Month: April 2010
Headaches: The Scary, the Scary-Sounding, and the Downright Weird
Cyberbullying
Role of Obesity, Physical Fitness, and Nutrition in Heart Attack Risk
I would like to know what roles do obesity, physical fitness and nutrition play in causing a heart attack?
All about gout
Many people think of gout as an archaic and uncommon affliction, but it is becoming more common, mainly among older men who eat a lot of meat and seafood and drink a lot of alcohol, particularly beer.
Helping psychiatric patients to stop smoking
People with a psychiatric condition are more likely to be smokers. Treatment tends to be more aggressive, and they may have to take smoking-cessation medication in higher doses, and for longer periods of time, for it to be successful.
Treating osteoporotic fractures of the spine
About half of all osteoporosis-related fractures occur in the vertebrae. The initial treatment is usually a back brace and pain medication. If a patient is still in pain after several weeks, there are procedures to stabilize a damaged vertebra.