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• Does the Treatment of Asthma Always Require an Inhaler?

  Asthma is considered a common lung disorder in which inflammation causes the bronchi to swell and narrow the airways. Asthma is indiscriminant of any age group. It is a long term disease that has no cure but can be controlled by following the right dosage of medication, prescribed by a doctor or...

• How to Prepare for an Appendectomy

  What Really Is Appendicitis?To understand the term appendicitis, you need first to understand what the appendix is. The appendix is a small structure that is finger-shaped and located in the abdomen in connection with the large intestines. More specifically, this structure is found on lower right...

• Efforts for Muscular Dystrophy Research

  There is vast research going into the effort to find new ways to combat Muscular Dystrophy. Before any new treatment can see the light of the day, it undergoes a series of testing called clinical trials. When a patient is part of a clinical trial, they benefit from cutting-edge treatment that...

• Antidepressants Could Delay Parkinson's Progression

  Antidepressants have many uses beyond what their labels may say that they do. Some of the beneficial side effects are well documented and everyone knows about them. But sometimes medications, and not just antidepressants, are prescribed by doctors for off-label usage that is not approved by the FDA....

• Diabetes Insipidus: Knowing the Signs and Symptoms

  Diabetes can take many forms, including diabetes insipidus. Diabetes insipidis a rare form of diabetes that is largely unknown to the public. This form is said to affect one out of every 25,000 people diagnosed with diabetes, but it differs significantly from diabetes mellitus, which includes both...

• What Causes Pneumonia?

  Pneumonia is a lung infection that is caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Moreover, pneumonia can develop in just one lobe of the right or left lung, the entire lung, or both of the lungs simultaneously. The primary characteristic of this lung disease is the inflammation of the air sacs or...