PPIL to offer free monthly STI testing
Planned Parenthood of Illinois will start to offer free sexually transmitted infection testing at all its clinics.
Is Alzheimer’s Transmissible Through Bone Marrow Cells?
A mouse experiment suggested familial Alzheimer’s disease may be transmitted through bone marrow stem cells, but the implications of the findings were limited. The research involved transplanting bone marrow stem cells from mice engineered to carry a familial Alzheimer’s disease mutation into healthy mice, which led to “rapid development of Alzheimer’s disease pathological hallmarks,” reported […]
Opinion | Cholera Returns With a Vengeance
It has been a bad year for cholera, the fecally transmitted scourge once depicted as a supernatural reaper wielding a giant scythe. When the artwork above, “Le Choléra,” first appeared in 1912, cholera’s pathophysiology was still a mystery, but its clinical wrath wasn’t. By then, it was public knowledge that cholera could sometimes transform a […]
Some Common And Not So Common STDs
Like many great things in life, sex has a not-so-glamorous side. Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are the uncomfortable (and sometimes painful and ugly) side effect of getting your freak on.
Chikungunya Virus Infection Symptoms & Treatment
Chikungunya virus is an infection spread (transmitted) through a bite from an infected mosquito. Common symptoms of Chikungunya virus infection include joint pain, headache, rash, and fever. There is no drug or vaccine available to treat or prevent Chikungunya virus infections. Some medicines and home remedies may help relieve symptoms of Chikungunya virus infection. The […]