The major flu shot ingredients are dead influenza viruses. There may be any number of different flu viruses circulating at any one time, but pharmaceutical companies only choose three as annual flu shot ingredients. Even if you take an annual flu shot, you could still contract another flu virus and still come down with the [...]
For many years I fought what appeared to be a losing battle with sinus drainage. As a child, before modern allergy testing was a common medical test, I remember blowing my nose almost constantly at certain times of the year. As I grew up things didn’t get much better. But one day I came to [...]
Cold and flu season comes every year and every year and hundreds of thousands of people die from influenza around the world. With the rise in H1N1 illnesses, there’s worldwide concern that it could become the next pandemic. While healthy individuals rarely die from the agonizing flu symptoms of headache, muscle ache, respiratory problems and [...]
Influenza is the most common disease in the U.S. that can be prevented by vaccination. Yet, 5-20% of the population (about 15-60 million people) come down with this potentially life threatening respiratory illness. Annually, there are approximately 36,00 deaths related to influenza.Serious complication due to the flu can occur at any age. However, children, people [...]
Repaglinide (Eurepa, Rrapilin), Nateglinide (Glintae, Natelide)These drugs release insulin in response to meals and therefore regulate post-meal hyperglycemia (rise in blood glucose after meals) in adults. These should be avoided in liver disease. Repaglinide is ingested 10-30 minutes before meals. Side effects are mild headache, dyspepsia, joint pain, or weight gain. It can be given [...]
Today people are more health conscious and some tend to be fitness freaks. There is a variety of health and fitness magazines as well as clinics offering expert advice on practically any and every symptom of ill health. One of the various ways touted to keep fit is the sauna. At times the advantages seem [...]
If you’ve been dealing with ear ringing and you’re not quite sure what the cause is, this is a very important article for you to read. Ringing in the ear, among other symptoms could be caused by a condition called Tinnitus. In fact, you may be experiencing other symptoms that you don’t recognize or think [...]
At the age of fifty five, attending a party held at a friend’s Seattle home, I felt suddenly dizzy, collapsed to the floor and had to be rushed to hospital in an ambulance, breathing oxygen. I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and placed on drug treatment.As a heart surgeon this was a great shock [...]
This is a great starter diet for someone suffering from Diabetes, who is looking for an effective way to manage the health and fitness portion of their diabetes management plan. Be sure to always consult your physician before beginning any new diet plan. This diet provides 50 percent starches, 30 percent proteins and 20% fat [...]
Under the microscope they would appear to be creatures from another planet. To the naked eye they do not exist. But to millions who are very susceptible to their “legacy” they are responsible for a great deal of discomfort or just plain misery: meet the house dust mite.The mighty miteThe sinus pressure sufferer should know, [...]