The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the marketing of a robotic-like system to assist in coronary artery by-pass surgery in which there is direct access to the chest using standard open chest technique (sternotomy) or a smaller surgical incision (thoracotomy).
Individuals should not have to suffer all losses due to illness! Men, women and children are suffering with HIV/AIDS. We need to assure that these people are cared for, not discriminated against! We must provide funds for proper nutrition, housing and health care for these individuals to aid and contribute to their well-being. We need to get rid of the false perceptions and judgments. Like Doreen Millman said in Vancouver at the 1996 AIDS Conference in reference to how a 63 year old grandmother got AIDS. She said, “It just doesn’t matter!” Neither does an individual’s race, religion or sexual orientation matter! Don’t look for differences; look at how we can help one another.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of a new indication for Aldara (imiquimod) topical cream. This product is currently approved for the treatment of actinic keratosis and external genital warts. FDA is approving its use for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC), a type of skin cancer .
I have been living with HIV for 20 years and for a decade now, I have been OUT publicly about my being infected with HIV. My work creating awareness globally has provided for many people, a face living with HIV and has helped to bring hope to people infected that they too can live!
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new image analysis system designed to help radiologists review computed tomography (CT) images of the chest to aid in the detection of solid nodules in the lungs. Such nodules can be malignant.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a condition which causes the intestines (or bowels, or gut) to be over sensitive. This can cause a variety of abdominal and bowel symptoms. There is no cure, but most people can, with the help of their doctor, learn to control and live with their irritable bowel.
Artificial sweeteners confuse the brain’s ability to regulate body weight and could encourage people to over-eat. A studt reveals low calorie soft drinks may do more harm than good for people desperate to shed excess pounds.
Guillain-Barre Syndrome – GBS is inflammation of nerves caused by patient?s body producing antibodies against peripheral nerves. The course of the disease is different in different individuals. The syndrome is usually seen after infection of lungs, vaccination, childbirth or post-viral infections as by EBV, CMV or Herpes virus.
The Diagnostic and Statistical manual of the American Psychiatric Association (1968) defines alcoholism as drinking that chronically interferes with physical, personal or social functioning.
A preliminary version of the rules for healthful eating flatly tells to cut consumption of saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol. The draft guidelines also warn not to eat more food than they need, to “be physically active every day,” and to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, to reduce the chance of chronic illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.