The diagnosis of diabetes is made under many different circumstances, for example, during a routine medical examination for insurance purposes or during out-patient or in-patient care for other conditions; but most people first learn that they may have diabetes from their family doctor. What happens next varies. Some family doctors continue to provide all aspects [...]
Doctors and other health care professionals talk about you as ‘a diabetic’ or ‘a person with diabetes’ and you may also talk about being a diabetic or having diabetes. But this is a very poor description of you. You are a unique individual with your own lifestyle, work, hobbies, family background, home, friends, ideas and [...]
Bronchiolitis is a viral infection which causes inflammation of the small air passages in the lungs (bronchioles). It is most common in babies under 1 year of age. It generally occurs in epidemics during the winter months.
Cause
Bronchiolitis is usually caused by a virus called respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is spread by sneezing, coughing or [...]
Marriage and sexual activity restricted to one exclusive partner is one of the best steps toward holding this deadly disease in check until a vaccine and, we hope, a cure can be found. Many of the opportunities are less likely to transmit the AIDS virus than other sexual interactions, but they are not [...]
You’d think that something I think about so much and do so much would be more fun, be more fulfilling. It seems to have lost its zing. I do it just the same, but something is missing.
HUSBAND
I can say without fear of contradiction from any sex researcher that the number-one male sexual problem is not [...]
A logical question arises: how is it possible for all those nasty things to enter our bodies ? Where do they come from? It is certainly not our intention to ingest any of them in any concentration whatsoever.
Common products which could have propyl alcohol in them include cosmetics, perfumes, deodorants, shampoo, hair spray, mouthwash, body [...]
It is caused by a previously unknown family of bacteria. It is not a virus. This distinction is important, because few viral diseases respond to antibiotics, whereas most bacterial diseases do.
Legionella pneumophilia is the name scientists have given it, and there appear to be several closely related strains. This organism is hard to grow and [...]
Beta blockers, by blocking the action of these chemicals, can lead to wheezing and breathing difficulties in asthmatics and so their use is limited. Some people may get dizziness, headaches, sleep disturbances, bad dreams, hallucinations, abdominal pains, fatigue, muscular cramps and aching legs from these drugs.
Although, in medical circles, most drugs are known by their [...]
Finding endometriosis in the cul-de-sac is often a difficult task, even after laparoscopy. When endometriosis spreads through the pelvic cavity, an affected bladder may be pushed backward toward the bowel, pressing on it. A barium enema, introduced into the bowel to make the bowel sensitized to radiation, allows any growths or deformities in the intestines [...]
Pregnancy has a profound hormonal effect on the body. Consequently, changes may occur at all levels of the skin. Some or all of these changes may equally well occur in women on the oral contraceptive pill. Being on the Pill is, as far as the hormones are concerned, like being pregnant.
Some of the more common [...]