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10th September 2009
Q: What is Psoriasis? A: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the skin, nails and joints. It causes scales to form on the skin (known as psoriatic plaques) and can cause pain in the joints. Psoriasis normally affects the joints of the bo... Read >
Author: jane baron10th August 2009
Methotrexate is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis as well as other rheumatic conditions. This drug is classified as a Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug or DMARD because it helps to reduce pain as well as the swelling associated with arthriti... Read >
Author: Mercy08th August 2009
Methotrexate is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis as well as other rheumatic conditions. This drug is classified as a Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug or DMARD because it helps to reduce pain as well as the swelling associated with arthriti... Read >
Author: Mercy04th August 2009
Arthritis plainly means inflammation of one or additional joints. Arthritis is normally accompanied by joint pain.
Symptoms
Rheumatoid arthritis is in the main worse in the morning and associated with stiffness; in the initial stages, patients of... Read >
Author: Keith Driscoll30th March 2009
An adverse drug reaction (ADR) is any unintended, noxious or undesired effect that occurs when a drug is used at accepted doses for preventing, diagnosing or treating a condition.
By this definition from the World Health Organization, ADRs can be furth... Read >
Author: Sudesh Samuel26th September 2008
Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a rare skin disorder. Lymphomatoid Papulosis is characterised by crops of self healing skin lesions that look cancerous under the microscope but are actually benign (non-malignant). Lesions contain unusual cells that are si... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen25th September 2008
Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a rare skin disorder. Lymphomatoid Papulosis is characterised by crops of self healing skin lesions that look cancerous under the microscope but are actually benign (non-malignant). Lesions contain unusual cells that are si... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen19th September 2008
An over-whelming part of a Rheumatoid Arthritis sufferers life is living with pain. Even though there is no known cure for this chronic condition, there are many treatments available to that offer relief of discomfort.
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto-i... Read >
Author: JO18th July 2008
Eosinophilic fasciitis is characterized by tenderness and swelling of the ends caused by the ignition of the fasce and the muscles. The arms, the legs, the trunk, and the face can be affected by diminish, weakness of muscle, and the common changes of the ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th July 2008
A ectopic pregnancy is an abnormal pregnancy which occurs apart from the uterus (uterus). The ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the fertilized ovule is established in any fabric other than the uterine wall. The signs and the sympto... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th July 2008
Exercise is essential for people with the joint inflammation known as arthritis. Increasing strength, flexibility and mobility is achieved through the repeated stretching and strengthening of muscles, which support the joints. For many arthritis pain suff... Read >
Author: MIKE SELVON26th May 2008
Organizational culture and political networks in organizations operate in an analogous way to the human immune system. The paradox is that antibiotics were developed to help the immune system, but in reality they actually impair it. This paradoxical effec... Read >
Author: Chuck Arnone26th February 2008
Narcotic Pain Relievers
Narcotic pain relievers help with pain but don't relieve joint inflammation. Often they are combined with Tylenol (acetaminophen) or an NSAID to enhance their effects. You can develop dependency on narcotic drugs, and they can... Read >
Author: Peter sams21st February 2008
Treatment an ectopic pregnancy is different for every woman, depending on the size and location where the egg implants itself, and what type of pregnancy complications are involved.
Ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of death amongst women in the... Read >
Author: apurva19th February 2008
Treatment an ectopic pregnancy is different for every woman, depending on the size and location where the egg implants itself, and what type of pregnancy complications are involved.
Ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of death amongst women in the f... Read >
Author: apurva18th January 2008
A penicillin antibiotic, generic amoxicillin used for treating bacterial infections including gonorrhea, middle ear infections, respiratory tract infections and certain skin infections. Generic amoxicillin works on cells and kills the bacteria.
Generic ... Read >
Author: Ammy31st October 2007
An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously as a miscarriage or be artificially induced by medical, surgical or other means. "Abortion" can refer to an in... Read >
Author: Alien29th October 2007
Pityriasis rubra pilaris is a rare and chronic skin disorder that often has a sudden onset. Symptoms include reddish orange discolouration scaling, and severe flaking of the skin. Dr. W.A.D. Griffiths has classified six forms of PRP. At this time, the cau... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen30th July 2007
With the advances in science and technology, we have seen a lot of progress in the field of medicine as well. Researchers and scientists have now come up with drugs and medications far superior than earlier available. Here is an account of the new-age dru... Read >
Author: James Kronefield11th July 2007
The importance of folic acid to the synthesis of DNA and RNA is very great. For that reason concern over possible folic acid toxicity takes a back seat to the very real concerns over its deficiency.
Mild symptoms occur at levels over 15,000 mcg of fo... Read >
Author: vincent platania05th July 2007
The most joyous time in a woman’s life, her pregnancy, can turn to a nightmare due to pregnancy complications like tubal pregnancy. It occurs when the fertilized egg gets implemented in some other part of the body instead of the uterus.
Reasons For T... Read >
Author: apurva06th February 2007
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory joint disease which was proved to have a strong connection with lymphoma.Lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the lymph nodes. The traget of the treatment in RA is to lower pain and to prevent the disease ... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola06th February 2007
RA, rheumatoid arthritis, is a disease that affects the cells around the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis involves a lot of pain but in the advanced stages can also mean immobility because in time, the tissues around the joints are deteriorating.
Not affec... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola21st November 2006
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that makes it attack the myelin, a substance that protects the nerve endings that are spread throughout the entire body. The central nervous system is responsible for sending the white blood ce... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola15th November 2006
Insulin Potentiation Therapy, generally referred to by the initials IPT, is an alternative treatment that uses standard, approved cancer-fighting drugs in much lower doses, thereby eliminating many of the debilitating side effects so common with conventio... Read >
Author: Dr Bianca Tavares23rd September 2006
Clinical Question:
Is sequential chemotherapy with cisplatin/gemcitabine (CG) followed by mitoxantrone/methotrexate/mitomycin (MMM) effective in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma?
Bottom Line:
This phase II study with the sequential approa... Read >
Author: Rodolfo Rafael25th July 2006
Of all the controversial claims about green tea's health benefits, the one that draws the most scepticism is the claim that it could be a cure for cancer. While it is almost certainly not a cure, however, many studies appear to show that lifelong green te... Read >
Author: John Gibb26th January 2006
Pregnant women would be wise to limit the amount of green tea they drink during pregnancy, and should be careful about taking any green tea supplements. Green tea is rich in antioxidants, and has a host of health benefits relating to dental health, blood ... Read >
Author: Rebecca Prescott20th September 2005
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 parts of their body including the ge... Read >
Author: John Smith
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