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You gathered new information. You have questions about a many different issues. Now you want answers. Where do you find the answers to your questions? What resources do you have to get the answers about your health in particular?
Your doctor is your first thought, but you have only one ... Views:1116
Copper may cause cancer and resistance to chemotherapy.
Researchers found copper blood levels were lower in patients without cancer. They state copper is involved in the development of cancer. Analysis of patients with breast cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer showed that serum copper was ... Views:2804
Expired medications are commonplace and inertia notwithstanding, many of us tend to rely on an intuitive sense of their value in continuing to store and use them. Such drugs can be harmful to health in several ways; they can be unpredictable in effectiveness, simply ineffective, or even ... Views:1844
Starting on a medication can be an important step towards the cure or better control of a medical condition. Starting on the right foot is often invaluable to developing greater confidence and assurance in taking your medications consistently and appropriately for maximum benefit. There are ... Views:1165
A drug-food interaction occurs most commonly when the consumption of a specific food or beverage affects the activity of a drug or consumption of the drug affects the activity of the food or overall nutritional status.
When a food alters a drug’s activity or vice versa, the affected compound is ... Views:2011
An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is any unintended, noxious or undesired effect that occurs when a drug is used at accepted doses for preventing, diagnosing or treating a condition.
By this definition from the World Health Organization, ADRs can be further categorized into those that are related ... Views:1523
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of integrating clinical experience and patient values with the best available research information to optimize patient outcomes.
A healthcare provider concluding on a clinical decision through EBM can be akin to a financial analyst concluding on a ... Views:1416
A drug-drug interaction involves one drug affecting the activity of another usually when both are concurrently administered. Such interactions can result in the reduced or enhanced activity of one or both drugs. While many forms of drug-drug interactions exist, most can be broadly classified ... Views:1336
So, you go to your doctor’s office and get your cholesterol checked. Standard operating procedure, right?
We have been taught since grade school that low cholesterol levels are the best way to lower your heart disease risk.
So, if you DO happen to have “high cholesterol”, and the definition of ... Views:1569
Nutrient rich foods have long been associated with cancer treatment, with mounting evidence about the effect these foods have on disease prevention and reversal. Food Matters, an online nutritional information website, has this month launched its Cancer Learning Program.
The learning program ... Views:1192
Polypharmacy: What Cost in Morbidity and Mortality?
It is common practice in Medicine to put patients on combinations of drugs. The vast majority of these combinations of drugs (especially where 3 or more drugs are involved) have never been studied at all, let alone in double-blind trials ... Views:974
Investing in self-improvement will still be a priority for many in 2009 according to recent predictions made by the leadership of the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety. The most prevalent prediction: a continued growth in consumers who elect to enhance personal appearance with cosmetic ... Views:1064
Back in the olden days–say 1960–doctors diagnosed thyroid problems by asking about symptoms, then working to alleviate them. Simple system, that. And it worked for the 20% of the population with flaky thyroid glands.
Ah, but then blood tests, purportedly able to diagnose thyroid ... Views:1455
This article explains how somatic exercises make back pain vanish and why they are probably the fastest, most lasting way to end most back pain. They work not by suppressing symptoms, but by clearing up their underlying cause and the cause underlying that, so that no further damage occurs to ... Views:2522
Four in every 100 people have lazy eye or amblyopia. At birth, the infant usually learns to use their eyes together once they are opened. Seeing is a learned skill and it may not be an easy one because nobody is born with the ability to use the eyes together to focus. The fact is, infants are ... Views:17904
Laser eye surgery is one of the most advanced procedures performed today to correct vision problems. In this surgical procedure, light rays are bent or refracted by the cornea so that they are directed on the retina. (The retina is a layer of cells that senses light). Before you plan to undergo ... Views:4770
The Sides of the Window are Puzzling and Require a Few More Office Questions. The reason to ask the questions is simple: we want to know exactly how the medication is working in the context of time of day, duration of effectiveness, and predictable expectations from the specific medication in ... Views:2696
First Learn the Basics of How Medications Work
Stimulant medications for ADD have certain easy-to-recognize features regarding how they are working. If you understand those features you can adjust medications correctly; if you don't, you simply won't get them right, - and the entire treatment ... Views:2308
If you have recently developed kidney failure and have also undergone heart bypass surgery, the Trasylol may have been the cause. For people who were administered Trasylol during their heart bypass surgery may have caused their kidney failure. Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, has ... Views:1077
Perhaps your hectic schedule prevents you from visiting your friend who is in the hospital recovering from surgery. Maybe your friend is restricted, doctor’s orders, from receiving guests. Maybe, just maybe, you don’t visit your friend in the hospital because every time you think ... Views:4659
Mr. P.D., a 50 year old married male, presented to this examiner asking if anything could be done for his Sjogren’s Syndrome.
Sjogren’s Syndrome is a chronic illness in which white blood cells attack various glands in the body that produce moisture. Initial symptoms occur in the ... Views:2215
Article Title: Some Cognitive Effects of Head Injury
Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, brain damage, neuro-psychology, medical information, medical resources
Other Articles are available at: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles.html
(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet ... Views:968
Less than 100 years ago, people slept 9 hours a night on average; now most of us are getting less than 7 hours a night, if even that. We have modern conveniences that are supposed to save us time, but really these conveniences just give us time to do more and sleep less. Before you simply ... Views:3994
You may be having trouble, like many, consuming 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Do you have intestinal problems that limit how many servings a day you can eat before distress sets in? If you do, there is good news. Supplements in stores today have bioflavenoids which are ... Views:1615
Most of us get heartburn at least on occasion. It can be quite unpleasant and even scary as it can imitate a heart attack. However, it's usually nothing to loose sleep over unless it happens on a chronic and consistent basis. If you get it often, it could be caused by acid reflux disease in ... Views:6572
In my quest for gathering information to share with my fellow “Fibromytes” I’ve found it hard to find a starting point. There are so many aspects of Fibromyalgia and the plethora of medical conditions that accompany it, it makes it hard to trudge through all the important facts because, to me, ... Views:1168
Statin drugs are being prescribed in higher and more potent doses to increasing numbers of people (even those with normal cholesterol levels) for "hypercholesterolemia” - which some doctors call a non-illness. What most physicians often overlook is that patients on statins deplete their ... Views:923
Reproductive medicine has been around for centuries now. In fact the first known book on gynecology and obstetrics, 'The Complete Book of Effective Prescriptions for Diseases of Women', was published in China in 1237 A.D. This area of medicine and science has received worldwide attention from ... Views:948
Breast enhancement creams are often used with breast enhancement pills. They can enhance the effects of the pills or can be used independently to increase the size and firmness of the breasts.
Breast enhancement pills are one among the many non-surgical methods used for increasing the size of ... Views:1719
The system exposes the secrets.
See, 30 years ago, just about all of our major healthcare problems and disease were virtually unknown. Today, they're almost a certainty (if you live long enough of course).
And yet consider this: - Never in the history of the world has any other country come ... Views:1540
According to researches, Tai Chi, a Chinese exercise that uses both mind and body, can aid in preventing the shingles virus by increasing the body’s immunity against the VZV or varicella-zoster virus. Aside from preventing it, Tai Chi can also boost the body’s response to the vaccine ... Views:736
Chelation Therapy was first used during world war one by the British as a result of arsenic based poison gas used indescrimitively in that war. An organic dithio compound was used to bond with the arsenic in the bloodstream and exiting the body through the kidneys and liver. This therapy ... Views:850
It was a stretch of the imagination to anticipate what could possibly have caused me to stop practicing dentistry. I entered my career with the sense that my body and mind were able to manage the strains and pressures of clinical practice. Essentially most dental students are near their physical ... Views:1157
Laparoscopy is direct visualization of the peritoneal cavity, and organ inside peritoneal cavity. The laparoscope is an instrument somewhat like a miniature telescope with a fiber optic system which brings light into the abdomen. It is about as big around as a fountain pen and twice as long. An ... Views:882
We all have problems dealing with loss of vision and when we hear big words like “Keratoconus” we definitely struggle with questions. Looking for a way to get rid of it. We often struggle with questions like “What happens now?” “How will this effect my life” “Will I go blind?”
While those are ... Views:1023
Most of us enter the world of hospital-based advocacy as a “beginner.” We lack either:
• the technical knowledge because we are not trained in medicine; or
• the personal knowledge because we have never been an advocate and/or patient before.
For hospital personnel, we ... Views:1278
Most of us head to the hospital to visit a sick or recovering friend or family member without giving it a thought. Give it a thought! There are many things you can and should do to make sure the experience is both positive and safe for you, the patient and your family.
What top things should ... Views:945
“Shift Happens” has been posted on the wall of my office for many years. As a change management consultant, I placed it there as a reminder that the work I do within organizations and with executives occurs, oftentimes, at a snail’s pace. Frequently, I have to recall that this ... Views:949
ABC Television’s, The View, featuring Whoopie Goldberg and Joy Behar, recently had Dr. Nancy Snyderman on to talk about her book, “Medical Myths that can Kill You,” in which Dr. Snyderman reveals a number of popular misconceptions among the general public – and even among ... Views:1157
Since sinusitis is such a prevalent condition that affects millions of people each year, it is no surprise that there are also so many ways recommended to cure sinusitis. There are some who even go to such lengthy measures as to declare that their recommendations are miracle cures for sinusitis. ... Views:863
Tobramycin is an antibiotic that is used to cure sinusitis. There are mixed reports regarding the effectiveness of its use. Some state that about 98% of the time, tobramycin successfully cures sinusitis. Others maintain that it doesn’t really help, and can generate too much unwanted side ... Views:711
Living with chronic pain is draining, disturbing, frightening, debilitating and terribly disruptive. Sometimes the injury or ailment is visible like the results of a severe automobile accident or stroke. Frequently there is no apparent "cause" as the pain results from stenosis, immune disorders ... Views:1987
Recent news in medicine shows that Argentina has become one of the leading countries that offers great medical procedures both in terms of quality and cost. Hundreds of US patients visit the country and went back home with results only experts could guarantee. According to statistics most of the ... Views:1132
Food allergies are becoming extremely common. There has been a substantial increase in severe food allergy cases in the last few years. Food allergy also called as food intolerance or food hypersensitivity is the reaction triggered by the immune system to harmless foods. Food allergies occur in ... Views:898
There is no one perfect test, vitamin, food or exercise program that fits everyone. That is the beauty of Functional Diagnostic Medicine. It looks at everyone as an individual with treatment based upon their unique chemistry and makeup.
Allow me to share a couple of patient success stories ... Views:1060
Often in the spring, when pollen is floating freely in the air, humans find themselves sneezing and blowing noses, and often forget that seasonal allergies can affect their beloved canines as well. Airborne irritants such as dust mites, mold spores, and pollen are inhaled from the surrounding ... Views:906
Children these days are fond of driving bikes, and there are many available which don’t have gears and can be driven by anyone. It is fun to watch them drive around on these smart looking scooters in full speed racing their friends. If you are someone who has recently discovered that your ... Views:2530
It would not be too much fun if you had to lie on the bed or remain in one place all the time. You would need someone to help you with everything, right from a glass of water to getting your food served on your bed. This would make life difficult for you and others as you will need someone ... Views:965