Honest Information. Better Health.

Ambulatory Patient Services, Also Called Outpatient Care

Any health care you can get without staying in a hospital is ambulatory care.

Health Insurance: 5 Tips for Emergency Room Visits

If you're at the emergency room (ER), you are probably there because you're dealing with a serious medical problem. The Affordable Care Act require...

What are The Different Types of Doctors?

They can treat colon cancer, hemorrhoids, and inflammatory bowel disease. Critical Care Medicine Specialists They care for people who are criticall...

What is Shigella?

If you don’t wash your hands thoroughly, you could leave the bacteria behind on objects you touch next, such as changing tables, toys, and doorknob...

Salmonella (Salmonellosis)

Salmonella is the type of bacteria that’s the most frequently reported cause of food-related illness in the United States. See your doctor if you’r...

What is Listeria?

Prompt antibiotic treatment can help curb the effects of listeria infection. A mild case of listeria may need no treatment at all. If you see a rec...

Campylobacter Infection

Campylobacteriosis is an infection caused by bacteria you can get from contaminated food and water. About 1.3 million people are infected in the Un...

Norovirus

Most of these symptoms aren't serious, but diarrhea and vomiting can deplete your body of the fluid it needs, and you can become dehydrated. In rar...

Food Poisoning

People infected with food-borne organisms may be symptom-free or may have symptoms ranging from mild intestinal discomfort to severe dehydration an...

What You Should Know About Food Poisoning

Stool cultures are the most common lab test for food poisoning. Viruses are more difficult to see in culture, so if the specific virus needs to be ...

What Can I Do for My Plantar Fasciitis?

With plantar fasciitis, you suffer from chronic pain in the bottom of your heel or the bottom of your foot. Pain relievers: Nonsteroidal anti-infla...

Head Injury

Head injuries are damage to the scalp, skull, or brain caused by trauma. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that happens when t...