Bone
25 Oct 2006
Nutrition and Lactose Intolerance
Nutrition in lactose intolerance is important, because many lactose intolerance patients control their symptoms by avoiding foods which contain lactose, especially dairy products. Unfortunately, this…
Diseases
24 Oct 2006
Occipital neuralgia
Occipital neuralgia is a type of headache characterised by stabbing pain in the back of the head, usually on one side, followed by reduced sensation.
Children's health
22 Oct 2006
New Research on Asthma Fears
With more than 2 million Australians suffering from asthma and with spring season a potential trigger, new research indicates that the biggest fear of someone with asthma is they will stop breathing as a result of an attack according to new research announced by the Virtual Medical Centre. Even…
Bone
16 Oct 2006
Joint pain (arthralgia)
Joint Pain: Medical information about causes of joint pain and the treatment and diagnosis of joint pain written by Health Professionals.
Blood
12 Oct 2006
Drug Prevents PostPartum Hemorrhage in Resource Poor Settings
The drug misoprostol provides a safe, convenient, and inexpensive means to prevent postpartum hemorrhage, a major killer of women in developing countries. The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri, India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, and the National Institutes of Health. Postpartum hemorrhage is excessive bleeding…
Bone
11 Oct 2006
Bones in the balance
In the beginning, there’s soft cartilage. Then the cells go to work. Calcium salts and phosphorus are pulled from the blood and made to crystallize. The crystals are laid onto a lattice of fibers, hardening and strengthening the skeleton. It’s called bone mineralization, and it must last a lifetime,…
Children's health
11 Oct 2006
Leveling the field for babies with persistent pulmonary hypertension
If he can figure out which babies will be born unable to breathe properly, Dr. Stephen M. Black thinks he can help change that. “When these kids are born, you have a short amount of time to intervene or you get brain damage,” says Dr. Black, cell and molecular…
Children's Health
11 Oct 2006
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is an acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii. It can have serious health risks for pregnant women or people with suppressed immune function.
Blood
07 Oct 2006
The Virtual Medical Centre Review Program- A New Model for Continuing Medical Information
The RACGP QA&CPD office (WA) recently endorsed a unique approach to the provision of continuing medical education proposed by the Virtual Medical Centre (VMC) for general practitioners. The VMC, an online provider of information for health professionals comprises 18 separate sites focussing on different diseases. Each site is headed…
