Most of us take painkillers at some point to help alleviate pain. For serious pain, doctors sometimes prescribe narcotic or opioid-based medications. However, the use of prescription painkillers has become a serious problem over the past several decades. As the patient's body becomes used to the drugs, it requires more and more to achieve the same effects. Furthermore, there … [Read more...]
How the Flu Spreads and Evolves – A Free Course
Influenza is a disease that strikes in two forms. Seasonal influenza returns each winter, killing up to half a million people in bad years and causing much misery. Pandemic influenza, by contrast, is rare - having occurred only a handful of times in the last century - and far worse than seasonal flu, often killing many millions across the world. The worst pandemic of all, the … [Read more...]
Learn About Ways To Look After Your Liver
We are currently experiencing an international explosion of liver disease that continues to have an enormous impact on healthcare systems and global health. In the UK we have seen a 20% increase in deaths related to liver disease since 2000 and this pattern reflects the global situation. Contrary to expectations, this dramatic increase in liver disease is not restricted to … [Read more...]
Learn How to Talk About Cancer – A Free Course
One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, and it’s essential to get people talking about the disease. But talking about cancer can be tough. You might be worried that you’ll say the wrong thing or that you simply don’t know enough about the subject. Perhaps you feel unsure about how the conversation will go or you’ve tried in the past and had a difficult … [Read more...]
Measuring America’s Heart Health [Infographic]
Cardiovascular disease is the nation’s greatest killer, causing nearly a third of all deaths in the United States. That’s more than cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases combined. Currently, tens of millions of adults in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. While coronary heart disease is by far the worst culprit, stroke, high blood … [Read more...]