Angelica Melendez

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  People with Crohn’s and colitis understand the pain of being stuck in public with no restrooms available. The need to visit the restroom can be great, but nothing is publicly available, and upon asking an employee: “Sorry, there are no public restrooms in this building.”Perhaps because of...

• How to Get Rid of Hiccups

  Hiccups refer to the sudden spasms of the diaphragm, the muscle present at the base of the lungs that separates the chest and abdomen. These spasms result in the closure of the vocal cords, which produces the characteristic ‘hic’ sound of hiccups. Fortunately these bothersome contractions are...

• What Could Happen if My Pneumonia Remains Untreated?

  There are several types of pneumonia that vary in their degree of seriousness. Pneumonia caused by a viral infection can make people feel very sick with fever, cough, and tiredness. However, viral pneumonia tends to go away on its own after some time. A "walking pneumonia" is a mild case of...

• Late Stage Alzheimer's Patients Failing to Get Proper Care

  There are some symptoms and conditions that have been discovered over time that stand out as especially difficult when it comes to how healthcare providers and medical specialist centers can help specific patients.  Such can be the case for ailments that specifically worsen in the terminal phase of...

• When the Doctor Is the Bully

  The word bully often conjures-up images of the tough kid towering over a smaller more vulnerable child in the schoolyard. Being bullied is something that many attach to a part of growing up and being a child.  The perception is that bullies are not something that adults have to deal with.  That...

• Cracking the Case of Fibromyalgia

  Fibromyalgia (FM) is musculoskeletal syndrome that causes widespread pain in the joints and muscles coupled with intense fatigue, sleep, mood and memory issues. More than twelve million people suffer from FM syndrome with most of the affected being women between the ages of twenty-five and sixty....