Why are you tired all the time? One morning, you’re sitting at your desk and feel like you could...
Demystifying Your Health 2020
Edema
What’s causing your legs to swell? You've been on your feet all day at work and when you get home,...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria
How serious is it? Your skin is supposed to be the barrier that protects your insides from the...
Testicular Cancer
Is it the cause of that lump? While performing your monthly testicular exam, you notice a small...
Klinefelter Syndrome
What causes it? You and your partner are trying to get pregnant, but have been struggling, so you...
Gynecomastia
Why is your chest swollen? You’re in the locker room after gym class and look in the mirror while...
Hydrocele
Why is your scrotum swollen? One evening when drying yourself after getting out of the shower, you...
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Why are you having trouble urinating? You notice that you’re feeling the urge to urinate more...
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Is that why your stomach hurts? One afternoon, you realize that your lower stomach is hurting...
Bartholin’s Cyst
What is that lump? You’ve finished going to the bathroom and are wiping yourself when you notice a...
Yeast Infection
Why are you itchy down there? You’ve been taking antibiotics for a urinary tract infection for the...
Mastitis
What is wrong with your breast? While getting dressed for the day, you notice that one of your...
Ganglion Cyst
Why do you have a lump on your wrist? Your typing away on your keyboard and happen to look down....
Restless Leg Syndrome
Why won’t your legs stay still? Over the past few nights, you notice that when you’re trying to...
HIV/AIDS
What you need to know? When HIV/AIDS came on the scene, it caused a worldwide panic. At the time,...
Rickets
Why does it impact children’s bones? If you’re like most people, you might’ve heard about rickets...
Scurvy
Why is it no longer prevalent? If you’re familiar with the history of long-ago sailors, you...
Yellow Fever
Where is it a problem? You’re planning a trip to South America. You go to your doctor to find out...
Typhoid Fever
Yes, it’s still out there! You’ve recently got back from an awesome vacation. Several days after...
Smallpox
Why you don’t need to worry You’ve probably heard of smallpox, but don’t know of anyone who’s ever...
Blisters
Why do they hurt so bad? You wore a new pair of shoes to work today. Gradually, throughout the day...
Skin Tags
What causes them to occur? One day you’re getting ready to go hang out with your friends and...
Dandruff
Why does your scalp flake? You’re getting ready to go out on a date and put on your favorite...
Acne
What causes it? We’ve all been there, you wake up in the morning before an important event and...
Chickenpox
Are they the cause of your child’s rash? Chickenpox used to be a common childhood illness. With...
Scarlet Fever
What does it have to do with your throat? Your son wakes up complaining of a sore throat and you...
Rubella
Is it the cause of your child’s rash? One morning when your daughter wakes up, you notice a rash...
Mumps
Why does it hurt when you chew? You’re eating your lunch and notice that the left side of your...
Measles
How contagious is it? In the United States, you don’t hear of people contracting measles that...
Narcolepsy
Why do you fall asleep unexpectedly? You’ve noticed that in the past few weeks you’ve been...
Glioblastoma
What does this mean? Lately, you’ve been having headaches with blurred vision and occasionally...
Bell’s Palsy
Why is half your face drooping? One morning while eating breakfast, you notice that half of your...
Spina Bifida
What’s wrong with your baby’s back? You’re pregnant and in your second trimester, so you’re going...
Cradle Cap
What’s on your baby’s head? One day, after feeding your baby, you’re holding her and watching her...
Ventricular Septal Defect
Why is there a hole in your child’s heart? Some people are born with a hole in their heart. While...
SIDS
What is it? If you’re a new parent, you’ve probably have heard stories about infants who have died...
PTSD
How do you know if you have it? You’ve survived a tragic event and, initially, it has a...
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Why must you do repetitive tasks? You’ve probably heard someone referring to another individual as...
Borderline Personality Disorder
Why are you afraid of being alone? Despite your intense fear about being alone, you often get...
Social Anxiety Disorder
Why are you so nervous? At some point in your life, you’ve probably been nervous about something,...
Vasculitis
What causes it? Your blood vessels play a vital role in your body functioning correctly. So, when...
Endocarditis
Are you at risk? An infection can occur anywhere in your body. Most infections are minor and your...
Tachycardia
Why is your heart racing? You’re sitting in your favorite chair one lazy afternoon when all of...
Bradycardia
What is it? You might never have heard of the word bradycardia before, but based upon the ‘cardia’...
SARS
What is it? A few years ago, SARS was in the news every where. There was a significant amount of...
Mesothelioma
What is it? It seems like that every time you turn on the TV there is a commercial advertising for...
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What causes it to occur? Not too long ago in the news, they were talking about a respiratory...