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May 15, 2014
Osteoarthritis, also referred to as OA, is a degenerative disease of the joints. It is a chronic condition where the cartilage in the joints breaks down, causing frictional stress on the area, boney overgrowth and other localized ligament and muscle problems. The Arthritis Foundation describes the symptoms as joint pain, stiffness and evidence of...
Read MoreMay 14, 2014
Male pattern baldness is a common condition, but it can be traumatic for many men, particularly if hair loss occurs rapidly or at an early age. Fortunately, there are several treatments available that can prevent hair loss or encourage new growth. Finasteride has been reported to do both. It is one of the most successful therapies for treating...
Read MoreMay 14, 2014
What is Hypertension?Hypertension is a condition that is known as high blood pressure. This occurs when there is an elevated pressure in the arteries. When the heart beats, blood is pumped through the body via the arteries. The blood pressure is the force of the blood as it flows through the arteries. As the pressure increases, it makes it harder...
Read MoreMay 13, 2014
Also known as high blood pressure, hypertension is a medical condition where the body’s arteries have consistent elevated blood pressure. Blood is pumped to the body through the arteries every time the heart beats. Blood pressure is actually the force of blood that is pushed up against the walls of blood vessels. In hypertension, the heart...
Read MoreMay 9, 2014
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic and progressive lung disease that includes bronchitis and emphysema. There is less air flow and breathing is difficult. The loss of elasticity in the lungs, damaged air sac walls, thick airway walls and mucus all block air flow. Early symptoms include a nagging cough, wheezing, chest...
Read MoreMay 9, 2014
Anyone who suffers from emphysema would want to find the best treatment possible, especially as this is a long-term lung disease. Emphysema is the chief form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD in which a patient finds it difficult to breathe. This is a permanent condition and the leading reason why people suffer from it is because of...
Read MoreMay 6, 2014
When you have too much stomach acid, or when deposits build up in the wrong parts of your body, your own digestive system turns on you. Heartburn, acid reflux, ulcers and gastrointestinal diseases have painful symptoms that take the joy out of meals, and sometimes the relief that over-the-counter antacids provide is too short-lived and weak for...
Read MoreMay 6, 2014
In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Celebrex -- its generic name is celecoxib -- a medication that's manufactured by the pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer. Since then, celecoxib has provided relief to millions of people who suffer from chronic pain and/or rheumatoid arthritis (RA).RA is a condition in which the body’s...
Read MoreMay 6, 2014
Neuropathic pain is a malfunction in the somatosensory system that arises from a number of disease and idiopathic origins. It is not relieved by traditional painkillers as it is nociceptive pain produced by damage to tissues. There are several kinds of neuropathic pain, including dysethesia, allodynia, primary and secondary hyperalgesia and chronic...
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