What causes blood pressure to become too high? To begin with, medicine makes a distinction between what it calls essential and what it calls secondary hypertension. Secondary hypertension results from various deficiencies and defects elsewhere in the body such as in the kidneys, adrenal glands, the nervous system, etc. Frequently these conditions can be remedied [...]

Imuran Tablet size: 50 mg Usual dose: variable Effective within: six weeks to six months Azathioprine was initially introduced as a form of cancer chemotherapy and is still being used for that purpose. It is also used to prevent rejection in organ transplant recipients. It was the first immunosuppressant to be approved by the FDA [...]

Several studies have investigated whether body image improves when BDD is treated. Dr. Rosen’s study of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) evaluated body image before and after CBT treatment using a subscale of the MBSRQ. After treatment, the study participants felt more physically attractive and more satisfied with their appearance. In my study of fluoxetine versus [...]

Can the NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) ruin my kidneys? This is particularly true of people who have bad kidneys to begin with. The elderly, the dehydrated, and those taking drugs that cause dehydration are all at risk of encountering problems with these drugs. There is some evidence that the NSAIDs can lower the filtering capacity [...]

Most of the pen movements on the EEG are common and normal. When muscles twitch or contract, they produce electricity, and this electricity is picked up on the EEG. When people blink their eyes (“eye movement artifact”), this movement also is seen on the EEG. Artifact means that it is not coming from the brain, [...]

I have heavy bleeding and my doctor wants to do another D & C. The last D & C he did didn’t help reduce my flow and he has told me that if this one doesn’t cure me, I might need a hysterectomy. I think a hysterectomy would be an extreme way to alleviate my [...]

Once a diagnosis of hypertension is firmly established, what do you do? According to a study entitled “Heartstyles: Profiles in Hypertension,” based on data analyzed by Dr. Michael Weber of the State University of New York and his colleagues, you might have one of several reactions. These researchers surveyed 727 patients and came up with [...]

The distribution of cancers within individual countries can be very striking. Sometimes these distributions can attract a great deal of publicity. Perhaps the best known example in the United Kingdom is the relationship of childhood leukaemia, which is reported to be unusually high in the vicinity of nuclear power stations: the occurrence of childhood leukaemia [...]

There are many ways to help the body along in its detoxification process. We have used many methods over two decades with several thousand patients. The most useful programmes we have ever used have probably been Chelation (EDTA) and Intravenous vitamin C. Other techniques involve an array of procedures ranging from regular short saunas to [...]

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a rare disease. However, the disease carries an overall mortality rate of 20% to 40%, perhaps as high as 70% in some groups. Efforts to prevent IE have long centered on prevention of transient procedure-related bacteremia. The assumption on which these efforts are based is that procedure-related transient bacteremias cause a [...]