Telehealth is the practice of providing healthcare remotely by utilizing telecommunication technologies. One of the advantages it provides is to allowing healthcare access to families with children who live in rural areas, far from normal centers of medical care such as hospitals, clinics and specialty practitioners. This access to healthcare...

Article Title/CitationSiegal DM, Curnutte JT, Connolly SJ, et al. Andexanet alfa for the reversal of factor Xa inhibitor activity. New Engl J Med 2015; 373(25): 2413-2424. Brief Background Traditionally, warfarin (Coumadin), a vitamin K antagonist, has been the treatment of choice for the prevention/treatment of DVT and pulmonary embolism, venous thrombosis after...

The medical community is driven to produce a cure for sick individuals. Research is conducted through testing to come up with the right medications and treatment that will fight off an illness. The medical community uses organ donations from others to help cure people with organ failure. Organ transplant centers...

Change is a fact of life. The American Society has gone through a significant transformation over the last few decades and so has its attitude towards sex. Americans now have more liberated attitudes towards sex, and this fact was also confirmed by a survey of 19,000 U.S. college students ....

A good understanding of the microorganisms that are encountered regularly is intrinsic for a better practice of infection control. Pathogenic organisms are disease causing microorganisms that are classified as: Bacteria, Viruses, Pathogenic, Protozoa, Parasites, and Prions. A distinguishing feature from other diseases is that infections can be spread. In various...