My son had Pneumocystis pneumonia, then neuropathy,” said June. “He was very sick. It worried me so much, I didn’t even want to leave him alone at night.” Lisa, remembering the care of her husband, said, “It was such torture and grief, I wonder how I did it. I went out of town one weekend [...]
Before the middle of the twentieth century, the complexities and complications of spinal cord injury were not well understood. Effective medical treatments and rehabilitation methods had not yet been developed. Most people with spinal cord injury died within a few years of the injury, usually because of medical complications such as kidney failure or pneumonia.The [...]
The word “Cancer” comes from the Latin word ‘Carcinoma’ meaning crab. It is the most dreaded disease and refers to all malignant tumours caused by the abnormal growth of a body cell or a group of cells. It is today, the second largest killer in the world, next only to heart ailments. The term covers [...]