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A Natural Way to Treat Hypertension

Posted February 28th, 2010 by admin | 9 Comments

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common health problem of older age groups and some younger adults. Hypertension varies depending on the age, height, weight, and gender.
Most physicians and doctors are recommending pharmaceutical medicines which are being sold in drug stores, as the means to treat hypertension. Many researchers and scientists are beginning to [...]

Understand Chronic Bronchitis - Diagnosis And Treatment Methods Explained

Posted February 26th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

One of the manifestations of chronic bronchitis is a productive cough accompanied by phlegm, which obstructs the free flow of air in the bronchial tubes. Chronic bronchitis is a long-term disorder that can last as long as two years. It is the fourth largest killer in the United States of America, and around ten million [...]

Endometriosis Part 70 - Pre Operative Evaluation- Blood and Coagulation Studies

Posted February 26th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

As we mentioned in other articles, endometriosis grow somewhere else other than the endometrium also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly menstrual cycle, building up tissue, breaking it, and eliminating it through the menstrual period. Hysterectomy always is the last resource in treating endometriosis for woman who has exhausted all the treatments without success, [...]

Low Dose Birth Control Pills Minimize side effects

Posted February 26th, 2010 by admin | 6 Comments

Today contraceptive pills are designed to contain much lower doses of synthetic hormones in the 1960s when “The Pill” (with 50 micrograms of estrogen) first came on the market. The reason for this is to reduce the side effects of hormonal contraceptives. “That still did not help much,” you can tell, but here is some [...]

Understand Chronic Bronchitis - Diagnosis And Treatment Methods Explained

Posted February 22nd, 2010 by admin | No Comments

One of the manifestations of chronic bronchitis is a productive cough accompanied by phlegm, which obstructs the free flow of air in the bronchial tubes. Chronic bronchitis is a long-term disorder that can last as long as two years. It is the fourth largest killer in the United States of America, and around ten million [...]

Guidelines to Lower High Blood Pressure

Posted February 22nd, 2010 by admin | 2 Comments

High blood pressure is a common health problem of older age groups and even younger adults. It varies depending on the age, height, weight, and gender. In this busy stressful life, it is highly important for old and younger adults to have a systematic check of their blood pressure. High blood pressure can be controlled [...]

Womens Health:the Negative Effects of Tobacco on Women

Posted February 22nd, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Since the 60s, smoking women has continued to grow: the proportion of smokers rose from 10 to 22% in 40 years on the 15 million smokers in USA. The women smoke more and more and earlier. The first cigarette is usually taken between 14 and 16 years. Cigarette smoke passes from the lungs to the [...]

What is the main cuase of ischemia and how is it linked to myocardial infarction, along with thrombosis.?

Posted February 21st, 2010 by admin | 1 Comment

Also with atheroma.
Im cofnused with the following terms and how they relate to cuasing myocardial infarction:
1)ischemia
2)thrombosis
3)atheroma
Terms:
Ischemia: Simply means cease (Insufficiency) of blood supply to a specific organ(s).
Thrombosis: Means presence of a solid mass in a blood vessel causing obstruction.
Atheroma (aka :Atherosclerosis): Deposition of lipid containing plaques in the inner most layer of the artery (Special [...]

Understand Chronic Bronchitis - Diagnosis And Treatment Methods Explained

Posted February 20th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

One of the manifestations of chronic bronchitis is a productive cough accompanied by phlegm, which obstructs the free flow of air in the bronchial tubes. Chronic bronchitis is a long-term disorder that can last as long as two years. It is the fourth largest killer in the United States of America, and around ten million [...]

How Does Alcohol Affect the Blood

Posted February 20th, 2010 by admin | 4 Comments

Dr. Richardson, in his lectures on alcohol, given both in England and America, speaking of the action of this substance on the blood after passing from the stomach, says:
“Suppose, then, a certain measure of alcohol be taken into the stomach, it will be absorbed there, but, previous to absorption, it will have to undergo [...]