Blausen Medical Communications was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1991 by Bruce Blausen, a gifted physician and artist and visionary medical illustrator who took notice of the power inherent in rich media for alleviating patient concerns. With the goal of providing consumers and students with free access to high-quality educational content, including medical and scientific […]

While you might expect to go to the doctor’s office and receive a slipped disc diagnosis if you have been experiencing chronic back or neck pain, this likely won’t be the case. That’s because a slipped disc isn’t really a condition as much as it is a colloquial expression that is used to describe pain […]

If you think that you might be experiencing the symptoms of a slipped disc, it is important that you visit a doctor to diagnose the origin of the problem and to learn about the numerous treatment options that are available to you. In most cases, discomfort stemming from a problem with an intervertebral disc can […]

Up to a mile deep, 18 miles wide, and a jaw-dropping 277 miles long, the Grand Canyon is a stupendous chasm in the Earth\’s surface. In fact, it\’s one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Approximately 5 million people visit the canyon each year. You can see the Grand Canyon a few different […]

Just about everyone would like to improve their health and feel better. But exactly what does that mean? In general terms, a healthy lifestyle can be defined by four basic criteria: proper nutrition, weight maintenance, exercise, and not smoking. Many people cite a lack of time as the reason they forgo participation in wellness initiatives. […]

Your dream is to become an entrepreneur, captain of the ship, and master of your own destiny. You have striking talent and the requisite drive, and maybe you’ve grown weary of spending all of your time and effort working for someone else. If you’ve always wanted to start your own company, maybe the time is […]

I can\’t tell you how tired I was of hearing the same lies over and over again from people that were supposed to be supporting me through my Generalized Anxiety, panic attacks, OCD and other mental health challenges. Often I face a new client who, because of the lies they\’ve been fed through the many […]

I recently read some rather depressing medical news – and that is that anti-depressants don\’t work. What\’s worse is that we have all been conned by the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry telling us how much they DO work. We all know what a common problem depression is in mental health care. It is well […]

There are some things that you just need to hold back from saying when it comes to communicating effectively with someone with an anxiety disorder. Although anxious people hear these kinds of comments and questions quite often, they don’t get any easier to hear as time goes by. If you are part of a support […]

Have you perfected the part of you that puts on a happy face for people so they don\’t realize how unhappy you are? Have you resigned yourself to the idea that, even though you want so much more in your life – better friendships, increased energy, time for yourself and your family – you will […]