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- How Alcoholism Is Diagnosed? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Jack TaylorMany people find taking liquor a pleasant way to relax and beat stress. It has become an acceptable and common practice to take booze at social gatherings. There is a very fine line between drinking at parties, occasions and alcohol abuse. Many people cross this line, without even knowing that ...
Views: 1831 - How To Live Sober After Treatment of Alcoholism? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2012 from Jack TaylorGetting free from alcoholism is a tedious task and a blessing. There are numerous treatment programs for addicts and except few effective ones nothing helps. Addicts need the desired will and commitment to get rid of the drinking habits. Going for a treatment program is not just enough, ...
Views: 989 - Detoxification, Treatment For Alcoholism - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorDetoxification refers to cleaning of blood. It is used as a treatment for alcoholism. Through this process body is allowed to dispose of the alcohol in the body and it also helps to manage withdrawal symptoms with ease. It is used for cleaning the body of alcohol, and then patient is treated ...
Views: 1125 - Helping Alcoholics to Get Rid of Alcoholism - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Jack Taylorlcoholism is a dreadful addiction. It creeps in slowly and many social drinkers fall prey to it without knowing that they are trapped in alcohol addiction. There are many factors which could help a person to become alcoholic. Line between social drinking and alcohol addiction is very thin and ...
Views: 1179 - Risk Factors For Alcoholism - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorThere are many risk factors, which could trigger alcoholism. If these risk factors are timely detected and precautions are taken, it is possible to prevent onset of alcoholism. Some of the risk factors for alcoholism are as follows- Steady Drinking for Long Periods- If a drinker is in habit ...
Views: 992 - Tips To Prevent Kidney Stones - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Jack TaylorA kidney stone is a solid mass of material that forms in a kidney. They are formed by the salt deposits and other minerals present in the urine. The size of stone may vary from a tiny sand particle to a golf ball. Many of the times people don’t know that they have stones. The stone can block the ...
Views: 846 - Drug Addiction - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Jack TaylorDrug addiction is a dangerous trend that badly affects the health of humans. People suffering from drug addiction develop an uncontrollable compulsion of having drugs. Their craving becomes so intense that they do not even worry for consequences. Prolonged use of drugs on a compulsive basis ...
Views: 1198 - Drug Addiction Support Groups - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Jack TaylorIt’s not easy to be free of drug addiction. There are many treatment options available for drug addiction including medication and psychological therapies. There are rehabilitation centers to help addicts get out of their addiction. The recovery process does not end as the treatment is ...
Views: 895 - Preventing Poisonings At Home: Safety Tips - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Jack TaylorAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year nearly 80 people succumb to poisoning which can be easily avoided. To do that, all you need is a bit of awareness and follow some simple safety precautions. Medicines, cosmetics, hair dyes, house plants, pesticides and ...
Views: 731 - Cocaine Addiction And Harmful Effects - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorCocaine or Benzoylmethylecgonine is obtained from the leaves of coca plant. It is an alkaloid and is crystalline in nature. It is a serotonin norepinephrine dopamine reuptake inhibitor. It affects central nervous system and elevates the release of dopamine, brain chemical. It gives a highly ...
Views: 1493 - Cocaine Abuse And Treatment - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorCocaine is a powerful addictive drug and one of the most abused ones in the world. It is used as a stimulant drug or mood enhancer. Cocaine hydrochloride salt, which comes in powder form, is used by addicts to get a high. It is either snorted or injected by dissolving it in water. Another form ...
Views: 1043 - Impaired Glucose Tolerance - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorImpaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a state when the person has blood glucose levels that are higher than normal, but below the level of diabetes. It is a pre-diabetic state of dysglycemia. It occurs due to impaired secretion of insulin or reduced insulin sensitivity (insulin resistance) in the ...
Views: 1043 - Treatment of Impaired Glucose Tolerance - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorImpaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a medical condition in which a person has higher than normal blood glucose levels but below the level of diabetes. According to WHO impaired glucose tolerance may be defined as two-hour glucose levels of 140 to 199 mg per dL (7.8 to 11.0 mmol) on the 75-g oral ...
Views: 1886 - Complete Recovery Of Drug Addicts - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jack TaylorFor an addict, the process of recovering does not end after completion of treatment. Once he gets rid of the drugs, he may still be suffering from damage caused by them. Treatment also does not do up with financial problems or the legal problems as well, which often come as consequences of ...
Views: 930 - Actos: Bladder Cancer Lawsuit - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jack TaylorOn April 25, 2012, Donald Shingleton, who hails from West Virginia, filed a lawsuit against Takeda Pharmaceuticals claiming that he suffered bladder cancer after taking an anti-diabetic drug, Actos. The drug is prescribed to diabetes patients and contains pioglitazone as the main ingredient. ...
Views: 1028 - Actos and Rhabdomyolysis - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jack TaylorRhabdomyolysis is a serious medical condition in which muscle cells that have been torn and damaged enter the bloodstream and cause problems in the normal functioning of kidneys. Rhabdomyolysis can be fatal as the muscle proteins that get into the blood can cause kidney damage. There are many ...
Views: 1170 - Accutane: The Anti-Acne Drug - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jack TaylorAcne is one of the most disliked skin conditions that effects people living all over the world. Acne is characterized by the presence of whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, rashes, scaly skin and scarring. The pharmaceutical industry today boasts of a plethora of anti-acne products that can be used ...
Views: 1374 - Accutane’s Ban in US - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Jack TaylorAccutane is a notorious drug that is sold with close supervision from FDA. Accutane contains isotretnoin, a retinoid used to treat skin diseases, particularly acne vulgaris. Accutane is one of the controversial drugs in US that are blamed to be causing much damage with their side effects. The ...
Views: 4605 - Diet for Diabetes Management - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Jack TaylorTreatment of Diabetes not only involves insulin injections and medicine but a whole lot of lifestyle changes including exercise and diet. Diet plays a very important role in proper management of Diabetes. It is the key factor to maintain sugar level and healthy weight. Having a well balanced ...
Views: 867 - Treatment of Type I Diabetes - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Jack TaylorTreatment of type I Diabetes involves a wide range of things starting from insulin injections to other life style changes. Though Type I Diabetes cannot be cured fully, it is possible to maintain the sugar at a healthy level. If a patient maintains normal sugar level, he or she can lead a normal ...
Views: 1088 - Treatment for Type II Diabetes - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Jack TaylorTreatment of Type II Diabetes is a comprehensive program. It involves a lot of things besides medications. Though it is not fully curable, it could be managed in such a way that patients could lead a normal healthy life. Type II Diabetes generally becomes worse with time. Initially diet control ...
Views: 843 - Diabetes and Heart Disease - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetic patients are more prone to develop many health complications. Diabetes could be prevented with life style changes and regular exercise. It is not reversible. Due to high blood sugar level in blood, diabetic patients are more likely to develop other health complications. Diabetes ...
Views: 639 - Risk Factors Type I Diabetes - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorType I Diabetes is not as common as Type II and only 5-10% of total diabetic people suffer from Type I diabetes. It is prevalent mostly in children and teenagers. Type I Diabetes is most common in patients of Caucasian decent. Most of the patients with Type I Diabetes are diagnosed when they are ...
Views: 616 - Risk Factors For Type II Diabetes - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorType II Diabetes is the most common form of Diabetes. It develops due to body’s failure to respond to the insulin produced by the pancreas. Due to insulin resistance there is a false deficiency of insulin leading to high sugar level. It is also known as non-insulin dependent Diabetes. There are ...
Views: 773 - Gestational Diabetes Risk Factors - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Jack TaylorGestational Diabetes gets developed in women during pregnancy. It is health condition in which a pregnant woman develops intolerance to carbohydrate. There are certain factors, which increase the risk of Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy. The more the risk factors the likely patient is to ...
Views: 837 - Healthy Living - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Jack TaylorLife is precious. We now live in an age where environmental and industrial risks pose serious challenges to healthy living. Healthy resources of life are depleting fast and lifestyle also has witnessed some drastic changes. Food habits, contamination, pollution, work stress are some of the ...
Views: 902 - Boehringer Ingelheim To Face Pradaxa Stroke Lawsuits - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Jack TaylorBoehringer Ingelheim is going to face many lawsuits related to strokes caused by its blood-thinning drug Pradaxa. Many patients claim that they have suffered hemorrhagic strokes following the use of Pradaxa. Pradaxa is used to prevent an ischemic stroke, which is caused by clots in the blood ...
Views: 1075 - Pradaxa Heart Attack Lawsuits - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Jack TaylorMore lawsuits related to heart attack due to Pradaxa use are anticipated in the coming future as new reports of heart attack due to Pradaxa use are made public with each passing day. Pradaxa is a blood thinner, manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Some side effects of ...
Views: 883 - Internet Addiction - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Jack TaylorInternet has led a revolution in information technology and has made it easy to access different type of information and services. At the same time, it has also given rise to an addiction disorder called Internet addiction disorder (IAD). This addiction refers too overuse of Internet. Ease of ...
Views: 1096 - Pradaxa Internal Bleeding Lawsuits Against Boehringer Ingelheim - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Jack TaylorThere are many lawsuits being filed against Boehringer Ingelheim related to Pradaxa internal bleeding. U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received around 300 reports of Pradaxa side effects in first three months after the approval of Pradaxa. Around 250 cases of death due to internal bleeding ...
Views: 678 - Boehringer Ingelheim Showered With Pradaxa Lawsuits - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Jack TaylorBoehringer Ingelheim is being showered with several lawsuits related to side effects of its blood-thinning drug Pradaxa. Pradaxa was approved for prevention of strokes in patients of arterial fibrillation on October 19th 2010. Artrial fibrillation is a health condition in which there are very ...
Views: 1423 - Gaming - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Jack TaylorIndulgence in games such as Internet games or video games could lead to gaming addiction. This is one of the most common addictions found in younger age groups especially teens. Gaming addiction can become a big obstacle in the healthy development of a child or a teen. There are different ...
Views: 1232 - Diabetes and Kidney Failure - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Jack TaylorPatients suffering from Diabetes may develop kidney problems if they have persistent high level of glucose. This could lead to other complications as kidney filters waste in our body and excrete them through urine. If kidney is unable to work it could lead to waste deposition in the body and ...
Views: 1145 - Types of Diabetes - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes mellitus is a health condition in which a patient suffers from high sugar level in blood. High sugar level can be an indication of low or no production of insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone produced by pancreas and is reponsible for maintainance of sugar level in the blood. Other ...
Views: 874 - Gambling - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Jack TaylorGambling addiction is a mental problem. It is an impulse control problem and could be of many types as there are various types of gambling games. Patients suffering from it become persistent gamblers even after it starts harming them. They are not able to get rid of it despite having desire to ...
Views: 1962(1 vote) - Signs and Symptoms of Type I Diabetes - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes is medical condition a person has high blood sugar. This could be due to less production of Insulin or insuline resistance by the body. High blood sugar could result into polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia. Type 1 diabetes is caused due to stoppage of insuline production by ...
Views: 799 - Diabetes Complications - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes does not come alone and generally brings many other health complications and diseases with it. Once a patient is in a pre diabetes stage, he or she could prevent diabetes by making life style changes, diet changes, exercise and other ways to stop development of Diabetes through ...
Views: 876 - Diabetes Info - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes is a common metabolic disease that affects millions of people throughout the world. As per medical reports there are more than 20 million diabetic patients in U.S. alone. The risks are often higher and fatal as the disease cannot be completely cured. A diabetic person may suffer from ...
Views: 703 - Diabetes And The HbA1c Test - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes is a health condition in which patient suffers from a high level of sugar in the blood. Not only this, sometimes a diabetic may suffer from lower level of blood glucose which might happen due to excessive insulin intake. The sugar level in the blood has to be maintained at an optimal ...
Views: 779 - Diabetes Monitoring Devices - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes or Diabetes Mellitus is a health condition in which patients have a high level of sugar in the blood. The sugar level is increased due to non production of insulin in the body or lack of response from body to the produced insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced in pancreas and ...
Views: 664 - Symptoms of Type II Diabetes - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes is medical condition a person has high blood sugar. This could be due to less production of Insulin or insulin resistance by the body. High blood sugar could result into polyuria, polydipsia and polyphagia. Type 2 diabetes is caused due to insulin resistance in the body of the ...
Views: 548 - Pradaxa and FDA - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Jack TaylorFDA approved Pradaxa for prevention of strokes in patients of artrial fibrillation on October 19th 2010. The prescription drug is manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Artrial fibrillation is health condition in which there are very fast and uncoordinated contractions of ...
Views: 586 - Pradaxa Could Lead To Brain Hemorrhage - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Jack TaylorNew reports have linked Pradaxa with risk of hemorrhages. The report was published in Journal of Neurosurgery. The report also suggests that there is no antidote to reverse the side effect of bleeding occurring due to Pradaxa. Pradaxa is deemed as safer and more effective oral anticoagulants ...
Views: 841 - Increased Risk Of Heart Attacks By Pradaxa - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2012 from Jack TaylorNew studies have revealed that anticoagulant drug Pradaxa increases risk of heart attack. Pradaxa is an anticoagulant drug containing Dabigatran as its main active ingredient. It belongs to direct thrombin inhibitor group of drugs. It prevents clotting in the blood. It is used as blood thinner ...
Views: 807 - PRADAXA FOUND TO CAUSE BLOOD LOSS DEATHS - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Jack TaylorPradaxa is a drug that is classified as a direct thrombin inhibitor. Direct thrombin inhibitors slow or prevent the body’s production of thrombin, which is a protein that is essential to the formation of blood clots. The formation of thrombins is the body’s first step in the process known ...
Views: 688 - First Pradaxa Lawsuits Have Now Been Filed - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Jack TaylorNews reports and government reports have now confirmed that in the first year of Pradaxa’s approved use in the United States, at least 260 patients have died from bleeding events where Pradaxa blocked the body’s natural blood clotting defense. Three of those patients have now filed Pradaxa ...
Views: 616 - Diabetes - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2012 from Jack TaylorDiabetes Mellitus or simply diabetes is a disease in which sugar levels in the blood increase, resulting in several metabolic disorders. Diabetes is a very common disease and is estimated that more than 8 percent of the total population of America are diabetic. It is a chronic disease and once ...
Views: 719 - Pravachol - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorPravachol is used to lower the cholesterol levels. It contains pravastatin as its main active ingredient. It belongs to HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or statins group of drugs. It is used to bring down the level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood. High cholesterol levels could lead to ...
Views: 593 - Crestor - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorCrestor is an oral cholesterol-lowering drug. It contains Rosuvastatin calcium as an active ingredient. It is a synthetic lipid-lowering agent. It acts by blocking the production of cholesterol in blood. It is used to lower total cholesterol level and bad cholesterol level or LDL. But it helps ...
Views: 1624 - Lipitor - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Jack TaylorLipitor is a cholesterol-lowering drug used for treatment of high cholesterol level. Lipitor contains atorvastatin as main active ingredient. Atorvastatin calcium is a synthetic lipid-lowering agent. It belongs to HMG CoA reductase inhibitors or statins group of drugs. Lipitor acts by reducing ...
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