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351. Roche Tamiflu: The Ultimate Weapon for the Treatment of Influenza By Shane Julian
     The onset of winter brings with it the danger of influenza or flu, the disease is gradually turning out to be a perilous epidemic and leaves the patient in vulnerable position. The phenomenal rise in people suffering from flu is also a matter of concern for experts.Defining Influenza or Flu: Commonly occurring in winters Influenza or flu is a viral infection of the nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs. There are two main types of mutating virus: A and B. Type A virus tends to cause more sev…



352. Quitting Smoking: Planning To Succeed With Zyban! By Ian Mason
     Step One: The Big DecisionOne of the most frustrating things about deciding to quit smoking can be people’s reactions: “Well, it’s about time!” or “It was a filthy habit, why didn’t you quit sooner?” But as anyone who has been using nicotine knows, it’s one of the hardest decisions, and one of the most difficult tasks, many people face. For many of us, smoking isn’t just a physical addiction: we may associate smoking with our first cup of coffee in Paris or favorite college bar. It may help yo…



353. 4 Reasons to Feel Safe Submitting an Electronic Medical Claim By Joe Miller
     Electronic Medical ClaimFor years, both practices and patients have had to deal with submitting medical claims. Up until recently, claims were submitted manually, using HCFA 1500 forms. An electronic medical claim allows the submission process to take place online.The electronic medical claim is nothing new, but it is perhaps a somewhat unsettling idea to many practices and patients because of one question which continually surfaces in the minds of both parties: Is submitting an electronic med…



354. Give Me Accutane or Give Me Death: The Politics of Prescriptions By Naweko San-Joyz
     Any teenager will tell you that acne can drive you crazy, but is it dismal enough to drive you to kill yourself? Since its market debut in 1982, enraged parents and lawyers have implicated Accutane in the hospitalizations and suicide deaths of over 200 teenagers in the US.Accutane (isotretinoin) is one of Hoffman-LaRoche’s most popular and controversial pharmaceuticals. Doctors prescribe Accutane for patients with severe nodular acne that does not respond to systemic treatments with antibioti…



355. Technology Over Drugs for Stress Related Tension Disorders By H.E. Scott
     As much as 95% of the population suffers from some form of reoccurring stress and tension related headaches.Although not normally debilitating these headaches affect work productivity and add to the billion dollar cost of sick days and time off. Surprisingly one of the causes of this type of ailment is the overuse of the very medication taken to alleviate the pain (called rebound headaches).An obvious solution to tension headaches and stress related muscle pain is massage therapy, a now rapidl…



356. 10 Steps To Detoxification By Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D.
     Technology. We live in a grand time of technological development. Computers, the Internet, cell phones, digital cameras and DVDs. But the human body has not 'kept up' with technology. Human beings certainly shouldn't eat technology! But that is happening today as a result of the onslaught of chemicals in our foods and environments, and with the impending threat of chemical warfare.This very second, your physical body is mysteriously functioning internally exactly the way human bodies functione…



357. Power Assisted Liposuction: Faster Recovery With Improved Results By Jean Hopfer
     Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL®) is a new and important technology invented by MicroAire for body sculpting. Research has shown that it is a more effective and safer way to eliminate unwanted deposits of fat that are resistant to dieting and exercise. Because liposuction is the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedure, this technology has important implications to the patient.The MicroAire Power Assisted Lipoplasty Device uses a 2-mm reciprocating movement at 4000 cycles per minut…



358. Prescription Drug Benefit Cost Understated by $324 Billion! By Ian Mason
     When the legislation was passed for Bush’s prescription drug benefit in 2003, costs were said to be approximately $400 billion over the next decade. In great contradiction with this estimate, the centers for Medicaid and Medicare have admitted that costs will actually be around $724 billion.Considering the Bush administration’s history of saying one thing and doing another, this understatement of cost comes at no surprise. The supposedly helpful benefit will, in most cases, only provide saving…



359. Joint Pain Relief By John Paul Catanzaro
     If you joints are constantly killing you, here are three suggestions:1. Traumeel is a product that has been used for years in Germany to relieve pain. I have not been overly impressed with the ointment; however, my colleagues claim that injecting it is the way to go. Dave Tate at Elite Fitness sells both forms. Let me just add the mandatory precaution here: make sure to have a qualified medical practitioner administer the injection if you go that route.2. There's a product called Nu Joint…



360. Comfortable, Affordable Lab Coats for the Health Care Professional By Mike Yeager
     When a health care professional uses lab coats it conveys several different messages. First, lab coats give an appearance of professionalism. It’s very important in the health care setting to be professional and new, clean lab coat portrays just that image. Second, lab coats are very functional because they have so many pockets. As silly as that seems, health care providers usually have many different tools and papers in their pockets and lab coats that have the pockets for these different ite…



361. Bextra Withdrawal Could Be Just the Beginning for Pfizer By Charles Essmeier
     The pharmaceutical industry is a tremendously profitable one, as anyone who reads the business pages of their newspaper can see. Although it can take years to develop a new drug and bring it to market, the profits obtained from a breakthrough drug can be staggering. Last year Merck sold about $2.5 billion worth of Vioxx, and Pfizer sold about $1.3 billion worth of Bextra. The profits are huge, but so are the losses if a problem should develop with a pharmaceutical product. Pfizer voluntaril…



362. Ultram Story: Keeping Pain Control Under Control By Ian Mason
     When Aspirin Isn’t EnoughIt’s surprising how clearly we can recall getting hurt. Years later, we can recount our first fall from a too-tempting tree, a bee-sting, the birth of a child. We can even tell humorous stories about those events because the pain was transient – it passed.But many illnesses and conditions can make pain a daily visitor, interfering with our jobs, family lives, even sleep. Even ancient people tried to relieve the devastation of chronic pain using surgeries and medicinal …



363. Accutane Side Effects Lawyer: Hair Loss, Depression, Suicide By Anna Henningsgaard
     You probably know the drug isotretinoin by its trade name, accutane. Accutane is a powerful drug often used to treat acne. Unlike other acne treatments, which are simply antibacterial agents, accutane actually changes the composition of the skin. Accutane causes skin to produce less oil, which almost always results in a reduction of acne. Accutane is very powerful and effective, but this comes with some very dangerous side effects that everybody should be aware of. If used or administered impr…



364. A Compelling Look at Pain Relief By Eddie Tobey
     If your back aches when you’re loading groceries in the car or your hands cramp up with arthritis when you sit down at the computer, you’re not alone. Although the nature, cause, and complaints vary, over one-half of Americans experience chronic or recurrent pain, a recent survey conducted by the Stanford University Medical Center found.Pain is your brain’s signal that there is trouble a brew in your body, akin to the ‘Check Engine’ light in your car – a warning mechanism prompting you to tak…



365. Arthritis Pain Relief : Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Provider By Priya Shah
     A great place to begin taking charge of you arthritis pain relief and prevention planning is by making an appointment with your healthcare provider and finding out more about your condition and treatment options.Make sure to jot down questions ahead of time, and take them along in your journal or notebook, armed with a pencil to fill in his or her replies.Some questions to begin with may be centered around these:1. Do I have a form of arthritis? If not, what is wrong & what do I do next?2. If …



366. Headaches and Botox Injections By Dr. Larry A. Johnson, D.C.
     Most people are unaware that the use of Botox for the prevention of migraine headaches came about purely by accident. It all happened through the use of Botox by plastic surgeons. Patients undergoing plastic surgery, who were also experiencing headaches, noticed that their injections of Botox helped with their migraine headaches.Botox, also known as botulinum toxin, is a neurotoxin (a toxin that attacks nerve cells). It was originally approved by the FDA for use in conditions where hyperactivi…



367. Testosterone Therapy in XXI Century By Eugene Shtalman
     Nowadays many people are familiar with the appellation of “low testosterone level”. What does it mean? It mean that male body produce less amounts of this hormone than necessary.Testosterone is the major androgenic hormone produced by the cells of the testes. This hormon regulates gonadotropic secretion and wolffian duct differentiation and stimulates skeletal muscle.There are two different effects of testosterone:Anabolic effects: promoting growth, muscle building.Androgenic effects: developi…



368. Overworked Doctors Go Online to Study By Mark J
     The current trend towards distance learning is attracting doctors at an ever-increasing rate as time to study for royal college exams decreases under a heavy NHS Hospital workload. The working hours limit introduced in the European Working Time Directive has meant that hospitals are less keen for doctors to spend time offsite for study leave.Many doctors would traditionally take a week off to attend an exam revision course but the pace of life for a junior doctor around the time they are prepa…



369. Ativan Side Effects Lawyer By Anna Henningsgaard
     The drug Lorazepan is marketed under the names Alzapam, Ativan, Loraz, Lorazepam, Intensol. Ativan is the safest form of this type of drug because it has less of an effect on the liver than other benzodiazepines, which means that a patient can take it in conjunction with other liver affecting medications like birth control pills, anti-abuse drugs, propranolol, and ulcer medications. However, Ativan also has dangerous side effects. If you or a loved one suffer from any of these harmful side eff…



370. “Get Rid of Tendonitis … Now!” Advice From An Expert… By Nathan Wei
     Tendons are ropes of fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones. It is this connection that permits joint motion. When muscles contract, they pull on the tendons which cause the bones to move. In order for tendons to glide they move inside a lubricated sheath of tissue that is lined with synovial tissue. This synovial tissue is the same type of tissue that lines the inside of joints. Tendonitis refers to a condition where the sheath through which a tendon glides becomes inflamed. This lead…



371. To Buy Pain Meds Online, a Dangerous Move By Jay Moncliff
     Many people want to buy pain meds online simply because it is cheaper for them. Recently, thousands of online pharmacies have popped up offering for people to buy pain meds online without a prescription. They offer to sell the medication at cost, or at wholesale prices. This sounds all and good at first, but is it really safe to buy pain meds online?The answer is more than likely "no." This is especially true if you weren't required to provide a prescription to buy pain meds online. The s…



372. The First Harvest By Sara Ellis
     First responders arrived at the home initially, followed soon thereafter by paramedics. We picked up the dispatch over the radio scanner and prepared our minds and equipment in trauma room one. This one was a long time coming which surprised us all since the scene was within five minutes of the ER by car. 45 minutes passed before the call came telling us they were inbound.The ambulance pulled up to the doors and he was brought in on a stretcher. He was SOA- smurfed on arrival, or perhaps I sho…



373. Is Arthritis Causing You Pain? By Glenda Erceg
     Arthritis, even a mild case is no fun. Arthritis is painful and can have a negative effect on your life.There are some things you can try to lessen the pain of arthritis. Some remedies do not require a prescription. Talk to your doctor if you have questions about any arthritis solutions.Some people are able to alleviate arthritis pain by taking aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen. Many people use over-the-counter joint medications to lessen the pain of arthritis. These medications claim to m…



374. The Truth On Taking An Aspirin A Day To Prevent Heart Attacks By Jay Villaverde
     We've all heard the theory about taking an aspirin a day to keep heart attacks away. Can a little pill that you find on the shelf of every pharmacy or grocery store, taken once a day, really protect you from heart attacks or stroke?One particular report, published in a British Medical Journal, would like you to believe that. Their report stated that aspirin therapy should be used in cases where patients are at a high risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack or stroke. Ideally we do not wan…



375. What You Should Know About Mixing Medications and Diet... By D. S. Epperson
     I had a call the other day from a potential client in a serious situation. He was young and had been diagnosed with CAD (Coronary Artery Disease), suffering from extremely high blood pressure and cholesterol, his doctor had put him on a medication that was suppose to lower and control these symptoms, and he had been on this medication for over 2 years.During this time, this 24 year old man had developed a blockage in his hand that had become inflamed and eventually ruptured, causing the poss…



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