Prescription Medication and Migraine Relief
New therapies to treat headache go back to the beginning of the last century when ergotamine tartrate was first isolated in a laboratory. It was this development which introduced clinical practice into treating migraines. Ergotamine works by constricting blood vessels in the head. About twenty-five years later researchers began to suspect that disturbances in the brain’s serotonin level played a role in migraine. The drug, methysergide, a serotonin antagonist that prevents migraine attacks, was introduced into clinical practice in 1958. In recent years, new technologies have made it possible for researchers to identify serotonin receptors throughout the body. It is now believed that serotonin levels actually decrease at the onset of a migraine attack, causing blood vessels to dilate and surrounding tissues to swell. This is that brings on the pain.
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Topic: Migraine Information
Chlamydia: A Rising Trend in Teen Sex Lives
Stores now sell an at-home test for chlamydia, which is good thing because a teenager is not likely to make a doctor’s visit to find out if they have this sexually transmitted disease. It is hard enough being a teenager with all they go through. Teenagers embarrass easily and the sheer thought of having possibly contracted a disease ranks right up there with everything else they will not confide in any adult. Because of the possibility of not seeing a doctor when they think they should, chlamydia will only get worse.
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Topic: Sexual Health
The Ultimate In Anti-Aging
Beyond anti-aging cosmetic treatments and products that only treat the skin tissues to fight the signs of premature aging, there is a way to ensure staying young and youthful and that is by nourishing your soul. Usually, when you think of anti-aging and staying youthful, the focus is primarily given to nourishing the skin and body and not enough importance is given to nourishing the soul.
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Topic: Anti-Aging Information
Tips for Choosing Dental and Vision Coverage
Dental and vision coverage seem to take the back seat for many people who can already barely afford medical insurance. They just skip those visits all together until a really awful problem arises. It is then that they realize it is going to cost a slight fortune to fix. What many people don’t know is that many plans you get at your work will cover a yearly eye exam and any emergency eye issues to some extent. They usually offer really affordable dental benefits, as well. It would be worth $3 per paycheck to have some coverage for you teeth. Most times a yearly cleaning is 100% covered. It is the tooth repair that you might have to fork some cash over. Even then, it is much less than if you had to pay completely out of pocket. Remember, the bigger the company you work for the better your benefits will be and cheaper too.
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Topic: Health Insurance
Eating Well For You During Your Pregnancy
Eating healthy throughout your pregnancy is the greatest gift you could give your unborn baby, but there are also a lot of rewards in it for you to. It’s common for many moms to be to forget that they also benefit in eating healthy through out their pregnancy. What you eat has a direct effect as to how well your body copes and recovers from all the physical changes it goes through. It also helps with the physical and emotional challenge of carrying and delivering a baby.
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Topic: Pregnancy and Childbirth
Drug Addiction and Pregnancy
When a woman is struggling with drug addiction during her pregnancy, that drug use affects more than just her – it affects her fetus as well. The drugs can also have devastating effects on the child one he or she is born. Drug addiction and pregnancy should be treated as a very serious issue.
Sinus Headache or Migraine?
Many people with migraines go for years without being properly diagnosed because they continue their erroneous assumption that what they are experiencing is merely a common sinus headache. One study found that a whopping 97% of people who described their headaches as sinus headaches were actually experiencing symptoms associated with migraines. The problem is that the symptoms of migraine headaches and sinus headaches often overlap, leading to confusion that can be very serious if your migraine goes undiagnosed. One reason behind this confusion may lie in the fact that the same nerves that carry migraine pain also travel to the sinuses. Pain in the sinuses, face or around the eyes can be felt during a migraine on one or both sides of the head. In addition, the nerves that cause stuffy or runny nose and watery eyes can be also be activated during a migraine.
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Topic: Migraine Information
