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Vaginitis Treatment

Successful vaginitis treatment hinges on the proper diagnosis being made initially, in order for the most appropriate treatment to be implemented.

12 Apr 2010

Vaginitis Causes

Vaginitis is a condition involving inflammation of the vagina and the vulva.

12 Apr 2010

What is Vaginitis?

Vaginitis, also known as vulvovaginitis, is a term used to describe inflammation of the vulva and the vagina.

12 Apr 2010

Osteopenia Treatment

Osteopenia is loss of bone mineral density and is often a precursor to more severe bone loss like osteoporosis. Bone loss in osteopenia may be reversed.

12 Apr 2010

What Causes Osteopenia?

Osteopenia is loss of bone mineral density that is a common precursor of osteoporosis. These are some risk factors that increase the propensity for osteopenia and osteoporosis.

12 Apr 2010

Osteopenia is a bone condition where the bone mineral density is lower than normal. Bones are made of minerals like calcium and phosphate. Osteopenia is considered to be a precursor of a similar bone condition called osteoporosis. But in many cases osteopenia may not lead to osteoporosis.

12 Apr 2010

Opioid Side Effects

Opioids are most commonly used for pain relief and while some of the adverse effects seen with initial therapy are short term, some may last for longer durations, especially when therapy is continued over longer periods.

12 Apr 2010

Opioid Uses

Opioids have been used for thousands of years as a means of providing pain relief. However, there is a myriad of opioid uses, depending on the effect that is mediated by the various opioid receptors.

12 Apr 2010

Opioid Pharmacology

Opioids are naturally occurring substances that have several effects on the central nervous system that are mainly mediated by opioid receptors.

12 Apr 2010

Opioid Types

As members of the same class of drugs, al l opioids are similar in chemical nature. These chemicals may be derived naturally from the opium plant or synthesized in the laboratory.

12 Apr 2010

What are Opioids?

Opioids have similar properties to the opium from which they are derived. One of the main functions of opioids is to produce sedation and pain relief and they have been used for pain relief over thousands of years. Opioids are essentially chemicals that bind to opioids receptors present in the brain and central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract to stimulate their effects.

12 Apr 2010

Olanzapine Overdose

Olanzapine represents a second-generation atypical antipsychotic agent that is currently approved for the treatment of psychotic disorders.

12 Apr 2010

Olanzapine Side Effects

Olanzapine is an atypical antipsychotic drug and has become a prominent part of psychiatric clinical practice over the past two decades.

12 Apr 2010

Olanzapine Pharmacology

Olanzapine is a second-generation (also called “atypical”) antipsychotic agent related to clozapine with a complex pharmacology.

12 Apr 2010

What is Olanzapine?

Olanzapine is a type of second-generation antipsychotic drug that is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

12 Apr 2010

Bird Flu (H5N1) Epidemiology

The earliest reported case of the H5N1 virus affecting humans occurred alongside an H5N1 epidemic in non-humans (epizootic outbreak) in Hong Kong poultry. The entire poultry population was then culled to prevent the disease going on to affect other animal species (panzootic outbreak).

11 Apr 2010

Bird Flu (H5N1) Prevention

Bird flu or H5N1 is a highly pathogenic and transmissible virus that is spread rapidly among bird populations and can also affect humans. Prevention is key since increasingly pathogenic mutations of the virus are evolving, which can lead to a more dangerous infection.

11 Apr 2010

Bird Flu (H5N1) Genetics

Avian flu or bird flu first emerged as a deadly strain that killed two chicken flocks in Scotland. This strain, which is called A/chicken/Scotland/59 has since undergone several genetic mutations to become the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus known today. With each mutation, the virus has become increasingly dominant and pathogenic, causing more severe disease and an increasing number of deaths.

11 Apr 2010

Bird Flu (H5N1) Symptoms

Bird flu or avian flu is a highly contagious viral infection that is transmitted between birds and, on rare occasions, from birds to humans. Increasingly pathogenic mutations are leading to the emergence of more dangerous strains.

11 Apr 2010