’s cardiac arrest symptoms are not quite the same. It turns out a woman’s heart really is different than a man’s. For one... Read More