Category Archives: Medical News

Ketamine – Dangerous Drug or Promising Cure?

Ketamine, the drug known as special K, has long been a favorite on the club scene. Originally developed as a battlefield anesthetic during the Vietnam War it found greater use as a veterinary tranquilizer the 1980s. In the 1990s however, … Continue reading

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SLEEP ANYONE?

For insomniacs, the search for the cure to their sleeplessness is never ending.  A lot of companies have come out with medicines practically assuring a good night’s sleep, though none has ever come so close in fulfilling it.  Fortunately, there … Continue reading

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Problem with your bones?

Osteoporosis – a common bone problem encountered by all walks of life. Calcium and phosphate are two components needed to develop healthy bones. As we age, our bones become brittle because these two minerals are reabsorbed into our bodies, thus … Continue reading

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Pay Little for a Long Life

If you are suffering from diseases like type 2 diabetes then there is just one thing you need to do and that is invest in things that are healthy. This helps you a lot in cutting the cost on medicines. … Continue reading

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Medical Tourism

With the advancement of technology, the diseases have also become very complicated. The complexity in the diseases requires the treatments to be specialized. Thus the specialized skills of treatments are not available at the same place, and are distributed across … Continue reading

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Internet Counseling

The internet has it all! Even licensed therapists to engage in counseling sessions with you if need be. Asktheinternettherapist.com has audiovisual and text chats available for anyone looking for someone to talk to about mental health issues. Although there is … Continue reading

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Cyberchondria–It’s real and on the rise

John Markoff of the New York Times, wrote a really great article in November of ’08 profiling Microsoft’s study of Cyberchondria. Cyberchondria is a term that was coined around 2000 that refers to the jumping to conclusions of one’s health … Continue reading

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Online Smoking Support Groups

As they say, old habits die hard, and they die especially hard if they’re tough-to-break habits like smoking. If you find yourself on that familiar loop of quitting and starting up again and quitting and starting up again, you need … Continue reading

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Online Diagnosis is Convenient, But Not Always Credible

I had a friend of mine recently joke with me about how after she lost her health insurance; she had to resort to Googling her symptoms when she had a problem. But apparently she isn’t the only patient seeking the … Continue reading

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Anxiety Therapy: A Cure for Your Anxiety Disorders

It may be surprising to know that mild anxiety might in fact be helpful to you to keep you focused and alert during circumstances which need your high attention. But a lot of times these mild anxieties grow into troublesome … Continue reading

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