Health :: Best Health Articles in March 2006
Following are the best health articles in March 2006:
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Homeopathic Medicine :: Belladonna – Deadly Nightshade – Solanaceae
Adapted to bilious, lymphatic, plethoric constitutions; persons who are lively and entertaining when well, but violent and often delirious when sick.
Homeopathic Medicine :: Causticum – Tinctura acris sine Kali
Adapted to person with dark hair and rigid fibre; weakly, psoric, with excessively yellow, sallow complexion ; subject to affections of respiratory and urinary tracts.
Vitamin D :: Patients with type 2 diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency
Something like three out of every five patients with type 2 diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency, Italian researchers report in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
Diabetes :: Too much sleep may cause type 2 diabetes
Men who sleep too much or too little are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study by the New England Research Institutes in collaboration with Yale School of Medicine researchers.
Skin Care :: Stretch marks of pregnancy
A new study has found that women who have stretch marks may face triple the risk of having a pelvic disorder, known as pelvic prolapse, than women who don?t.
Skin Care :: 5 homeopathic medicines for chloasma – pregnancy mask
Melasma (chloasma or the mask of pregnancy when present in pregnant women) is a tan or dark facial skin discoloration. Although it can affect anyone, melasma is particularly common in women, especially pregnant women and those who are taking oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy medications.
Skin Care :: Chloasma natural remedies
Chloasma is a type of skin discoloration (pregnancy mask), otherwise known as melasma. It appears during pregnancy due to hormonal changes. Women with darker skin are more likely to develop this condition. After delivery chloasma will fade, however some traces may still remain. It can also occur in women who are taking oral contraceptives.
Diabetes :: Water retention causes diabetes drug weight gain
Up to 75 percent of the increase in body weight that can occur in patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated with pioglitazone is from water retention, researchers report the journal Diabetes Care. The drug also tends to reduce abdominal fat and blood pressure.
Exercise :: Exercise can help reduce depression after stroke
Stroke patients who partake in a therapeutic exercise program may experience a reduction in depressive symptoms, according to the results of a study published the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.