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Prescription Sleep Medicine
Short List of Readily Available Natural Cures For Yeast Infection
Posted by sleepyguy in Prescription Sleep Medicine on November 10th, 2009
The market today is experiencing a growth in homeopathic and natural cures for yeast infections. As people realize the benefits of such treatments, more and more people have chosen this type of treatment in treating candidiasis (other name for yeast infection). And for all the right reasons too, through time, women have experienced that treating yeast infection with natural methods has proven to be more safe, with little to no side effects than most of the medications, pills or creams in the market today. Also lets not forget about the ease and affordability of methods for natural cures for yeast infection. They are affordable, and they are also readily accessible, most of the ingredients are readily found in any modern kitchen today.
One such great ingredient that’s been produced by mother nature to fight off yeast infection naturally is garlic. Method of application also could not be any more easier, simply take a piece of fresh garlic, pick off a clove and peel of the skin, next thing is you dip it into an oil for lubrication, best if you have olive oil, then simply place the clove into the vaginal canal. For maximum effect, it is best done four times a day until any signs and symptoms of yeast infection disappear.
Garlic as a natural cure for yeast infection is not only limited to genital yeast infections. Candidiasis can manifest also in the skin, in the form of rashes, which would lead to irritation and itchiness. Treatment is simply a matter of slicing a peeled garlic clove into small pieces, put some olive oil to make paste, and then simply apply the paste into the affected area. This will help tremendously in easing the pain and itchiness, and almost instantly too.
Another ingredient on the spotlight would be Hydrogen Peroxide. It is very cheap and ready available in any local pharmacy, just in case you don’t have it in your kitchen or in the house yet. What you want to do is make a douche out of it and apply it to the affected area; it is already proven to be effective in eliminating Candida Albicans, the causative agent of yeast infections. In making the douche, you’ll 1 cup of water, filtered to be safe, and add 1 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide. Remember the ration, 1 teaspoon to 1 cup; this would be the optimum ratio for effectiveness when using hydrogen peroxide as natural cures for yeast infection.
Yogurt is next on our list when it comes to natural cures for yeast infections. Again, it is readily available and cheap. What makes yogurt good for treating candidiasis is that it contains good bacteria to fight off the overgrowth of Candida Albicans. For methodology, it is best that you refrigerate before application, the cool temperature of the yogurt will greatly help in easing the irritation and itchiness of the affected area when you apply it, and yes, you only need to put it directly in the affected area like how you apply topical creams or lotions. For maximum effectiveness, it’s also advisable that you ingest some yogurt. This combination of topical and oral treatment has been proven to eliminate yeas infections.
Experimental Obesity Drug Could Treat Diabetes
Posted by sleepyguy in Prescription Sleep Medicine on November 10th, 2009
Recently, an international team of researchers based in Texas and Japan, have been experimenting with an obesity treatment nicknamed “Fatostatin”, that has been shown to not only make mice lose weight, but also shows great promise in the treatment of diabetes, and even the lowering of cholesterol. These scientists have identified a small molecule therapy program that alters the genetic code involved in the way the human body turns food into fat. Because it has been proven to be effective in dramatic weight loss, and in lowering cholesterol levels, it has been considered to be an efficient treatment in the struggle to treat diabetes.
This Fatostatin drug works to block increases in body weight, fat accumulation, and blood glucose, even with unconstrained food intake. It is important to note that the only successful tests done so far have only taken place with the use of animal subjects, but the scientists are very optimistic. They believe this new, experimental drug could have a huge impact, not only in weight loss, but in controlling cholesterol levels, blood glucose levels, and insulin levels in the body, which could be used to treat diabetes. The scientists believe it goes back to the origin of fat synthesis, where scientists believe they have actually found a way for the body to stop gaining weight. But is this even possible
This new Fatostatin drug works by interfering with element binding proteins that influence a group of genes that are triggered during excessive food consumption. It works by essentially, switching off the body’s negative reaction to food, by turning food directly into energy, or waste, and not stored fat. After one month of treatment, the mice used in this study have seen a 12% reduction in their body fat levels, as well as a staggering 70% drop in their blood sugar levels. As promising as this may seem, many obesity drugs, even with prior success on animal test patients, have had little success in humans. But according to some high ranking pharmaceutical consultants, this drug could be the way of the future for not only fighting obesity, but curing complications to obesity like cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes.
According to some in the bio-tech industry, as well as prominent pharmaceutical consultants, further testing is needed to really find out if Fatostatin is the new miracle drug of the future, or if it’s just a flash in the pan. But as new technology surfaces in the ever evolving Bio-Tech industry, molecular breakthroughs like this could be commonplace. As for now, scientists are very excited about Fatostatin and are looking to test it out on humans soon.
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Performing Medical Work on Mount Everest and in Remote Locations
Posted by sleepyguy in Prescription Sleep Medicine on November 10th, 2009
The Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan offers a range of medical treatment options that include robotic prostatectomy, bariatric surgery, advanced cancer treatment, brain tumor treatment and heart care. As part of the Canadian Mount Everest Medical Operations Expedition, the Henry Ford staff was faced with the challenge of performing mock surgery and diagnostics thousands of kilometers away from the hospital. The mission goal was to see if effective remote diagnostics were possible on Mount Everest. If it were to be successful, the same or similar technology could be used for the benefit of astronauts in space who, although faced with different environmental and physical conditions, are also located out of geographic reach of any established health care facility.
In order to evaluate the extent of injuries such as broken or fractured bones, collapsed lungs, and muscle atrophy, ultrasound is used. A mobile ultrasound machine the size of a large laptop is manufactured by General Electric (GE) and is suitable for expeditions and other extreme environments. While finding the equipment to complete an ultrasound did not pose a problem to the expedition crew, finding somebody who was able to understand and evaluate the output of the ultrasound machine was another story.
In the end, the Mount Everest expedition crew settled on some of the latest techniques in telemedicine and remote diagnostics. The GE ultrasound machine was connected to a VGA2USB Pro video capture device, which converted the video output from the GE machine to a digital format. Then, a MacBook Air laptop coupled with an external satellite antenna was used to relay the images back to Henry Ford via satellite in real time and diagnostic lossless quality.
The result was that a surgeon or radiologist sitting at Henry Ford in Detroit was able to remotely diagnose and consult members of the expedition and ask them to scan different parts of the patient’s body. By using modern video capture technology paired with the latest broadcasting methods, the Canadian Mount Everest Medical Operations Expedition turned out to be a success.