Archive for March, 2005

Fibroids

March 30th, 2005 – 4:38 pm Posted by Michele
Tagged as: Women's Health

Uterine fibroids are benign (noncancerous) tumors that grow on or within the muscle tissue of the uterus. Approximately 20-40% of women 35 years and older have fibroids. Fibroids are more common among women of African-American descent. Some statistics indicate that up to 80% of African-American women will develop fibroids. While some women do not experience [...]

Wellbutrin

March 29th, 2005 – 5:50 pm Posted by Michele

Wellbutrin is a leading anti-depressant drug from GlaxoSmithKline. Wellbutrin differs from many anti-depressants because it does not have the side effect of reducing sexual appetite (although if you are having sex you should regularly have an HIV test). In fact, Wellbutrin patients commonly report an increased libido. Wellbutrin was first approved by the FDA in [...]

Inhaled Insulin

March 29th, 2005 – 5:11 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: Diseases, Medication

Simply put, diabetes is when the body cannot convert foods properly into energy. When the body doesn’t make enough insulin or the insulin doesn’t work correctly, the glucose can’t get into your cells. Instead the glucose stays in your blood. When this level in your blood gets too high you have diabetes, and you may [...]

Breast Cancer - New Treatments

March 8th, 2005 – 3:52 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: Cancer

Breast Cancer chemotherapy is known as a therapy of brutalizing proportions. Highly toxic drugs are still given in high doses through chemotherapy but there is a difference. Fat coated droplets are released. These droplets must be heated to 102 degrees before the toxins can be released. The breast is gently warmed until the cell killing [...]

Macular Degeneration

March 5th, 2005 – 5:30 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: Diseases, Vision

Nearly two million people are affected by macular degeneration and this is the leading cause of blindness for those over 65. One fifth of all 80 year-olds suffer from this age-related disease.. There is a central region of the retina where an image must be recorded which is on a tiny piece of tissue that [...]