Page: 1 August 14, 2010 What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease that gets worse over time and currently has no cure.
October 9, 2014 Infectious disease outbreaks currently being reported on by CDC.
September 20, 2013 Research studies to join and some reimburse for time.
May 2, 2013 Teenagers and adults (ages 15 to 65) should get screened for HIV...Everybody needs an HIV test, at least once.
That's the verdict from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which has just joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a scrum of professional medical societies in calling for universal testing for the virus that causes AIDS.
September 20, 2013 Superinfection is defined as the reinfection of an individual who already has an established infection with a heterologous HIV strain.
September 26, 2013 Testing is critical for the prevention and care for the spread of HIV-1 among older adults, aged 50-64
May 2, 2013 An outpatient surgery center owned by Piedmont Healthcare failed to properly clean equipment used in hundreds of colonoscopies, placing patients at risk of serious infection.
September 20, 2013 Stigma cultural barrier blocking individuals against HIV prevention and treatment. Support each other to fight for life. Condoms = life, live
August 11, 2012 Approximately 11 million Americans 12 years and older could improve their vision through proper refractive correction. More than 3.3 million Americans 40 years and older are either legally blind (having best-corrected visual acuity of 6/60 or worse (=20/200) in the better-seeing eye) or are with low vision (having best-corrected visual acuity less than 6/12 (<20/40) in the better-seeing eye, excluding those who were categorized as being blind).
June 14, 2012 Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. Alzheimer's symptoms vary. The stages below provide a general idea of how abilities change during the course of the disease.
Stage 1: No impairment
Stage 2: Very mild decline
Stage 3: Mild decline
Stage 4: Moderate decline
Stage 5: Moderately severe decline
Stage 6: Severe decline
Stage 7: Very severe decline
