Addiction Treatment

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

You are in great trouble if you are addicted or live with an addict. Due to addiction, most of the addicts die and also take down their family members with them. But if an addicted person really wants to recover, he must remain honest to himself. Addiction treatment can comprise medications, behavioral therapy (such as […]

What Not to Wear: Review of TLC's Reality Makeover Show

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

The American fashion makeover show What Not to Wear is on its fourth season on the cable television channel The Learning Channel (TLC). The show first debuted in the UK, and remains a popular show, and the American spin-off has earned the same substantial audience. The show is hosted by Stacy London and Clinton Kelly, […]

Healing of Cancer: Placebo and Nocebo - the Power of Suggestion for Good and Evil

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

For people dealing with medicine, the word placebo may mean many things. I remember what F. K. Yap told me. He brought some rodent tuber plants to show a patient in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur. A young doctor rebuked him. ?The efficacy of the plant had not been proven?. […]

Understand Nitrous Oxide N02

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

Laughing Gas

laugh! Nitrous oxide, N2O, is a colorless, almost odorless gas, that was first discovered in 1793 by the English scientist and clergyman Joseph Priestley (who was also famous for being the first to isolate other important gases such as oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and sulfur dioxide). Priestley made N2O by heating ammonium […]

Hairloss Treatments - Ancient Treatments Still Work Today

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Hairloss has always existed and people have always suffered from it. More than that, People have started inventing hairloss treatments thousands of years ago and they still do ? The FDA has announced in a recent report that over the last nine years more than 300,000 new hairloss treatments that claim to stop hair loss […]

Radical Mesothelioma Treatment

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The challenge posed by mesothelioma is very high and doctors and researchers are on the look out for new options of treatment. Radical mesothelioma treatments, also referred as experimental treatment, are new advancements in the treatment of mesothelioma. Sometimes it is used along with traditional treatments and sometimes alone. Since these are new treatments, the […]

Mesothelioma Treatment: What You Should Know

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

There are certain factors that influence the type of treatment a patient with malignant mesothelioma may undergo. These include the type of cancer, the location of the cancer, the stage or extent to which it has spread at diagnosis, whether the cancer can be removed by surgery, the amount of fluid collected in the […]

Cancer Patients and Their Doctors

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Flanders Dunbar (in Emotions and Bodily Changes) wrote: ?It does not matter whether the mind or the body is the primary seat of the disorder: in either case it is the patient who must be treated first, then the disease itself, and only then the symptoms.? The fact is, modern medicine is so preoccupied […]

Hair Loss Treatment Side Effects - When You Should Be Concerned

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

While research is available to support the generally-held idea that hair loss treatment side effects are not serious enough to warrant medical concern, and in 1996 the FDA approved Rogaine with minoxidil for over-the-counter sale, you should still be careful if you are considering a hair loss treatment.

Side Effects From Minor To SeriousWhile some treatments […]

Aphasia: The Cruelest Language Barrier

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Imagine the following scenario: You wake up one morning and instead of speaking English, everyone around you–including your family and friends–is speaking Hungarian. This is a problem because you don't speak Hungarian and you don't have a clue what they're saying. You become frustrated. The people around you become frustrated, too, but instead of switching […]