Medicine Articles
61: Being In A Wheelchair Doesn
At any point in your life, you may find yourself depending on a wheelchair for mobility. While it may be hard to deal with that fact, just remember that your wheelchair can offer you freedom regardless of your injury. Your wheelchair is a wonderful invention that helps you live your life, not limit the life you can live.
If you are about to purchase your first wheelchair, replace the current wheelchair you have or plan to keep your current chair, be sure to think about com...
62: Does Aromatherapy Really Work?
Aromatherapy, commonly associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is the use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants to affect someone's mood or health.
When aromatherapy is used for the treatment or prevention of disease, a precise knowledge of the bioactivity and synergy of the essential oils used, knowledge of the dosage and duration of application, as well as, naturally, a medical di...
63: Diagnosis And Treatment Of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic, widespread, debilitating disease that often manifests as diffuse pain, constant muscle aches and overwhelming fatigue. Although it affects about 2-6% of the general population (about five million people), fibromyalgia is not a contagious disease. Women are about 9 times more likely to be diagnosed than men, and it is most prevalent in prevalent in people between 20-50 years of age.
Fibromyalgia usually displays a variety of symptoms including gen...
64: What You Should Know Before Taking Celebrex
Celebrex is a prescription medicine that provides day and night relief from pain, swelling and stiffness caused by arthritis. Celebrex is also effective in the relief of acute pain in adults, especially after surgery.
Celebrex relieves pain by targeting specific enzymes in the body, known as COX-2 enzymes. What makes Celebrex so different from other drugs is that it only targets COX-2 enzymes, where as most pain relievers target both the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes. The COX-1 ...
65: Understanding The Symptoms And Treatment Of Scabies
Contrary to popular belief, Scabies is an equal opportunity infestation. It has no regard for age, sex, race or standard of personal hygiene. It is not, as some believe, more likely to occur because of poor hygiene or living conditions.
Scabies is an infectious skin disease caused by a microscopic mite, the Sarcoptes Scabiei. Unlike hair lice that are visible to the naked eye and only attack areas of the body that are entirely covered with hair, Scabies mites are only visi...
66: What Is Saw Palmetto?
Saw Palmetto is the sole species currently classified in the genus Serenoa family. It has been known by a number of synonyms, including Sabal serrulatum, under which name it still often appears in alternative medicine. It is a small palm that is endemic to the southeastern United States, most commonly along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, but also as far inland as southern Arkansas.
Saw palmetto is a fan palm with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a round...
67: The Truth About Thrush
Thrush is a fungal mouth infection that is caused by yeast, also known as Candida fungus. Even though every person has a small about of yeast in their bodies, most people have the ability to naturally combat the yeast with helpful microorganisms and bacteria in their bodies. Thrush is considered a common occurrence in infants and younger children. However, it is important to know that adults and those who have a suppressed immune system can find they have thrush as well.
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68: Acne Cleanser For Treatment Of Acne
Acne is a common skin condition affecting adolescents and sometimes adults too. Acne is caused due to the blockage of skin oil pores (sebum glands) which causes inflammation in the skin. This inflammation gets readily infected by bacteria present in the skin. There are many ways to treat acne. Most acne cleansers are available over the counter.
Acne cleansers are products for facial care that remove dead cells, remove oil, dust, dirt, pollutants and open up pores in the sk...
69: Dealing With Acne
The worst thing you can wake up to in the morning is a zit. A fat pimple on your chin can really start the day off wrong. With that said 20 percent of people never have a zit anyway? It almost seems unreal that some people don?t have a pimple. Why should the rest of us have to suffer this blemish? Good news, there is an upside to this inevitable predicament. Dermatologists are always working hard on the newest pimple treatment. Cause let's face it, if you're afflicted by acne...
70: Contact Lenses: Special Effects For Your Eyes
Remember when Halloween costumes just involved your clothing, and maybe a mask and some props? No more. Now you can dress up your eyes for Halloween, theater productions, or just to freak people out. Costume or special effect contact lenses are often used in movie making these days, and have appeared in movies like Interview with the Vampire and
Colored contact lenses, allowing people to either change or intensify their eye color, have been around for quite a while now, bu...
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