Archive for December, 2008

Medical Update - Rainbows in Your Urine? Have It Checked!

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Urine can assume almost any color of the rainbow, but the only reason for concern is whether there’s blood in it. Blood can color the urine red, brown, or orange–but, so can many other things. If you see any of these three colors, have your urine checked for blood.
Yellow is, of…

Healthfacts - Antidepressant ineffective for kids - tricyclic antidepressants

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Tricyclic antidepressant drugs appear to be no more effective than a placebo in the treatment of depression in children and adolescents, according to an analysis published last month in the British Medical Journal. This old-line family of antidepressants includes seven drugs sold under numerous brand names, such as …

Acmemeds.com Improves Itself With 101 New Added Medications

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Acmemeds ( www.acmemeds.com ) is an U.S. Licensed Online Pharmacy with its easy-to-use online store to provide prescriptions, medications and other health related items at an affordable price.

Is Your Medicine Cabinet Making You Fat?

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

You’ve been watching your diet and following your usual exercise routine. But your pants seem a little tight and, sure enough, the scale shows that you’ve gained five pounds in the past month.
What’s going on?
This may be hard to swallow, but a medication your doctor prescribed could be to blame. Certain prescription drugs used to…

Borage

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Borage

Here’s another herb I haven’t mentioned so far. It’s good for depression, a condition you don’t want to fool around with. You have to be aware of what kind of depression you havethe sort that lasts for a day or two, or that hangs on for months and makes you think of suicide? If you have a mild, short-term depression, t…

The Tendency to Develop Diabetes in Depressed Patients Isn’t Connected With the Particular Medicine They Take

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

It is always fascinating to watch how the media pick up on a story from the world of medical research. No matter how well balanced and scientifically neutral the source material may be, it seems that news must always be more sensational. Only bad news is good news to sell newspapers and keep the advertisers happy. Take a headline, T…

Migraine Headaches and TMJ Syndrome

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Headache and TMJ syndrome may go together if you have chronic recurring headaches. While wildly over diagnosed in the 1970’s recently newer imaging techniques, such as MRI’s, have allowed for a better look at this facial joint that causes so much pain.

TMJ or temporomandibu…

Treating Pet Depression

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Do you think your pet may be suffering from depression or another emotional issue? If so, you might want to consider giving it “puppy Prozac.” Many pet owners are finding that giving their pets this medication, which is actually an antidepressant called clomipramine or anot…