Arthritis and Teeth Brushing
• Pain • May 28 04
Arthritis can turn a daily task such as brushing your teeth into a painful and awkward chore.
One solution is to attach your toothbrush…
Migraines in Children
• Migraine • May 28 04
Many adults who suffer from migraines can tell the difference between a severe headache and a true migraine.
But when your child complains his…
Chronic Pain Sufferers Suffer in Silence
• Pain • May 28 04
Rachel Bevins has been in pain since 1996. At first, the pain was intermittent; for the past three years, it has been unrelenting.
“Pain…
Not All Back Pain Treated the Same
• Pain • May 28 04
Whether your doctor prescribes potent opioid drugs for your back pain can depend on some unlikely factors: where you live, what type of insurance…
Health Tip: Bone Density Testing
• Backache • May 28 04
Bone density accounts for about 80 percent of the strength of your bones, and a prime indicator of future fractures is a bone density…
Brain Freeze
• Pain • May 28 04
Have you ever wondered what triggers an ice cream headache?
Sometimes when you eat something cold, especially ice cream, it touches the top of…
The Aches and Pains of Weather
• Pain • May 28 04
For centuries, people with back pain have complained that their symptoms worsen with changes in humidity and barometric pressure.
Despite that long history, however,…
Spotting Scoliosis
• Backache • May 28 04
Scoliosis occurs when the spine begins to curve abnormally. It’s more common in girls than boys and tends to strike in early adolescence.
The…
Shin Splints
• Pain • May 28 04
Shin splints are usually caused by inflammation or injury to the shin muscles. The predominant symptom is a sharp, searing type of pain along…
Diseases of Digestive System
• Chinese Medicine • May 28 04
1.Cholecystitis
Radix Bupleuri 10 g, Radix Paeoniae Alba 15 g,
Radix Curcumae 15 g, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae 20 g,
Rhizoma Cyperi 12…
Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Chinese Medicine • May 28 04
Medicines in the world can be divided into three systems : personalistic , naturalistic and scientific . Personalistic medical system believes that illness…
The Theory of Yin and Yang
• Chinese Medicine • May 28 04
At first , the theory of yin and yang was found in the classic book ” Zhou Yi ” (Canon of Changes )…
Chinese herbs and Aplastic anemia
• Chinese Medicine • May 28 04
DESCRIPTION
Aplastic anemia is a marrow failure syndrome characterized by peripheral pancytopenia and marrow hypoplasia.
Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow…
FDA asks for clearer labels of food, menus
• Dieting • May 27 04
U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would ask food manufacturers and some restaurants to label food more clearly so that ever-fatter…
Birth ‘rarely causes head injury’
• Childbirth • May 27 04
Brain haemorrhages in babies over a month old are unlikely to be caused by problem births, researchers say.
Difficult deliveries are sometimes cited as…
Hope for new alcoholism treatment
• Brain • May 27 04
Scientists have identified a key mechanism involved in how alcohol affects the brain.
Researchers from Scripps Institute, California, say the discovery suggests a possible…
Bad teeth blamed on fizzy drinks
• Dental Health • May 27 04
Fizzy drinks are the main cause of increasing tooth erosion among teenagers, research suggests.
A study in the British Dental Journal found a strong…
HIV treatment cuts drug cocktail
• AIDS/HIV • May 27 04
A new HIV treatment will reduce the number of pills patients have to take, researchers say.
Patients prescribed Reyataz (atazanavir) would take three pills…
‘How drink ruined my life’
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
With the government set to publish its strategy to tackle alcohol misuse, BBC News Online’s Melissa Jackson talks to a recovering alcoholic about the…
Obesity: Who is to blame?
• Food & Nutrition • May 27 04
Around 300m people around the world are obese and that figure is predicted to rise sharply in the years ahead. Who, if anyone, is…
Taking a step toward fitness at work
• Weight Loss • May 27 04
Boyd Rutherford gets a lot of reading done as he climbs the stairs.
Most days after returning from lunch, he hikes up 15…
Some can’t wait to see spa dentist
• Dental Health • May 27 04
If the dentist’s words “open wide” fill you with fear, help may be on the way.
A number of dentists, hoping to relieve…
High-level job linked with excessive drinking in women
• Gender: Female • May 27 04
Women in high-ranking jobs are more likely to have a drinking problem than are women in lower-ranked positions, according to new research from the…
Heavy asthmatic kids not sicker, but get more meds
• Asthma • May 27 04
Overweight children with asthma report more exercise limitations than normal-weight kids with asthma, even though their asthma is not necessarily more severe, according to…
Britain is in smoking ‘timewarp’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 04
Britain is not doing enough to stop people from smoking, public health experts have warned.
Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, the researchers…