Homeopathic Medicine :: Natrum Muriaticum – Chloride of Sodium
Indicated chiefly in anaemic and chlorotic states and in chronic manifestations of malarial poisoning. In muscular affections of the eyes. Anaemic headaches of young girls at school.
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Homeopathic Medicine :: Zincum Metallicum – Zinc
Indicated principally in diseases of the brain and spine, especially when, in children, it depends upon the suppression of an exanthem or upon teething, and in adults when a neurasthenic state prevails, usually the result of anxious overwork. Thus it is employed in convulsions of children from irritation due to teething or eruptive fevers, in meningitis and in effusion within the brain, from the same cause or from tuberculosis; in the epilepsy of young children, in the headache of brain fag, including headache of overworked school children; in locomotor ataxia; in hysteria, especially when there is paralysis of the bladder; in spinal irritation and sciatica; in such functional disorders of the female generative organs as are accompanied by abnormal sexual desire, spinal irritation and restlessness, with inability to keep the feet still. Also used in varicose veins of the legs, lead colic, and other conditions associated with the nervous conditions belonging to the drug.
Menopause :: Dry Eye Strikes Many Menopausal Women
While 62 percent of older women experience dry eye, only 16 percent know it’s linked to menopause, a new survey shows.
Retinitis Pigmentosa :: Green Algae may be helpful in retinitis pigmentosa
Nerve cells that normally are not light sensitive in the retinas of blind mice can respond to light when a green algae protein called channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) is inserted into the cell membranes, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported study published in the April 6, 2006 issue of the journal Neuron. The study was conducted with mice that had been genetically bred to lose rods and cones, the light-sensitive cells in the retina. This condition is similar to the blinding disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in humans.
Fitness :: Physically active kids get into less trouble
Teenagers who are physically active in any way are less likely than their TV-watching peers to smoke, drink or take other health risks, a new study suggests.
Breast Cancer :: Soy Shows Small Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk
Consuming soy may be associated with a small reduction in breast cancer risk, but the reduction is not big enough or clear enough to suggest women should be taking soy supplements.
Cervical Cancer :: Cervical cancer vaccine gives long protection
A vaccine that protects women against a virus that causes cervical cancer is effective for more than four years, researchers said. They found that women given GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix had high levels of antibodies against two of types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) for up to 4.5 years after receiving their last dose.
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.
Heart Disease :: Male Fat Distribution Pattern and Coronary Risk
Two risk factors that place males at greater risk for heart disease than women appear to be influenced by genes on the X chromosome, report researchers at the NIH and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. The finding appears in a Research Letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer higher among black women
African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer, and minorities in general do not receive the best treatment for the disease compared with white women, according to two studies published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.