Xanax is a brand of Alprazolam, a benzodiazepine that works by enhancing the activity of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. Xanax is used to treat anxiety disorders and anxiety caused by depression. Xanax is also used to treat panic disorders with or without a fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness, or […]
Rabies is a viral illness spread via the saliva of an infected animal by the rabies virus (genus Lyssavirus). Rabies exposure occurs usually through biting a human or another infected animal. Transmission can also occur through saliva touching an open wound or touching mucous membranes. Rabies is a vaccine-preventable, zoonotic, viral disease. Once clinical symptoms appear, […]
Shingles is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere on your body, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of your torso. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. […]
Public health is defined as the science of protecting the safety and improving the health of communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention. The definition of public health is different for every person. Whether you like to crunch numbers, conduct laboratory or field research, formulate policy, or work directly with […]
Communicable diseases are those that spread by an infectious agent, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Most of these diseases can be passed from person to person so the words “contagious” or “infectious” are often used when talking about communicable diseases. Some communicable disease spread though the air. Others require direct contact with a […]
Scorpions are predatory insects that have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger. They are closely related to spiders, mites and ticks. There are about 1,200 scorpion species in […]
Capsular contracture occurs when the collagen-fiber capsule shrinks, tightens, and compresses the breast implant, much like the collapse of a bubble gum bubble. It is a medical complication that can be painful and discomforting and might distort the aesthetics of the breast implant and the breast. Capsular contracture is the most common complication following implant-based […]
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer (malignancy) that most frequently arises from the cells lining the sacs of the chest (the pleura) or the abdomen (the peritoneum). Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form, often becoming apparent with symptoms in the chest area such as chest pain, cough, and/or shortness of breath. Shortness of […]
Nigeria is ranked globally as the country with the second highest rate of paternity fraud in the world after Jamaica. Paternity fraud is the pretense that a father is the legitimate and biological father of a child. This fraudulent act led the man to believe a biological connection with a child of another man and […]
Methocarbamol, sold under the brand name Robaxin among others, is a medication used for short-term musculoskeletal pain. It may be used together with rest, physical therapy, and pain medication. It is less preferred in low back pain. It has limited use for rheumatoid arthritis and cerebral palsy. It is also used to treat individuals who […]
