Smokers with asthma: Just Quit!
Posted by in Health on 06 30th, 2006 | No Comments
If you are a smoker with asthma, smoking cessation is better than prednisone
The results of a different new study done in Glasgow measured improvements in asthma control in adult smokers who decided to quit smoking. Lung function (FEV1) improved by an average of 15% and up to 36% in the ten patients...
Heartburn Common In Western Populations
Posted by in Health on 06 26th, 2006 | No Comments
In western countries, 25% of citizens report having heartburn at least once a month, 12% at least once per week, and 5% describe daily symptoms, state the authors of a Seminar in that week’s issue of The Lancet.Heartburn results from gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), where the contents...
New Wireless Device For Detecting Reflux Turns Heads At Sleep Medicine Conference
Posted by admin in Health on 06 26th, 2006 | No Comments
Deirdre Stewart, Ph.D., presented data to a crowded audience on a new patient-friendly device for detecting gastric reflux in the airway and its application in sleep medicine at the organization of Polysomnographic Technologists assembly, a segment of the SLEEP 2006 Associated Professional Sleep Societies...
Wheezy Preschoolers
Posted by in Health on 06 22nd, 2006 | No Comments
Daily use of inhaled corticosteroids for preschool children with a history of intermittent wheezing does not prevent progression to asthma.
Frequent episodes of wheezing are common in infants and toddlers. These episodes are successfully treated with asthma medications, such as inhaled bronchodilators...
Sperm: It’s Quantity, Not Quality
Posted by in Health on 06 21st, 2006 | No Comments
Every day when I talk to my vasectomy reversal patients the subject of quality of sperm comes up. “But doctor, my sperm are not all healthy and normal. Does that mean I have a higher risk for birth defects? I am worried approximately the quality of the sperm. Is that a problem?”
No, no and...
Semen: How much is decent?
Posted by in Health on 06 19th, 2006 | No Comments
Highs and lows, and volume…again.
Every job has its highlights, and every job has its downsides. Questions approximately semen volume are probably less exciting aspects of writing for the WebMD Men’s Health report board. Don’t get me wrong. Helping men to better understand their own...
PSA: Okay nowadays, not tomorrow?
Posted by admin in Health on 06 16th, 2006 | No Comments
Today you are okay…tomorrow is another story.
This is one of those PSA stories that every urologist experiences at least a few times in their career. The good news for that specific situation is that there is a good ending for the patient.
About eight years ago I saw a patient whom we will shout...
Prostate Cancer: Is Waiting an Option?
Posted by admin in Health on 06 14th, 2006 | No Comments
The truth approximately “watchful waiting”…and why do they sign it that?
A 78-year-old man with heart disease and a few other problems was found to have a prostate cancer. Not a naughty one, not a large one. Just an average run-of-the-mill prostate cancer. One that, chances are, will...
Real Men Grill Right
Posted by in Health on 06 13th, 2006 | No Comments
Say it isn’t so.
Okay, there are just a few things that are approach and dear to all men - and one of them is being threatened again. Yes, I am referring to the manly art of grilling. by the past few years whenever I have seen headlines proclaiming the hazards of grilling meat at very high temperatures,...
Circumcision Carnivals: Best Left in the Past
Posted by in Health on 06 12th, 2006 | No Comments
There are some ancient traditions that are better left as part of the past…
Yes, I am referring to that all-time favorite Ottoman Empire ritual of a circumcision carnival*. Think approximately it. The high prince is approximately to get a ritual circumcision, so everyone decides, “Hey, let’s...
Review: Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema Handbook
Posted by in Health on 06 9th, 2006 | No Comments
If you or a loved one has COPD, read The Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema Handbook.
The moment book that I have read approximately COPD, written for patients was a gratification, interrupted only by a walk in the woods with my golden retriever, Mollie Tamalie. that paperback is the moment edition of...
Diabetes
- Achieving Healthy Pregnancy Despite DiabetesAmong diabetic pregnant women, the most common problem when it comes to their baby’s health is the condition called “macrosomia” or having a baby with large body. This is because the blood of the mother with diabetes is interchanged with that of the baby inside the womb. As a result, the baby will produce insulin to be able to glucose and t […]
- Are You Suffering From Diabetes?People who are prone to diabetes—especially those who have the disease in their family’s history—should consider that there is a great possibility that they or their kids might inherit the illness. So, the best way to go about it is become very informed about the condition. The following are some the things that people who are prone to diabetes mus […]
- An Explanation of DiabetesIf you think that you are prone to diabetes, the first thing that you need to know is to understand what is the illness all about. Experts say that diabetes is a chronic disease, which develop among people who have the inability to utilize the glucose in their food to be used as energy. The illness develops when the accumulated glucose stays in the person […]