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| Doctors paid to post medical observations | 15 Oct 2006 16:09 GMT | 1 |
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/10/14/website_seeks_do ctors_take_on_drugs_and_firms_are_crying_foul/?page=1 or http://tinyurl.com/wyvxw You may want to read the entire post. Below a small taste. My take on
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| blood pressure | 15 Oct 2006 06:32 GMT | 2 |
my mothers blood pressure is going up and down in the matter of min at one oclock today it was 63/60 and then thwhen i left the hospital it was 138/60 she has MS and a kidney infection they are trying to treat but i want to know if this could cause her to have a heart atack or what ...
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| Re: Prednisone | 15 Oct 2006 00:34 GMT | 8 |
Help!! Has any one taken prednisone? and their cheek got big. I'm down to 12 mg. but they aren't getting any smaller.. will they get smaller with the lower dose? (If I can ever get down to a smaller dose.) I have Polymyalgia...the Dr. says..
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| Nuts | 14 Oct 2006 23:31 GMT | 5 |
Does anyone know of a study as to which nuts (almonds, walnuts, pistacios, peanuts, etc) are actually good for lowering LDL, and which might be potentially harmful? Ron
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| Treatments for elevated heart rate | 14 Oct 2006 19:27 GMT | 1 |
I have suffered from severe anxiety and panic for about 3 years I was originally puy on xanax and was on it for about 22 months. According to my mental health professioal the drug back fired on me making my anxiety worse which evidently is not uncommon. I have been free of xanax ...
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| Lipitor: How come not taken at night? | 13 Oct 2006 11:56 GMT | 13 |
I've been taking Lipitor for years now with good success.... albeit expensive. My doc told me that a generic version of Zocor now exists called simvastatin.
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| From a medical standpoint ... never regained CONSCIOUSNESS ??? | 12 Oct 2006 11:39 GMT | 5 |
>From time to time I will read about someone passing away as a result of a Heart Attack and they will often say the person collapsed, was taken to a local hospital and after a period of time died WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.
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| Walnuts fight fat's harmful effect on arteries | 11 Oct 2006 23:43 GMT | 3 |
ANGUS HOWARTH, "Walnuts fight fat's harmful effect on arteries", Scotsman, October 10, 2006, Link: http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1497132006 FINISHING a meal with a handful of walnuts can help stop fatty food
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| Your daily quote of sanity - Sep 11 | 10 Oct 2006 19:58 GMT | 32 |
"I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology." ---Thomas Jefferson
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| Pomegranate juice may interact with many drugs | 10 Oct 2006 13:30 GMT | 3 |
According to the study Hidaka M, Okumura M, Fujita K, Ogikubo T, Yamasaki K, Iwakiri T, Setoguchi N, Arimori K. Effects of pomegranate juice on human cytochrome p450 3A (CYP3A) and
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| online anatomy/function of the heart? | 10 Oct 2006 05:39 GMT | 6 |
Is there an online website that portrays the anatomy of the heart specifically? Anatomy books usually have a few photos but do not cover it enough to get a good picture - I would like to follow a blood cell along its path, being able to note the names of the structures it
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| Low-Carb Dieters Eat More Vegetables | 09 Oct 2006 19:38 GMT | 2 |
A new survey Low carbohydrate diets in family practice: what can we learn from an internet-based support group Richard D Feinman, Mary C Vernon, Eric C Westman
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| My Torturous Faint -- I still have no clue what caused it | 08 Oct 2006 18:46 GMT | 1 |
Some agonizing medical conditon attacked my teenage years. I don't know what it was. As a teenager I often experienced what I call the "The Torturous Faint". I am NOT kidding!
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| Enlarged Heart | 08 Oct 2006 17:49 GMT | 1 |
about 3 weeks ago I had major chest pain and ended up in the emergency room wired for sound. At teh time they thought my EKG was ok and figured it was muscular in nature and may even be a tearing of some cartiliage in my chest. During my
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| Enlarged Heart | 08 Oct 2006 12:17 GMT | 1 |
About 3 weeks ago I had major chest pain and ended up in the emergency room and was wired for sound. At the time they thought my EKG was ok and figured it was muscular in
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