Giving a Ray of Hope Blog

By: Jillian Lach What is Cardiomyopathy? More than 30 million people in the United States have a heart disease, one of these being...

By: Fizza Zehra 1. Exercise regularly. Teenagers should be physically active at least 60 minutes every day. If you have never exercised...

By: Chanh Phan According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately, 30 million...

By: Briana Nelson Often, especially as adolescents, we find ourselves wanting to stay up into the wee hours of the morning, whether it be...

About Us Giving a Ray of Hope is a non-profit organization led by students located in the Austin community. Our goal is to spread...

By: Ankhi Banerjee Robotic surgery is a common term that you might hear pretty often. However, the technology behind this term has been...

By: Nitya Ramireddy PTSD, short for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is a mental health disorder in which a person, after witnessing or...

By: Jillian Lach What is Anorexia Nervosa? About 30 million people in the United States suffer from some type of eating disorder, and...

By: Briana Nelson When Chetna Vasishth asked Dr. Indu Khosla why she wanted to become a doctor, Khosla responded with a very honest...

By: Jillian Lach What is Scarlet Fever? Scarlet Fever is a disease that produces a bacterial toxin that causes a red rash on the body and...

By: Joy Tando There has been a shocking twenty-two million people worldwide affected by COVID-19. The virus targets patients in the lungs...

By: Krishna Grandhe In the current world of medicine, there are lots of different careers, from doctors to nurses to hospital...

by: Ashmita Kalyanaraman A medical ultrasound is a diagnostic imaging technique that is used to create an image of body structures such...

By: Jillian Lach The Main Facts Although bronchiolitis does not have a high mortality rate, it has a very high morbidity rate due to RSV...

By: Krishna Grandhe Water is a vital resource for survival. We need it to sustain our bodies, clean ourselves, and even have fun....

By Nitya Ramireddy An estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred globally in just 2018. 405,000 people died, with the majority of...

By: Jillian Lach Can ultrasound treatments really destroy cancer cells? There is no cure for cancer, meaning that about 600,000 people...

By: Jocelyn Lee Conjunctivitis, more commonly known as pinkeye, is very common among children. It is an inflammation of the conjunctiva,...

Have you ever wondered why doctors make you get a tetanus shot once every 10 years? Why do they especially make you get the vaccine after...

By Trinity Schroeder It wasn’t so long ago that Chickenpox was a universal childhood experience. I’ve heard stories from older people of...