Consumer Health - March 2022 Archives

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is ...

World TB Day will be observed Thursday, March 24, which makes this a good time to learn about this potentially serious infectious disease. In 2020, ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about treating colorectal cancer. Cancer inside the colon and cancer inside the ...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between colon polyps and colon cancer, and the ...

March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about diabetic kidney disease. Diabetic nephropathy, also called diabetic kidney disease, is a serious ...

MS Awareness Week will be observed March 13–19, which makes this a good time to learn about multiple sclerosis, or MS. Nearly 1 million people are living with ...

March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about kidney cancer. Kidney cancer is cancer that begins in the kidneys, which ...

For much of the U.S. and many places around the world, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 13. That's when clocks are turned forward one hour. Sleep provides the ...

March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the benefits of a plant-based diet. Investigators have studied the relationship between ...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, also called hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, is a group of inherited disorders that affects an estimated 150,000 people in the U.S., according ...

March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn why some people need a gluten-free diet. Whole grains are an important part ...

March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about treating kidney stones. An estimated 11% of men and 6% of women ...