
Therapy for children who have been abused
Child abuse is any defined as sexual, emotional, physical mistreatment or neglect of children. Child abuse is also any kind of maltreatment by parent or caregiver that results in harm...

Common mental illnesses
Mental illnesses affect the human mind. They are described as medical conditions that severely disrupt person’s emotions, thinking, daily functioning, and ability to relate to others. Troubles in these fields...

Chronic transplant rejection
Transplantation usually involves transferring organs like heart, kidneys, liver, lung or pancreas from a donors body to the body of the patient, saving his/her life and treating illnesses this way...

Acute cystic fibrosis
What is cystic fibrosis?Almost every person has heard of cystic fibrosis but not everyone knows what exactly it is. People need to know that it is an inherited disease of...

Statistical analysis of common mental disorders in US
Mental Disorders in AmericaMental disorders are relatively common in the United States with a little less than 27% of people being affected. Although they appear to be widespread, most mental...

Phenylketonuria is inherited condition
Phenylketonuria is considered a rather rare medical condition, to be more precise this is an infrequent genetic condition that develops due to the presence of a defective gene, the one...

Uterine fibroids during pregnancy
Uterine fibroids are benign growths that consist of cells that are normally found in the uterus. They generally affect women in their reproductive years and are in many cases harmless...

Multiple sclerosis: Diagnosing MS with MRI
What is Multiple Sclerosis?Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder of the nervous system characterized by damaged fatty myelin sheaths surrounding the axons of the brain and the spinal cord. Such...

Preparations for abdominal ultrasound
Abdominal Ultrasound FactsUltrasound is a type of image testing used on various internal organs to assess changes due to illness or therapy. Contrary to X-Rays, ultrasound is safer as it...