If you’ve been listening to the medical community intermittently recently, you may have heard the word “holistic” dropped every so often. You might have heard it, but you may not have much of an idea of what it means and simply dismissed it as medical jargon. The term is used to describe an approach of […]
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The heated debate, within diet circles, that began a few years ago and continues today is over the effectiveness of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate, type diet versus its counterpart, the high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. To the delight of the Atkins diet enthusiasts, recent studies have suggested that a diet high in protein and low in fat has […]
Do you think that you must spend lots of money to get what you truly want? Many people think that they have to pay lots of money to get the “quality” associated with that price tag. Really, something of a generic nature with a cheaper price can be just as good if not better than […]
Hot flashes are characterized by a sudden feeling of heat often accompanied with a reddening of the face and profuse sweating. For some, it is as mild as a brief warm flushing of the face and skin. For others, it is experienced as an intense heat on the face and upper body with intense sweating. […]
Steroids are derivatives of testosterone, the hormone that regulates your body functions. There are mainly two ways of taking steroids; oral and injection. Oral steroids are available in for of pills that you can take orally. The injectable steroids are available in forms of injections, jabs, or shots, which are injected intramuscular. Steroids are lawfully […]
As reported in the Los Angeles Times article on 2/19/05 “Suspect painkillers win fda panel ok”, The fda advisory panel “voted Friday, to let Doctors prescribe COX-2 painkillers, including Celebrex and Vioxx, but recommended stronger warnings about the risk of heart attacks and strokes.” Even after Merck removed Vioxx from the shelves last fall, And […]