Everyday People Matter
Early screening can help diagnose cervical cancer. With early intervention, cervical cancer can be prevented or treated in its earliest stages. The Pap test and teh HPV tests are early indicators of cervical cancer. However, for many women, the costs of screening...
July is Disability Pride Month. Disability has been called the silent “D” in diversity. By promoting disability pride, this community seeks to highlight positive aspects and influence mainstream perceptions of being disabled. In this way, others may change the way...
The week from June 27 to July 3, 2021, is being commemorated as Helen Keller Deafblind Awareness Week. This year, the Week is celebrating the achievements of persons who suffer from deafblindness, and the way in which they are changing the perceptions of people with...
Far too many cancer patients struggle with meeting the many medical expenses associated with their condition. This struggle often leads to delaying their treatment. For many patients, Social Security disability benefits are a way to meet some of these financial...
Two new bills that have recently been introduced in Congress plan to expand accessibility to telehealth, making this a permanent feature. If you are a Social Security disability beneficiary, who also currently accesses Medicare, your accessibility to telehealth will...
June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month, and the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America wants you to learn more about this neuromuscular condition that affects so many Americans. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular condition that primarily affects the...
Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that is characterised by symptoms of pain and swelling in the joints, thickening of the skin, and other symptoms. In more serious cases, symptoms can include scarring of the esophagas and/or lungs which can cause respiratory...
May is National Arthritis Awareness Month. More than 50 million Americans suffer from arthritis. Did you know that there are several dozen different types of arthritis? Here are some more common, but surprising, facts about arthritis: There are more than 100 types of...
Most people who think of asthma think of this as a childhood condition that results in occasional wheezing. However, for many patients, asthma continues well into adulthood, and can severely impact their ability to lead normal lives. As many as one in 13 people in...
Long Covid, the baffling condition in which Covid survivors continue to suffer the effects of the virus in their immune system for months after the initial viral infection, is still not well understood. More than a year after the start of the pandemic, we are still...