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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Glaucoma – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Latest Treatment
Glaucoma is the second largest cause of irreversible bilateral blindness globally. It is a disease of the optic nerve that causes a loss of vision, usually in both eyes. In the United States, it is estimated that more than 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Allergan, Alphagan, Azopt, Beta-blockers, Betagan, betaxolol, Betoptic, bimatoprost, brimonidine, brinzolamide, Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, Causes, Cosopt, Cozopt, Diagnosis, dorzolamide, glaucoma, latanaprost, Lumigan, Ocupress, Prognosis, Prostaglandin analogues, Purite, Rescula, Selective alpha2-adrenergic agonists, Symptoms, timolol, travaprost, Travatan, Treatment, Trusopt, unoprostone, Xalantan, Xalatan, Xalcom
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Yunnan Baiyao Is an Effective Medicine to Stop Bleeding
Yunnan Baiyao is a well-known Chinese herbal medicine that has been used as a haemostatic drug for nearly 100 years. It was first formulated by Qu Huanzhong in the late Qing Dynasty. It was initially used as a topical haemostatic … Continue reading
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Tagged bleeding, bruises, notoginseng, Paris rhizome, radix rotoginseng, Yunnan Baiyao
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Red Meat Might Increase Esophageal, Stomach Cancer Risks
Red-meat lovers may have a greater likelihood of developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and gastric cardia cancer than people who limit their intake, according to a new study reported in the November issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Tagged Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, heterocyclic amines, red meat
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Mediterranean Diet Reduces Incidence of Diabetes
If you would like to lower your risk of diabetes, you might like to follow the Mediterranean diet. A new study found that Mediterranean diet lowers the risk of diabetes by half over four years when compared to a low-fat … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Diabetes
Tagged Diabetes, low-fat diet, Mediterranean diet, PREDIMED
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Eat More Fish and Less Meat Lower CHD risk
A new study indicated shifting dietary protein sources aware from red meat to more poultry, fish, and nuts can reduce an individuals’ risk of coronary heart disease. The results came from the Nurses’ Health Study, which followed 84,000 women, aged … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cardiovascular disease, Heart attack, Heart failure, High cholesterol, Hypertension, Stroke
Tagged Cardiovascular disease, fish, Nuts, poultry, protein source, red meat, systolic blood pressure
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Home Monitoring of INR is Equal to Clinic Care
For patients who are taking warfarin and need to check their INR every month at the clinics, the result of the following study might be a good news for them. A newly published article that suggests weekly self-testing of INR … Continue reading
Statin Might Reduce Colorectal Cancer
Currently, the strategies to look for colon cancer are to detect it early using colonoscopy and fecal occult blood testing. The ultimate goal to prevent this disease is to use chemoprevention. Last month, a presentation at the American College of … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Colorectal cancer
Tagged chemoprevention, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, Crestor, Crohn's disease, fecal occult blood testing, rosuvastatin, Statin, ulcerative colitis
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20-Year Study: Aspirin Reduces Colon Cancer Incidence and Mortality
Use of low-dose aspirin was found to reduce long-term incidence of and mortality related to colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the October 21 issue of Lancet. Particularly, the benefit was greatest for cancers of the proximal colon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspirin, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, sigmoidoscopy
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Soy Intake Lowers Recurrence of Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancers
The intake of soy isoflavones among women with breast cancer has become a public health concern since these compounds have been found to have weak estrogenic effects. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, however, suggested soy intake … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Breast cancer, Cancer
Tagged Breast Cancers, isoflavones, soy
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