The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne illness that has been reported in various places around the world, including South West Florida. For this reason, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that people living in or traveling to southern Florida be aware of the potential dangers of this virus. Mosquito-borne illnesses are always a bigger concern in warmer...
A deep vein thrombosis can be a scary thing to experience, having knowledge ahead of time can not only save you time, it could save your life. Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot which forms in the deeper veins located in the leg or arm. While blood clots in the superficial veins do not pose a danger of pulmonary embolism, clots in the deep veins pose a potentially serious...
Though relatively untalked about Hepatitis B is on the rise and has reached the top of the chart as the number one most common infectious disease in the world affecting more than 2 billion people. Here in the United States the CDC states that 2,000 to 4,000 people die yearly from HBV and related complications. They estimate that as many as 1.4 million here in the United...
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