Conditions

If you’ve been struggling with your mental health or recently got a diagnosis of depression, you may be wondering how this will affect your work. You should never have to choose between your job and your mental health. If you’ve been diagnosed with depression you are entitled to reasonable accommodations, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This landmark civil rights law was passed in 1990 and entitles all American workers to equal protection under the law.

Struggling to focus and multitask. Forgetting little details, like names and dates. Feeling restless, anxious, and impulsive. These occurrences might not seem significant. But they could be a sign of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Living with psoriasis means dealing with frustrating – and painful – skin changes. When a flare happens, you can experience everything from itchy skin to scaly rashes. And unfortunately, treating these symptoms isn’t always easy.

For a long time, people have stayed away from red meat because they’ve heard it may cause cancer. Scientists have found indirect links, and it takes a little bit of work to figure out how red meat truly affects your risk for cancer.

For many of us, the only time you really think about what’s inside your mouth is when you’re standing in the buffet line, salivating as you pray nobody takes all the macaroni before we get there. Or occasionally early in the morning, when you need to quickly rectify whatever’s inside your mouth making that smell float outside…

When something is wrong with our health, it usually doesn’t go into full-swing all of a sudden. Our body typically gives us warning signs well in advance of an issue becoming critical.

We may look at kids and teenagers and wish we were their age again, with no worries, good health and a life filled with happiness. Sadly, while things look great from the other side, the lives of kids and teens are actually more stressful than you can imagine.

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi and is usually spread by ticks. However, it’s important to note that not all ticks carry the disease. Ixodes ticks are the most common kind to carry Lyme, but black-legged ticks also spread it on the West Coast.

There is a reason colon cancer is sometimes called “the silent killer.” Not only is it the third most common type of cancer (skin cancers excepting) in the United States today, but given the variance in the symptoms of colon cancer, it can readily masquerade as something other than what it truly is.

Whether it’s the back alley, the club district or the boardroom, addictive substances are everywhere. At one point or another, you’re bound to come across at least one or two of the items on this list. So, pay attention, educate yourself, and consider yourself warned.