Benign Brain Tumor Triggers Fits. Part 2
May0
One woman, a 34-year-old whose daily “giggling attacks” began at age 4, described the symptom as a “tickling inside my head” that could be suppressed. By age 25, these episodes would sometimes be followed by a seizure. Drugs have reduced seizure frequency, but the woman still has 10- to 15-second bouts of suppressed giggling up to 10 times daily.
Benign Brain Tumor Triggers Fits. Part 1
May0
While a growth on the brain is no laughing matter, one type of tumor-like mass may trigger mild epileptic seizures and also give patients the giggles, Australian doctors report.
Learning about Stroke
May0
The most important person in your health care is you. You can help protect yourself from stroke by learning all about it. Turn to the following resources for help:
Weight Loss Prevents Diabetes
Feb0
More than 16 million Americans have diabetes, and of these75 percent are overweight and many are unaware they even have diabetes (CNN, May 11, 2000). While diabetes can cut the average life expectancy by 15 years, a moderate weight-reduction program can help reduce the risk of diabetes, as well as other chronic illnesses such as heart disease and stroke.
Familial Hypercholesterolemia About
Feb0
Familial hypercholesterolemia runs in families, but it can be treated with generic Simvastin. People tend to hear nothing but bad things about cholesterol, and thus come to the incorrect conclusion that cholesterol is bad for them.
Digestive Problems with Sjogren’s Syndrome
Nov0
Q.I have primary Sjogren’s syndrome with severe loss of salivary function. This has had a severe impact on my digestion. Digestive enzymes taken with meals seem to help, but is there anything else I could be doing to reduce my unpleasant GI symptoms?
Jaundice in Newborns
Aug0
Most people never think about newborns being born with jaundice. When my daughter was born many years ago I was told she had too much mucus and would have to be suctioned daily. She also had the dreaded word “jaundice.” I couldn’t hold her for five days, and the first time I touched her or held her was on the day we left the hospital. Up until that day I couldn’t even give a bottle to her because the nurses fed her.
Diabetes Is Not Your Grandfather’s Disease
May0
Every year over 500,000 people, in the United States alone, are diagnosed with Diabetes. This used to be a ‘sugar in the blood disease’ that affected the elderly. Now it is recognized and diagnosed as the disease that is killing America. Are you next on the Diabetes bullet of death? Think it couldn’t be you or yours?