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Xerostomia Treatments

Xerostomia is the sensation of having a persistent and unusually dry mouth due to insufficient saliva production.

1 Jun 2010

What is Xerostomia?

Xerostomia is the feeling of having a persistent and unusually dry mouth.

1 Jun 2010

Xerostomia Causes

Xerostomia is a common condition whereby patients complain of a persistent dry mouth due to insufficient saliva production.

1 Jun 2010

Toxicity of Metabolites

Many substances known to be poisonous are not directly harmful to the body, but can become toxic after they have been metabolized in the liver.

1 Jun 2010

What is Toxicology?

Toxicology is the scientific study of adverse effects that occur in living organisms due to chemicals.

1 Jun 2010

Gastric bypass surgery is a major abdominal operation and like all other major surgeries can affect a patient well after the surgery is over. Aside form the physical aspects, patients may have trouble adjusting psychologically to their drastic weight loss after the operation.

1 Jun 2010

Gastric Bypass Benefits

Gastric bypass surgery is a surgical weight loss procedure that is offered to morbidly obese individuals who have not managed to achieve weight loss using alternative techniques such as improved lifestyle changes, dietary changes, exercise and medication.

1 Jun 2010

Gastric Bypass Complications

Like most other surgeries, gastric bypass surgery is associated with a degree of risk. The surgery is associated with various complications, some of which are more serious than others such as internal bleeding or blood clots.

1 Jun 2010

Gastric Bypass Types

A gastric bypass is one of the surgical weight loss procedures offered to morbidly obese patients as a last resort, when all other weight loss methods have failed.

1 Jun 2010

Gastric Bypass Criteria

Gastric bypass surgery is a form of weight loss surgery that is used to treat morbidly obese individuals.

1 Jun 2010

What is a Gastric Bypass?

Gastric bypass surgery is one of the weight loss procedures available to patients who are dangerously overweight. The procedure is only carried out in people who have an excessive amount of body fat despite trying to lose weight using other methods such as dieting, exercise and medication.

1 Jun 2010

Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists

Angiotensin II receptor antagonists are agents used to modify the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) through blocking angiotensin receptors. This has the effect of lowering blood pressure.

1 Jun 2010

Tendinosis Symptoms

Tendinosis describes pain and inflammation in the tendon and may affect tendons in the shoulder, knee, wrist, elbow, finger, thigh or heel.

31 May 2010

Tendinosis Treatments

Treatment approaches to tendinosis include taking pain relief medication and making lifestyle changes such as adjusting posture when sitting or strengthening the joints through exercise.

31 May 2010

What is Tendinosis?

Tendinosis, sometimes called chronic tendinitis, tendinosus, chronic tendinopathy or chronic tendon injury, is damage to a tendon at a cellular level (the suffix "osis" implies a pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation).

31 May 2010

What Treatment Options are Available for Tendonitis?

The primary goal in treating tendonitis (inflammation of the tendons) is to reduce pain and enable the return of the activity.

31 May 2010

Tendonitis Symptoms

The usual presentation of tendonitis is load-related pain coinciding with increased activity and inflammation in the affected tendon.

31 May 2010

What is Tendonitis?

Tendons are composed of densely organized collagen fibers, proteoglycans, elastin and lipids. They are surrounded by the thin epitendon, which also contains nerves and blood vessels.

31 May 2010

Spectroscopy Methods

The techniques associated with these regions of the electromagnetic spectrum are probably the most widely used for analytic work.

31 May 2010

What is Spectroscopy?

Spectroscopy refers to a plethora of different techniques that employ radiation in order to obtain data on the structure and properties of matter, which is used for solving a wide variety of analytical problems. The term is derived from a Latin word “spectron” which means spirit or ghost, and a Greek word “skopein” which means looking onto the world.

31 May 2010