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10 Things You Should Know About MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
By My Family Plate at April 22, 2011 | 12:28 pm | 1 Comments
10 Things You Should Know About MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) by Analy Gonzalez The increased overuse of antibiotics in medicine and even in the food industry has given rise to many strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Many of these ‘superbugs ‘ have become problematic, one of them being Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or more...
10 Things You Should Know About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
By My Family Plate at April 19, 2011 | 12:29 am | 0 Comment
10 Things You Should Know About Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) by Sarah Tremain For most people once food enters the mouth, is chewed up and swallowed, as far as they know it’s history. However, that’s not the story for everyone. Individuals that experience a backup of stomach acid into the esophagus, heartburn, more than twice a week are typically more...
10 Things You Should Know About Edema (Swelling)
By My Family Plate at April 17, 2011 | 7:52 pm | 0 Comment
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EDEMA by Dominique Scott Edema (swelling) is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium(4). What happens with Edema is that there is a very high amount of fluid that moves from the blood vessel to the interstitium (tissues) at the arterial end of the capillary, or there was not enough fluid that went back into the capillary at more...
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ASTHMA
By My Family Plate at April 16, 2011 | 4:09 pm | 1 Comments
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ASTHMA By Paige Bartholic Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases that affect not only children but adults too. You always have Asthma but when your lungs get irritated by something is when you have an asthma attack. Some signs and symptoms of Asthma are breathlessness, wheezing, chest stiffness, and coughing. Here are 10 more...
10 Things You Should Know About Lou Gehrig’s Disease
By My Family Plate at April 15, 2011 | 1:00 pm | 0 Comment
Ten Things You Should Know About Lou Gehrig’s Disease By Emily Truesdell 1. Lou Gehrig’s disease is actually a common nickname for the real title of the disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. It was given the name Lou Gehrig’s disease after the famous baseball player died from the disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis can be briefly explained by more...
