Lady Sharon | March 8, 2011
Low Potassium Levels and Type 2 Diabetes African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes than whites. A new study by John Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers, in the US, found that African Americans had lower potassium levels in their blood than caucasians. The findings show, therefore, that potassium [...]
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Tags: African Americans, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Diabetes, Health, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, potassium, Type 2 Diabetes
Lady Sharon | February 14, 2011
Cell Spray Gun ‘So if we can find a way to get as much normal healthy skin as we want within a week – well that is the holy grail of burn surgery.’ Dr Steven Wolf, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research in San Antonio When someone receives second degree burns, the standard [...]
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Tags: Burns, Cell Spray Gun, Doctor Jörg Gerlach, Dr Steven Wolf, How to Build a Beating Heart
Lady Sharon | July 24, 2010
Chronic Pain Deborah Mitchell on EmaxHealth wrote an interesting article concerning chronic pain patients and how effectively they are treated. The research suggests that many chronic pain patients are not given adequate pain relief in our present medical systems. For those who have experienced chronic pain, this news confirms their experiences. Pain Management expert Kathryn [...]
Category: Chronic Pain - The Darkest of Knyghts, Medical Studies for Thou |
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Lady Sharon | January 28, 2010
An interesting study took place on 700 troops in Iraq that were injured between 2004 to 2006. In the study they gave morphine to wounded troops and found that it helped reduce the psychological fallout of war. The U.S. Naval Research Center, who led the study, found that giving morphine, cut in half the chance [...]
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Tags: Morphine, Pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, trauma
Lady Sharon | January 8, 2010
The Knight’s Journal E Medieval Messenger from the Dark Times Fibromyalgia Does not seem to be a Rheumatologic Disease Since the 1950’s fibromyalgia was thought to be a rheumatologic disorder because it was characterized by musculoskeletal pain similar to other rheumatologic diseases. Patients with Fibromyalgia have tender points on their body. However, studies have [...]
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Tags: Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Health, Helicobacter pylori, Knight's Journal, Neurostimulation, stomach cancer
Lady Sharon | January 3, 2010
Balloon Sinuplasty For those sinus sufferers, who are plagued with painful symptoms that have not responded to standard treatments, there is some hope in a new surgical procedure for chronic sinusitis. After trying medications and antibiotics for relief, usually patients would consider undergoing Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS). In this surgery bone and tissue are [...]
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Tags: Acclarent, balloon sinuplasty, Dr. Oakley Smith, sinuplasty, sinus pain
Lady Sharon | December 28, 2009
Renal Sympathetic Nerve Ablation A new exciting development has happened in Britain concerning a procedure that appears to reduce blood pressure. A team at the London Chest Hospital carried our the procedure, called “Renal Sympathetic-Nerve Ablation, in one hour. The Daily Telegraph observed the procedure and is now making the results public. Dr Mel Lobo, [...]
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Tags: Dr Mel Lobo, Health, High Blood Pressure, Prof Martin Rothman, Renal Sympathetic Nerve Ablation