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Blood Donation: What You Need to Know January is National Blood Donor Month, a time to celebrate the lifesaving impact of blood and platelet donors. National Blood Donor Month honors voluntary [...]

Is cold dysesthesia making it challenging to stay warm this winter? One of the trademark side-effects of chemotherapy is the well-known cold dysesthesia, a side-effect that causes a serious cold [...]

Brett Marlowe became ill on his honeymoon and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia just 11 days after his wedding. This aggressive cancer, which begins in blood cells and has a [...]

You might already be familiar with the numbers: each year, it is expected that 300,000 women in the US alone are diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those women, 50,000 will have localized (in situ) [...]

As one of the most misunderstood diseases, a sickle cell anemia (SCA) diagnosis is not what it once was. September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, designated by Congress to help focus attention [...]

Dealing with a monumental health condition can be extremely overwhelming. You are faced with endless decisions while trying to absorb a vast amount of new information and vocabulary. It is vital [...]

While this form of cancer can be aggressive and painful, it is possible to recover fully. Bladder cancer is not a death sentence. With chemotherapy and a healthy lifestyle, many people have [...]

As you grow older, your bones break down. Those bones often rebuild themselves but can’t always keep up the pace, so the bones become weaker. There is no cure for osteoporosis, but you can slow [...]

It’s always the right time to thank a healthcare worker. Check out our infographic for ways to thank the healthcare professionals that keep you and your family well. Made with Visme [...]

Each year about 10,000 Americans are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. As myelodysplastic syndrome usually affects older people, the number of people who develop this syndrome is likely to [...]