Posted on September 2nd, 2010
b>What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome, characterized by
widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and specific tender areas of
soft tissue. It is often difficult to diagnose, due to the lack
of a specific laboratory test, but it is estimated that there
are 3-6 million fibromyalgia sufferers in the US alone. The
causes of FM are still unclear, though recent studies have
theorized that it may arise following a period of trauma,
illness, or following a period of environmental ...
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Posted on September 1st, 2010
What could be more serious than to be on the receiving end of an
STD. The answer is, millions of people are choosing to ignore
the warning signs of safe sex therefore causing epidemics like
the plague.
The plague as I remember go back to the days of Guy Fawkes where
people had no help or treatment like we have today in the 21st
century. . Ignorance has to be top of the list why this is a
major concern. If you told me that a death sentence came with
casual unprotected sex you would not have to ...
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Posted on August 31st, 2010
Chronic headaches are a problem for many thousands of Americans,
yet the vast majority never fully pinpoints the cause of their
pain. Headaches can be caused by stress, poor posture, how you
sleep, how many hours per day you spend looking at a computer
screen, or any number of variables. Often, someone will visit a
few doctors and chiropractors before giving up and resigning to
a life of chronic headache pain. However, there is usually one
stone left to be turned'
Neuromuscular Dentistry In ...
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Posted on August 31st, 2010
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Posted on August 30th, 2010
Currently, there are no known side effects for most hyaluronic
acid products including pills, serums, creams and liquids.
However, there are some side effects associated with knee and
facial injections.
Some of the less common side effects for knee injections of
hyaluronic acid include: blue color or flushing or redness of
skin, cough, difficulty in swallowing, dizziness or feeling
faint, fever, redness or pain at place of injection, skin rash,
hives, and/or itching, stuffy nose, swelling of ...
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Posted on August 23rd, 2010
Oral diabetic medications that can cause low blood sugar or
hypoglycemia
The following sulfonylurea medications for diabetes can cause
hypoglycemia or low blood sugar as a side effect.
* Glipizide (Glucotrol)
* Glyburide (such as DiaBeta, Glynase, Micronase)
* Glimepiride (Amaryl)
Repaglinide (Prandin) and nateglinide (Starlix) are not
sulfonylurea medications. However, they work in the same way and
can also cause low blood sugar as a side effect.
You are unlikely to develop hypoglycemia or ...
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Posted on August 22nd, 2010
Because hypoglycemia can effect your driving performance (even
modestly low blood sugar can do this), if you are at all prone
to hypoglycemia, I personally would strongly recommend you check
out your blood sugar level each time you are about to drive.
Prior to you putting the key in the ignition, test your blood
sugar. There are some great glucometers out there, like the
Accu-Check Compact with the Accu-Check Multi-clix lancet pen.
The Accu-Check Compact has a 17 strip drum inside so you ...
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Posted on August 20th, 2010
Question : My 17-year-old son's nose is quite sensitive
nowadays, especially after a game of basketball. He sneezes
quite a lot after that. Is he likely to get sinusitis?
Answer : Sinusitis is characterised by inflammation of accessory
nasal sinuses, blocked sinus drainage due to congestion and
muco- sal oedema that is prone bacterial infection. Symptoms of
sinusitis include; headache, earache, toothache, facial pain,
tenderness over the forehead and cheekbones, and occasionally a
high fever. ...
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Posted on August 19th, 2010
Question : My sister, 20, has had difficulty moving her bowels
since childhood. She usually does so once a week. The excreta is
large and hard, resulting in pain. She takes fruit and
vegetables daily.
Answer : Constipation is characterised by difficulty in passing
stool or an absence of the urge to eliminate. In general, if the
bowel movement is less than three times in a week or the bowel
movement is regular but the stool is hard or difficult to pass,
it is defined as constipation.
Symptoms ...
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Posted on August 18th, 2010
A migraine is a throbbing or pulsating headache that is often
one sided (unilateral) and associated with nausea; vomiting;
sensitivity to light, sound, smells; sleep disruption, and
depression. Attacks are often recurrent and tend to become less
severe as the migraine sufferer ages.
Types
Migraines are classified according to the symptoms they produce.
The two most common types are migraine with aura and migraine
without aura. Less common types include the following: Basilar
artery migraine, ...
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