Autonomic Dysfunction Causing Orthostatic Hypotension, Leading to Dizziness
Just what is normal? And what are normal body functions? Do we all react to external factors the same, even sweat the same? When we stray from normality, whether …
Metformin and Victoza: Drugs Used for the Treatment of Diabetes and Their Effectiveness
It’s getting to seem that just about every middle-aged or elderly adult has blood-sugar issues and is either pre-diabetic, a Type 2 diabetic or an insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetic. …
What Is a Polyp? What Are the Risk Factors for Polyps? And When Can Polyps Turn into Cancer?
Polyps are commonly found in the colon and into the rectum They are mutated, abnormal growths that bear watching and, in fact, the removal of all, whether malignant or …
The Economic Benefits of Legalizing Cannabis Usage
Cannabis has become the medical miracle of the 21st Century after decades of being an illegal recreation drug in various forms responsible for the arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of …
What Are the Benefits of Marijuana, including Medical and Health Benefits?
We all know that marijuana has a negative public image after so many years of being illegal nationwide and stereotyped as addictive. Users of marijuana were, of course, criminals, …
The Annual Cost of Flu and Pneumonia in the USA and the Number of Cases of Hospitalization / Deaths and Causes of Deaths Due to Heart Attacks
—Just because flu and pneumonia are among are among our most common diseases that can be averted or disarmed by widely available vaccinations, doesn’t mean they are no longer …
Global Women’s Health Issues and Women’s Health Care
You may be as old as you feel, as the old saying goes, but when it comes to health risks for women there is no age immune from illness …
Striking Differences between an Alcoholic and a Social Drinker
Many people who drink alcohol can get a little defensive on those occasions— hopefully few and far between— when they may have ventured a drink or two too far. …