SubscribeThe majority of the 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease live at home, where family and friends provide most of their care. Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive brain disorder that not only affects memory, but gradually destroys a person’s ability to learn and carry out daily activities, can be emotionally [...]
Month: March, 2010
Acne: Asthma Drug Fails to Help Patients with Acne
The asthma drug Zyflo fails to help patients with severe acne, according to a mid-stage trial carried out by the company Critical Therapeutics Inc. The drug, also known as zileuton, was neither better at controlling the number of inflammatory lesions than placebos under the company statistics.
Over the 12-week trial, patients treated with Zyflo had [...]
Alzheimer’s Disease – A Carer’s Guide
There are various definitions of Alzheimer s disease including:
– The slow onset of memory loss leading to a gradual progression to a loss of judgement and changes in behaviour and temperament.
– A living death
– The global impairment of higher functions, including memory, the capacity to solve problems of day to day living, [...]
Available Treatments Of Chrones Disease
Chrones disease is a disorder in which the bowel system becomes inflamed and damage is often done as a result. The exact reasoning is unclear as to why, but the bodys immune system seems to react abundantly to a portion of the digestive tract that is actually quite healthy. As the area is [...]
Alternative Therapies For Asthma Treatment — Biofeedback Holds Promise
Are there effective alternative therapies for asthma? Many researchers believe biofeedback holds promise as a way to help asthma patients.
What is biofeedback all about? It involves measuring a person’s body processes like heart rate, blood pressure, galvanic skin response, etc and providing this information to the person in real time. This creates awareness of [...]
Arthritis – The Inflammatory Disease
One of the most common conditions in the United States today is a debilitating inflammatory disease that affects our joints. It is estimated that there are over 100 different forms of this disease and over 40 million people suffer from one form or another.
Though typically thought to be an affliction of the [...]
Alternative Asthma Treatment
Did you know that asthma is in the top 10 hospitalizations reasons for the United States ? If you think about it its not that weird because over 19 million people suffer from asthma in the US.
Statistics show that more and more people keep complaining to their doctors about their current asthma treatment [...]