Medical News
November 27th, 2009
The infamous erectile dysfunction prescription drug sildenafil, more commonly known as Viagra, has been found to increase the pumping ability of the heart for children and young adults who’ve had the Fontan operation that fixes single-ventricle heart defects, new research has concluded.
The Fontan operation consists of doctors directing venous blood into pulmonary arteries to bypass [...]
November 26th, 2009
A surprising new statistic has been released by the government claiming that at least 1 in 4 American teenage girls have had or currently have a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Many of these girls are infected following their first sexual encounter.
“Sexual health is an important part of the overall health and well-being of teenagers,” says [...]
November 25th, 2009
Although it is common for people hospitalized from H1N1 swine flu to have had chronic medical conditions, many healthy people are also seriously affected by the disease, said a U.S. health official recently.
The majority of adults taken to hospital for the virus have had health problems like asthma, immune system disorders, chronic lung diseases, and [...]
November 24th, 2009
Viagra was initially developed by Pfizer as a blood pressure drug. A surprise side-effect came from the prescription drug’s effect on erectile tissue, a mistake that led to the marketing of Viagra as an erectile dysfunction (ED) drug.
Many women have asked if there is a female-alternative to Viagra, or if the medication is safe to [...]
November 23rd, 2009
There is a common misconception that simply taking diet pills such as Xenical, Alli, or Meridia will be an easy shortcut for losing weight. However, while these prescription weight loss pills drastically help with fat loss, other steps must be completed to accelerate the fat loss.
With the holiday season fast approaching, it is important to [...]
November 20th, 2009
In the past, it was thought that a person’s genetic makeup affected how they reacted to different asthma medications, now a new study is revealing that most people can benefit from a certain combination treatment regardless of their genes.
These genes are related to a receptor in the body that is important in the effectiveness of [...]
November 18th, 2009
To ease the discomfort of sickness or vomiting after an operation, new research has discovered that taking dextrose (a form of glucose) will prevent post-op nausea.
“As one of the most common post-operative complications, [vomiting and nausea] remains one of the main causes of decreased patient satisfaction following surgery,” says an author of the new study, [...]
November 17th, 2009
Treatment with Xenical weight loss drug combined with a low-calorie diet, exercise and behavioural therapy has been found to help obese teenagers lose weight and improve weight management, suggests a new study.
Behavioural modification, by itself, has not been successful for maintaining weight loss in adolescents struggling with obesity. Investigators are saying that there is a [...]
November 16th, 2009
While some would consider 4 hour erections to be a gift rather than a curse, men who suffer from penis pain and damage from these lengthy erections disagree. New mouse research suggests that these men may be able to benefit from a drug that was used in the past to treat severe immune deficiency.
Priapism is [...]
November 13th, 2009
New research tested a new class of experimental drugs to target the disease process that comes with lupus. Benlysta was one of the most promising drugs to beat out typical treatment in the large clinical trial.
If the results of the research are accurate, Benlysta would become the first new treatment for lupus in over fifty [...]
