JUNE IS MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AWARENESS MONTH
JUNE IS
MYASTHENIA
GRAVIS
AWARENESS
MONTH
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What is Myasthenia Gravis?
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is a chronic neuromuscular disease which derives its name from the Latin and Greek words meaning “grave muscle weakness”. The disease is characterised by abnormal weakness of voluntary muscles (those controlled by will). This weakness increases with activity and decreases with periods
TALKING ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS TENETS
TALKING ABOUT TBTUBERCULOSIS
TENETS
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Nick Nunes
What do all the Brontë sisters, John Keats, Chopin, Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Simón Bolívar, and famed cowboy John Henry “Doc” Holliday have in common? They all suffered from an infectious disease that we rarely hear about today—consumption (as they would know it), tuberculosis or TB to the 21st century.
Even though
The Effects of Synthetic Drugs
Say NO to drugs!
We’ve been hearing this message for a decades and since then, many new illegal drugs have emerged, and others have waned in popularity, but are still used.
The National Council for Substance Abuse clarifies for Better Health readers the different ‘new’ types that are in vogue today.
What are Synthetic Drugs?
The term synthetic drugs can refer to those drugs that are
Effects Of Long-Term Ash?
Dear Doc
With all the volcanic ash we are constantly breathing in, even though we are wearing masks, how will those fine particles affect our nostrils and membranes? Sometimes I can feel the dust between my teeth and it feels crunchy. That can’t be good. Will it affect our stomach? Could it lead to cancer?
Would it affect people who already have bad health conditions? - Scared Dear Concerned
Pain In The Nose
Dear Doc,
I never thought I would be writing to you, but here I am. You seem, from your responses, to be a sensitive and caring person. I am writing to ask you to explain why one of my nostrils hurt.
I found that in the last week when I pressed my nose bridge I flinched in pain because the pressure hurt inside my left nostril. I’ve not been blowing my nose very hard, though I had a slight congestion.
Frown Lines Natural
Dear Doc,
Can you tell me why after a certain age our mouths droop down in a frown? Is that a natural thing? I know the muscles sag as we age, but why does our mouth settle into that downward droop and make us all look unhappy? How can people with frown lines eradicate them?
Dear Concerned Frown,
According to health line there are two main types of wrinkles, dynamic and static.
Dynamic wrinkles