Health and Safety

Seasonal depression, previously known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), involves symptoms that come and go as the seasons change. The most recent edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)” officially…

Heart disease: a woman’s heart looks just like a man’s, but there are significant differences. For example, a woman’s heart is usually smaller as are some of its interior chambers

A brain hemorrhage is a type of stroke. It's caused by an artery in the brain bursting and causing localized bleeding in the surrounding tissues. This bleeding kills brain cells

Lipedema is often confused with obesity and cellulite, but it is a different and complex condition: it affects around 11% of the population, mainly women, and is still too underestimated

Bufhthalmos is an enlargement of the eyeball due to a build-up of fluid in the eye that prevents it from developing properly

Let's talk about a thyroid nodule: the thyroid is a small gland, but one that is extremely important to our bodies because of its cardiovascular and metabolic effects (particularly on cholesterol levels) and its effects on the nervous…

Drug-induced liver damage: many drugs (e.g. statins) frequently cause an asymptomatic increase in liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase)

Substance use disorder is a health condition involving compulsive substance use. It develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs

Scoliosis is a spinal deformity that can appear during the age of skeletal development, from birth to 18 years of age

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental and behavioral disorder where someone feels compelled to perform specific acts repeatedly, even when it causes considerable complications to the person’s life