Wearing heels above one-and-a-half inches regularly can lead to pain in the ball of the foot, back ache, corns, deformed toes and sprained ankles. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Title: Health Tip: Treating Kidney StonesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/1/2010 8:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/1/2010 (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
(NaturalNews) The FDA has started an investigation into whether the diet drug orlistat, marketed as both Alli and Xenical, has been causing serious liver damage in some patients.Prescription-strength Xenical was approved by the FDA in 1999. Half-strength Alli was approved as the first (and to date, only) over-the-counter weight loss drug in 2007.Since 1999, there have been 32 adverse event reports linking orlistat to severe liver damage. Twenty-seven patients have been hospitalized for liver problems, and six suffered from outright liver failure. Both of the cases involving Alli took place within the United States, while the other 30 cases, involving Xenical, all took place in other countries.The FDA discussed its concerns with orlistat at an April meeting of the agency’s Center for Drug E…
Heading to the beach or lake this summer means taking extra precautions. Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have some advice to make sure the summer fun isn’t interrupted. The first word of advice usually given when plans outside are made is to wear sunscreen to prevent skin damage that could eventually lead to cancer. Soothe burn with aloe vera "Once you are sunburned nothing helps to minimize damage or peeling," said Dr. John Rogers, professor and interim chair of the department of family and community medicine at BCM. "Prevention is best but when that doesn’t work treating and minimizing pain is the next step." Using a wet compress will help soothe the burn as well as a topical anti-inflammatory. Rogers suggests dissolving an aspirin into the compress or using lot…
A panel that advises the World Health Organization on pandemics will meet on Tuesday to decide whether to declare the H1N1 flu outbreak over. (Source: NYT)
A panel that advises the World Health Organization on pandemics will meet on Tuesday to decide whether to declare the H1N1 flu outbreak over. (Source: NYT Health)
A panel that advises the World Health Organization on pandemics will meet on Tuesday to decide whether to declare the H1N1 flu outbreak over. (Source: NYT Health)
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Aromatase inhibitor-associated arthralgia is a major side effect in breast cancer survivors, producing joint pain so severe that as many as ten percent of women discontinue their therapy prematurely while undergoing treatment with these lifesaving drugs. New research presented by investigators from the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center at the 2010 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology reveals a possible genetic basis for why these side effects occur. (Source: EurekAlert! – Medicine and Health)
I joined the United States Army Reserve in January 1999. I am not sure why I did it but I did. I enjoyed meeting new people, earning extra money and being able to travel to small areas around the country. I wasn’t the average soldier. I was a cheerleader. I never shined my boots, ironed my uniform and I always forgot my soft cap. People could depend on me to show up. I was around a lot of military spouses that had not so successful marriages and some that weathered the storm and made it. The unsuccessful marriages is what made me come to the conclusion that I would NEVER marry someone in the military PERIOD. The motor SGT. from my unit had just retired. The new one arrived. He was cocky. He was mean but he was all about the soldiers. I didn’t…
Smoking is associated with pelvic pain in pregnancy, show the results of a Danish study. (Source: MedWire News – Ob/Gyn)
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