Children's health
21 Aug 2007
Novel Drugs Relieve Attacks of Swelling in Hereditary Angioedema
An investigational drug called ecallantide (also known as DX-88 significantly relieves attacks of a rare, life-threatening disease called hereditary angioedema, report researchers from Children’s Hospital Boston and 25 other study sites. The placebo-controlled trial was published in the August issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. A second…
Bone
21 Aug 2007
Arthritis and Physical Activity
Exericse is good for people with arthritis. It increases bone and muscle strength, stimulates weight loss and reduces arthritic joint pain.
Chronic Pain
14 Aug 2007
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation is a treatment that involves implanting a spinal cord stimulator. It is an advanced pain treatment for sciatica and back pain.
Chronic Pain
14 Aug 2007
Testimonial: Dr Marc Russo
Dr Marc Russo talks about the Virtual Pain Centre.
Children's health
14 Aug 2007
New Daily Persistent Headache
New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a type of chronic daily headache, like transformed migraine, chronic tension-type headache and hemicrania continua.
Blood
14 Aug 2007
Coronary Slow Flow
Coronary slow flow causes blood to move slowly through the coronary arteries. It may cause chest pain similar to angina or a heart attack.
Blood
14 Aug 2007
Drug Trialling
Drug trialling is research performed to test how well medicines work to treat certain diseases, and if they cause side effects or adverse events.
Blood
14 Aug 2007
Virtual Medical Centre: Welcome
Dr Andrew Dean welcomes you to Virtual Medical Centre.
Bone
14 Aug 2007
Arthritis Pain and Regular Exercise
The stretches and mobility exercises demonstrated on this video are amongst the easiest and cheapest ways to relieve arthritis pain.
