What Is Eating Disorders ?
Overview Eating disorders are devastating mental illnesses that affect an estimated 20 million American women and 10 million American men sometime during their life. Approximately 85 percent to 95 percent of the people who suffer from the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are women. Although eating disorders revolve around eating and body weight, […]
What is Erectile Dysfunction?
The term erectile dysfunction has replaced the outdated term impotence. The word “impotence” is no longer used, because it does not give a clear explanation of the problem. Moreover, the use of this term led to an incorrect understanding of this condition. Men suffering from erectile dysfunction are not sterile and they retain the ability […]
Smoking Effects On Your Body
Fifty years ago smoking was thought of as a primarily male “pastime.” But in the decades since, women have just about closed the gender gap while at the same time experiencing dire health consequences, just like men. According to the most recently available statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010, […]
Anti-Anxiety Meds For Cats
Anxiety in cats can be caused by various reasons. When cat owner notices some signs and symptoms of anxiety in his pet, he should take steps to normalize the mental status of his cat. To reduce the anxiety in cats, people may use different types of medications. If anxiety is mild or moderate, veterinarian physician […]
Canada Pet Meds
You can hardly find a person, who does not like animals. People from all over the world have always had pets living next to them. Dogs, cats, parrots, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters and other kinds of pets have become like family members for many people, who were taking care of them as if they were […]
What Is Hepatitis C?
Hepatitis is a very broad term describing the liver inflammation. This can be cause be several different mechanisms. Hepatitis is caused by a viral infection of the liver. Depending of the type of the virus, we know of Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, with Hepatitis C being the most problematic. Hepatitis C is an […]
What Is Substance Abuse?
Overview Substance use disorders are complicated illnesses that present unique threats to women’s health. Medical research finds that women who consume alcohol, tobacco or other drugs may develop substance use disorders and/or substance-related health problems faster than men. Recent surveys show that alcohol consumption is most common among: women in their 20s and early 30s […]
Metformin and weight loss
Oral antihyperglycemic drug – Metformin is one of the most prescribed antidiabetic drugs in the UK, Canada and the USA. For several decades, Metformin is used for the first line therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. Metformin story is not restricted only by the diabetes treatment. Between 1998 and 2015, the influence of Metformin […]
Weight Loss Pills
Overweight and obesity has become the issue of the day for many people. Therefore, the demand for weight loss pills among overweight people increases every year. When choosing right weight loss pills, experts recommend to pay attention to their composition, side effects and contraindications. All weight loss pills can be divided into three main groups: […]
Stroke Treatment
Overview A stroke—also referred to as a brain attack—occurs when a part of the brain is injured by a disturbance to its blood supply. There are two types of stroke. An ischemic stroke, or cerebral infarction, occurs when the flow of blood through an artery supplying part of the brain is suddenly interrupted, usually by […]
What Is Qsymia?
In 2012, the FDA approved a new drug for weight loss available under the brand name Qsymia. Qsymia diet pills are designed for treatment of obesity in overweight patients with BMI exceeds 30 kg/m². Or this drug is prescribed when the BMI is over 27 kg/m² and a patient has at least one of obesity-related […]
What Is Stress?
Overview Stress can be your friend or your foe. When stress fuels the spark of personal achievement, it can work to your benefit by making you more perceptive and productive, acting as a motivator and even making you more creative. But when stress flames out of control—as it often does for many of us—it can […]