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Yearly Archives: 2009
Fractures in Osteoporotic Men and Women
Osteoporosis is a condition in which there is a gradual softening of the bones which makes them fragile. It is caused by the loss of calcium. Our current understanding has been that osteoporosis occurs most often in women after the … Continue reading
What Do You Know About Bone Marrow Transplant?
Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of your bones, such as your hip and thigh bones. When bone marrow transplant occurs, this spongy healthy tissue is used to replace unhealthy blood-forming cells. The important thing to remember about … Continue reading
Anal Itch Can Drive you Embarrassingly Crazy
Anal itch or some people may call it rectal itch is also known as pruritus ani (proo-rí-tus a-ní). It is a fairly common condition. Most people think that the reason they cannot stop scratching their butt is because of hemorrhoids. … Continue reading
Does Hand Washing Prevent the Spread of Infection
Cleanliness is next to godliness. My guess is, your mother said this to you many times when you were growing up. Now you say that to your children. What does that really mean? What it means is that except for … Continue reading
Vitamin Supplements Are Recommended For Healthy Individuals
Medical teaching says that a healthy individual, who eats a good diet, does not require vitamin supplements. He should be able to meet his vitamin needs from his healthy diet. But the public interest in vitamin supplements is enormous – … Continue reading
There Are Good Ways to Treat Hemorrhoids
The earliest writings on the subject of symptomatic hemorrhoids occurred in 400 BC by Hippocrates. Red-hot iron was used to cauterize the hemorrhoids. In 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was defeated by the British because he was too … Continue reading
Ten Reasons Why I Had H1N1 Vaccination
Recently, President Barack Obama declared swine flu a U.S. national emergency. His daughters, Malia (age 10) with Sasha (age received their H1N1 vaccinations last week. The President and the First Lady will wait their turn as they do not meet … Continue reading
Delirium After Surgery is Common in the Elderly
A dictionary defines delirium as a temporary state of mental confusion resulting from high fever, intoxication, shock or other causes, and characterized by anxiety, disorientation, memory impairment, hallucinations, trembling and incoherent speech. Delirium after surgery under general anaesthetic is common … Continue reading
Can you blame problems of the child on the parents?
As a parent, do you blame yourself if your child does not grow up to your expectation? I am no expert on the subject but a recent article in American Scientific Mind asked, “Do parents matter?” made me do some … Continue reading
Good Sleep is Necessary for Losing Weight
A study published in the May issue of Psychoneuroendocrinology says that getting enough rest promotes weight loss. Without enough deep sleep, fat accumulates. Ok, this is not a joke. Read on…. Two hormones in our body, ghrelin and leptin, control … Continue reading
What Do We Know About Artificial Sweetners?
An artificial sweetener is a sugar substitute which duplicates the effect of sugar in taste but has fewer calories. Some sugar substitutes are natural and some are synthetic. Those that are not natural are, in general, referred to as artificial … Continue reading
Had Your Butt Checked Out Lately?
There are more jokes and humorous videos on the internet about colonoscopy than about mammography or cervical cancer screening. The reason is quite obvious. Most people do not like the idea of people inserting long tubes and cameras in the … Continue reading
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Why some scars do not look pretty?
As part of a nomal healing process, the body forms a scar after an invasive medical or surgical procedure, after tattoos and piercings and after ordinary events, such as insect bites and trauma from scratching. When the body fails to … Continue reading
Addiction to Sugar Continues to Adversely Affect our Health
It is reported that the North American diet contains about 20 per cent sugar. This is equivalent to 30 teaspoons a day! Most of it is hidden in pop, processed food and baked goods. Like alcohol, sugar has no nutritional … Continue reading