Clip thanks to www.medstores.net A diuretic is often the first drug given to treat high blood pressure. Diuretics cause blood vessels to dilate. Diuretics also help the kidneys eliminate salt and water, decreasing fluid volume throughout the body and thus lowering blood pressure. Because diuretics cause potassium to be excreted in the urine, potassium supplements [...]
National Eye Care Month. How well do you see National Eye Care Month. How well do you see Are you missing some important cluesEye care is important for everyone but, especially the mystery fan and the writer who pens those stories they love. Eye Care month prompts one to think of what every good mystery [...]
Flu Figures Show 738 People In Intensive Care The number of people requiring intensive care treatment for flu has risen to 738 according to the Department of Health. Read more on SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Staying healthy during the cold and flu season It’s cold and flu season again, so it’s time [...]
Risk For Alcoholism Linked To Risk For Obesity Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in recent [...]
Time Magazine Names Derrick Rossi To 2010 List Of ‘People Who Mattered’ The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) extends congratulations to Derrick Rossi, PhD, a member of the inaugural class of NYSCF-Robertson Investigators, who was named one of /iTime Magazine’s 2010 “People Who Mattered” in the December 27, 2010 Person of the Year Issue. [...]
Alcoholism Risk Linked To Risk For Obesity By Jim Dryden, Washington University in St. Louis Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity [...]
Man’s penis amputated after misdiagnosis A MAN’S penis was amputated due to complications with cancer after he was initially misdiagnosed with inflammation. Read more on Adelaide Now Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival Investigators have observed that the survival rate of people with a rare immunodeficiency disease called chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) [...]
Surgery Gives Woman Eyesight Back After 8 Years A Tampa Bay-area woman who was legally blind for eight years can finally see again, thanks to two doctors who took a chance on her and performed a complicated surgery Read more on Fox News Robotic surgery for head and neck cancer shows promise Less-invasive robotic surgery [...]
Flu: intensive care cases ‘double in a week’ as cases accelerate Across Britain 460 patients receiving intensive care treatment. Read more on Daily Telegraph Ten more deaths linked to flu in a week as cases accelerate H1N1 swine flu strain is responsible for the majority of the deaths as cases of influenza continue to rise. [...]
Homosexuality pulled from Alberta disorders guide Alberta’s health minister has removed homosexuality from its diagnostic guide to mental-health disorders. Read more on CBC Edmonton Mental health needs seen growing at colleges “Rushing a student to a psychiatric emergency room is never routine, but when Stony Brook University logged three trips in three days, it did [...]
