Archive for the ‘Medicine’ Category

Flu is not a severe disease, but it disturbs our daily activities very much. The disease is also contagious. Therefore, be careful if around of us there are people with flu. To relieve symptoms of flu, many people believe that gargling with salt water is...

Handling and Treatment of Asthma

September 29, 2010 | In: Medicine

Asthma is a chronic disease that attacks the respiratory tract (bronchiale) in the lung where there is inflammation at bronchial cavity wall causing narrowing of the airways that eventually someone experience shortness of breath. Asthma is most prevalent...

Colon cancer is one of the major diseases that claim thousands of lives every year in the USA. The reason has been attributed to American people’s fetish for low fiber-high cholesterol diet. Add to it the lack of physical movement and tensions of modern...

Aloe Vera is a succulent plant resembling a cactus but is in fact a member of the lily family. Its medical benefits have been recorded as long ago as 2,200 BC. The clear aloe gel that is found in the leaves is used for external applications and the base...

What Is Tamoxifen?

July 16, 2010 | In: Medicine

Tamoxifen is a medication in pill form that interferes with the activity of estrogen. Tamoxifen has been used for more than 20 years to treat patients with advanced breast cancer. It is used as adjuvant, or additional, therapy following primary treatment...