Atopic Dermatitis

Individuals with atopic dermatitis, or eczema, suffer from a chronic disease that causes extremely itchy, inflamed skin. Find out more about this disease, its symptoms, and treatments. 37 pp.

Cytopathology (Pap Smears)

Cytopathology is the study of disease in cells. Despite all of the technological advances which have occurred in medicine in the last 100 years, the cervicovaginal smear, or Pap smear, named for its developer, Dr. George Papanicolaou, is still one of the few tests we have available which can detect the presence of a premalignant lesion allowing for the prevention of cancer.

Pathology of Drug Abuse

Smoking, Alcoholism, Intravenous Drug Abuse, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, GHB, Ecstasy, and  Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids

Pathology of Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the organism that is the causative agent for tuberculosis (TB).

Obesity Tutorial

At the beginning of the 21st century, for the first time in human history, more of the earth's population suffers from too much food, rather than from lack of food. This has resulted in an increasing number of persons who are obese. This is a problem even amongst children. Half of persons in the U.S. are overweight enough to be defined as obese.