May 29, 2001
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Canker Sores: Health Fact
Canker sores and cold sores share many of the same features. Both are painful and both are often caused by stress.
Achromatopsia: Health Fact
"Achromatopsia" in its most extreme form;...X-linked genetic defect occurring in 8% of men and 0.4% of women.
Mental Health: Health Fact
One out of every two Americans will suffer with at least one episode of clinical depression before the age of 45.
Eleventh Chromosome Abnormalities: Health Fact
Jacobsen Syndrome (11q Deletion, or 11q-) is a rare chromosomal abnormality which affects perhaps one child in 100,000 in which a portion of the 11th chromosome is missing. It was discovered by Dr. P. Jacobsen in 1973.
Cat Scratch Disease: Health Fact
An estimated 22,000 cases of Cat Scratch Disease, with more than 2,000 hospital admissions are diagnosed per year in the U.S.
Thalassemia: Health Fact
Thalassemia occurs most frequently in people of Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Southern Asian and African ancestry.
Crohn's Disease: Health Fact
Crohn's Disease affects males and females equally. It appears to run in some families with about 20 percent of people with Crohn's Disease having a blood relative with some form of inflammatory bowel disease.
Rosacea: Health Fact
Rosacea affects more than 13 million people in the United States.
