Joan Chatterton LCSW, RN, CADC

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• What Are Gallstones: Get the Facts

  Formed in the gallbladder, gallstones are compact, “stone”-like substances. In size, gallstones can be compared to either a golf ball or a grain of sand. They can be produced by the gallbladder as a single large stone, many small sized stones, or both.Just beneath the liver’s lobe, on the...

• Did Muhammad Ali Develop Parkinson's Disease Before Retiring from Boxing?

  Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, 1942, was a world-class boxer who dedicated most part of his adult life to refining his skills and excelling at the sport. Starting from the early age of 12, Ali entered the world of boxing after he had his bicycle stolen at the hands of a...

• Tips for Hydrated Lips

  Skin always bears the brunt of the climate, attacked by sun, wind, cold and dry air. Lips, made of mucous membranes, have thin surface layers and are vulnerable to all of the above much more than the skin, which we usually protect with creams and lotions. Research shows that we lose 10 times more...

• What Does Melanoma Look Like?

  Most people have at least a few moles since they are common markings on the skin. Unfortunately, the signs of melanoma can be easily mistaken for moles until the disease progresses. Everyone should be familiar with the distinguishing characteristics of melanoma, as this knowledge can save lives. If...

• A Gluten-Free Diet May Only be Beneficial for Those with Celiac Disease

  More and more people are being diagnosed with autoimmune diseases. These are a group of disorders when our immune system fails to recognize own body cells and starts attacking them for no obvious reason, resulting in damage to one or another kind of body tissues. Autoimmune diseases are not just...

• The Link Between Ovarian Cancer Survival and Pregnancy

  For women who have survived cancer, their bodies have inevitably been through a lot. Therefore, it is not entirely unsurprising, but it is dismaying, that they are one-third less likely to be able to achieve pregnancy than other women. This statistic was taken from the first study to actually...