Category: Health & Wellness

Teens and Drug Use

Teens and Drug Use

Healthful Vitality | 12/04/2019 | By Sarah Schulze, MSN, APRN, CPNP | Teens and Drug Use In closing out our series on teens and substance use, a closer look at harder substances is warranted....

Teens and Marijuana Use

Teens and Marijuana Use

Healthful Vitality | 11/15/2019 | By Sarah Schulze, MSN, APRN, CPNP | Teens and Marijuana Use. The teenage years are the hallmark of growth, self-exploration, experimentation, and risk-taking behaviors. Unfortunately, this combination, as well...

Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Cybersecurity in Healthcare

Healthful Vitality | 04/07/2019 | By Dr. Faiq Shaikh, MD | Cybersecurity in Healthcare Technology is becoming an all-pervasive component of medicine. While biotechnology and healthcare benefit immensely from technological advancements, they are also...

Blockchain uses in Healthcare

Blockchain uses in Healthcare

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr. Faiq Shaikh, MD | Blockchain uses in Healthcare Blockchain is a technology that uses secure and encrypted authentication mechanism that aims to perform validation of information from...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr Subarna Ghosh | Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term that encompasses two diseases of the digestive system, namely ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Healthful Vitality | 04/11/2019 | By Dr. Sharoon David | Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a retinal pathology that affects the macula lutea, an oval-shaped pigmented area located close to...

Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview

Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview

Healthful Vitality | 04/12/2019 | By Dr Subarna Ghosh | Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental (brain development) disorder that adversely affects a person’s social, behavioral, and communicative...