Avian Influenza - What is it? Avian influenza is an infection caused by bird flu viruses. Occurring naturally amongst birds (domesticated and wild), the virus is carried in their intestines. Avian influenza is very contagious among birds and can make domesticated birds like chickens, ducks,...
ACTOS works along with healthy eating and physical activity to help you manage your type 2 diabetes. Actos helps your body use its own natural insulin or the insulin you take. What Is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 diabetes occurs when your body makes too little insulin....
Tamoxifen has been used for more than 20 years to treat patients with advanced breast cancer. Tamoxifen is used as additional therapy after primary treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Tamoxifen greatly reduces the possibility of developing breast cancer in women who have a greater chance of...
Carvedilol (brand name-COREG) - help treat heart failure. Used in combination with other medications, Carvedilol can help treat heart failure. It can also be used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. What is heart failure? Heart failure is a disorder in which...
Celebrex is a prescription medication used to help relieve the pain and swelling of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Celebrex is also used to treat pain in adults (strains and sprains) or pain after surgery, primary dysmenorrhea (painful menstrual cramps) and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing...
The common stereotypes associated with mental illness are that your problems are caused by your intelligence or your personality. If you want to start feeling better, you can. This is not true. Overcoming mental illness is not like going on a diet. It takes more...
ACTOS is a prescription medication that can be combined with a healthy diet and physical activity to help control your type II diabetes. ACTOS helps your body use the natural produced insulin more efficiently. ACTOS should only be prescribed when healthy eating and exercise are...
More than 65 people suffer from high blood pressure; however, more than one third of the people who suffer from high blood pressure don't even know it. The symptoms of high blood pressure are hard to detect without being tested, and even if you have...
Nasal symptoms attack you year round, but using Fluticasone Propionate can help stop the suffering. Fluticasone Propionate is a prescription nasal spray approved to treat indoor and outdoor allergies and nonallergic symptoms and reduce the inflammation that leads to congestion, sneezing, and itchy, runny nose. Quite...
Do you lie down at night trying to fall asleep, only to suffer from the burning affects of heartburn? You're not alone. Thousands of people suffer from the painful burning of heartburn, but the pain you feel might not be simple diet related heartburn. In...
Rosiglitazone Maleate (brand name: Avandia) is used by people with Type 2 diabetes to reduce and maintain blood sugar. Your body naturally produces insulin to help transport sugar from your blood stream and into your cells. A common misconception is that people who suffer from...
What is Zocor? ZOCOR (active ingredient - simvastatin) is a prescription drug that helps lower your cholesterol levels, when proper diet and exercise are inadequate. Zocor is also prescribed for patients with coronary heart disease. ZOCOR reduces the risk of: Coronary death Heart attack Stroke Should I take...