Premenstrual dysphoric disorder occurs in a small percentage of menstruating women, and is often confused with PMS. While PMS and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is similar in its symptoms, they are not the same condition. While the symptoms of PMS and premenstrual dysphoric disorder are very similar, the symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder are more intense.

What are the symptoms and treatment of premenstrual (more…)

With the seasonal change comes the probability either you or someone you know will be feeling under the weather. Many will experience common cold symptoms, while others will suffer more serious conditions such as strep throat. It is important to be able to differentiate between strep throat and the common cold. To do this, one must understand strep throat symptoms.

A severe sore throat (more…)

Bleeding ulcers, also known as peptic ulcers can cause extreme discomfort among individuals affected. Although they are painful, bleeding ulcers can be treated fairly easily. Treatment of bleeding ulcers can subdue the discomfort of symptoms allowing affected individuals to live normally.

Bleeding ulcers have two primary causes. These include an infection of H.pylori bacteria, and the use of NSAIDS. Other factors said (more…)

Acid Reflux is one of the most irritating, persistent, and pervasive conditions that exists in the world today. Most everybody has experienced acid reflux at some point or another, but people that suffer from acid reflux on a regular basis are usually diagnosed with what is called gastoesophageal reflux disease. This is commonly called GERD. Treatment for acid reflux is varied, and prevention is the key. Here are some things to consider (more…)

When stroke symptoms begin to show up immediate treatment is crucial to insure the stroke patient makes the best possible recovery. Especially with elderly stroke victims, a stroke can have serious consequences unless treated immediately.

Often stroke victims ignore early warning signs until it is too late. When the paralysis associated with stroke strikes, it can quickly leave them unable to reach a phone and call for help. Elderly (more…)

Try mentioning the word migraine to sufferers and most of them will reflexively cringe due to recollected pain. This is because they associate the word migraine to the last headache they had and that’s still vivid in their memory. Then try mentioning the word reflexology to the same persons and you will most likely get blank stares. Last 2006, a study in Denmark indicated that migraineurs who underwent reflexology are less likely to cringe (more…)

Researchers in Australia and the U.S indicate that when neuroblastoma was treated with the drug Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) combined with traditional anti-cancer drugs such as cisplatin on mice, the tumors shrank and took longer to return. In some cases, neuroblastoma, the deadliest of all childhood cancers, never  returned on the mice treated in the drug trials.

An article in the Australian, (more…)

This is good news for women who go into early menopause and can’t have a baby due to it. Researchers for the first time report that they have successfully transplanted a full ovary from one woman to another, in which it later resulted in a live birth. In this case, the volunteer was her twin sister who gave her ovaries to help her sister who went into early menopause at age 15. The twin sister gave birth at age 38 and she has fully (more…)

Many patients are fearful of taking prescription drugs.

And who can blame them? Drug advertisements prominently communicate a litany of side effects, and news reports routinely proclaim black box warnings and newly discovered complications.

Within this fog of negativity, patients have to realize the benefits of many medications, and this is what the WSJ points out (via the WSJ Health Blog).

Statins are the most obvious (more…)

When stroke symptoms begin to show up immediate treatment is crucial to insure the stroke patient makes the best possible recovery. Especially with elderly stroke victims, a stroke can have serious consequences unless treated immediately.

Often stroke victims ignore early warning signs until it is too late. When the paralysis associated with stroke strikes, it can quickly leave them unable to reach a phone and call for help. Elderly (more…)