Have you ever sat next to a particularly fidgety friend or loved one, and heard them make excuse after excuse for their errant limbs? Oftentimes they chalk their tremors up to restless leg syndrome. But it turns out that restless leg syndrome, or RLS is actually a moderately serious neurological disorder which goes well beyond…
According to WHO, in 2011 about 285 million people worldwide were visually impaired, of which 39 million were completely blind and 246 million were moderately to severely visually impaired. According to World Cancer Research Fund International, in 2012 about 14.1 million individuals in the world had cancer, of which 6.7 million were women and 7.4…
In 2013, more than 23 million aesthetic procedures were performed worldwide. The aim of aesthetic medicine is to use minimally invasive cosmetic treatments to enhance physical appearance. Advances in technology in the field of laser-based aesthetic treatments led to the growth of the market in the late 1990s. In developed countries, aesthetic medicine is a…
Organizations like 23andMe are doing something pretty neat: Direct-to-customer hereditary testing for just $99. According to the company’s website, their service allows users to, “view reports on over 100 health conditions and traits, find out about your inherited risk factors and how you might respond to certain medications discover your lineage and find DNA relatives”….
What are Neurodegenerative Diseases? According to the EU JPND, neurodegenerative diseases are a group of disorders that cause progressive degeneration of the neurons in the brain. These incurable disorders are genetically inherited or of unknown etiology and have severe debilitating effects causing ataxia and dementia in people and having a serious impact on their mental…
