An energy drink that has been grabbing the attention of the media as well as many health officials is a hybrid alcoholic-energy drink called Four Loko. State governments are already…

There are times when sexual predators (“sex offenders”) will successfully assault another, which in 2007, was reported as having occurred to 248,300 victims.  This number equates to someone being sexually…

Childhood memories last a lifetime and the excitement of waking up in the morning and catching your favorite Saturday morning cartoon with a bowl of cereal is definitely one many can relate to. Case studies show that television and certain educational programming contribute greatly to the growth of children. In fact many upcoming and new cartoon programs directed towards children are created in the interest to inform and teach the fundamental growth of their intellectual abilities. These programs are played in book stores, day cares, and even hospitals to provide “entertainment” while teaching them. Children hospitals around the country set up their lounges so that children have access to these cartoons and being in the medical assistant profession you’ll be sure to encounter some toddlers with a fascination for cartoons. Here’s an infographic to help you get familiarized.

Mental illness has been an ongoing issue in American and all over the world. Fact: 1 in 3 Americans have a mental disability. It’s amazing to think that we encounter 1 in 3 people we might know in our daily lives with some sort of mental disability. It’s no different in the medical field and definitely more prevalent being a nurse. When going into the medical assistant profession, you’ll most likely run into someone with some sort of mental illness. It’s important to understand the signs and stats on this matter and get more familiar with it can only help you. Take a look at what’s happening today and the current status of mental illness in this nifty infographic.

Getting a wound or a cut is definitely not fun, but bleeding is probably the first sign that your body is functioning correctly. But voluntarily letting someone take your blood might take some courage! We’ve all at one point in our lives had someone draw our blood and most likely that person was a nurse. Going into the medical assistant profession, you’ll be sure to encounter many different situations and many of those situations are going to involve blood in some way. Whether you’ll have to draw blood or analyze it, your extensive knowledge about blood will definitely come to use even after medical assistant school. Here’s a nice infographic about blood and interesting things about blood you may not have known.