54 articles on "medication"

The Number One Reason Why Older People Can Go Downhill Fast

There is a reason why many older become unable to live independently. It happened to one of our neighbors twice in one year. She fell first in her kitchen and broke her back. She tripped over an area rug. She was in the hospital for months. The se...

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Over 1,000,000 Preventable Deaths A Year Are Due to Medication Mistakes

On March 5, 2010, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) reported that a nursing home in Wadena was blamed for administering the wrong medication to three of its residents. And because of these medication errors, the three residents were sent to the emergency ...

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Allergy Treatment Guide

Allergy Treatment Guide by: Kelly Gillis Allergy can be described as a malfunction of the immune system, an exaggerated response to certain substances. Allergies come in all different shapes and sizes, some as benign, but bothersome as the sneez...

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis by: John Smith Psoriasis is a skin disease that is constant and never ending. It can be recognized by red patches of skin that are covered with white scales. People with Psoriasis usually have this red scaling looking rash on various p...

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Dog Joint Pain Symptoms and Treatments

As your dog starts to age, it is important to start paying out more attention to their health wishes. As with humans, as dogs age their bodies begin to wear down, and they can develop issues with their joints, vision, hearing, and so on. With correct...

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Melatonin, Sleep Enhancement, and ADHD - Auto Recovery

Melatonin, Sleep Enhancement, and ADHD - Auto Recovery by: Anthony Kane, MD Overview Melatonin is a natural hormone, which is produced and secreted by the pineal gland. Melatonin plays an important role in the regulation of many hormones in the ...

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What You Should Know About Mixing Medications and Diet

What You Should Know About Mixing Medications and Diet by: D.S. Epperson "...Medicine is dominated by a conservative inertia in which, for what they conceive of as medical-legal safety, 95% of the entire pack moves forward slowly, and together, ...

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The Cox-2 Prescription Painkillers Are Back

This past week, the FDA held a meeting in order to decide what should be done about Merck’s Vioxx and Pfizer’s Bextra and Celebrex. The Food and Drug Administration originally intended to ban these pain medications. However, this was challenged b...

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Bextra and Vioxx Alternative Medications Have Warnings, Too.

At the urging of the Food and Drug Administration, the drugs Vioxx and Bextra have both been voluntarily withdrawn from the market by their manufacturers. Studies show that these drugs, part of a family of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID...

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How To Choose Which Hair Loss Remedy Is Right For You

Hair loss is not always treatable. Before going any farther, understand that there is no magical cure for hair loss. Here are some ways that it can be stopped or slowed, but nothing is a guarantee.Your primary need is to see a doctor to talk about y...

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