by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 11/04/2025 | Genetic and Hereditary Diseases
Content discussed in this post What sickle cell disease is Symptoms and how the disease presents across the lifespan Complications that require immediate attention Sickle cell trait vs sickle cell disease Diagnosis, newborn screening, and tests Day-to-day treatment...
by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 10/30/2025 | Cancers and Tumors, Health Fun Facts
Content discussed in this post What cancer is and key terms Benign vs malignant: what changes in practice Metastasis: how cancer spreads Staging: TNM and clinical stages How to read survival statistics with sensitivity Treatments: surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy,...
by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 10/28/2025 | Health Fun Facts
Content discussed in this post Why we are discussing this now What Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is Tylenol and autism: what studies do and do not show Causation vs correlation: where many go wrong Why it “seems” there is more autism today Risks of health...
by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 10/23/2025 | Health Fun Facts
Content discussed in this post What collagen is and how the body absorbs it Does collagen work for skin during weight loss What to do and what to take to minimize skin laxity Time course and factors that determine laxity When to consider excess-skin surgery How the...
by Dr. Gabriel M. Freitas | 10/21/2025 | Dermatological Disease, Infectious Diseases
Content discussed in this post What syphilis is and why it matters now How transmission happens: kissing, sexuality, and oral sex Symptoms by stage: primary, secondary, and tertiary Latency, neurosyphilis, and congenital syphilis Tests: when to test, window period,...