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Go Safari or Taj Mahal with Global Orthopedic Surgery
The trend for international medical procedures, treatments and surgeries abroad are expanding among the American and British healthcare markets. Medical tourism has provided an avenue for Canadians, Britons, and Americans fed up with the high costs of healthcare services to travel cross-border and exotic destinations to reduce medical costs and wait times.

Author: rimi jaiswal
Category: Osteoarthritis

Am I Really At Risk of Getting A Blood Clot?
We all experience blood clots from time to time, when we are bleeding; our body creates blood clots to stop the bleeding. However, when a blood clot prevents the natural flow of blood, blocks a vein, or blocks an artery, it becomes harmful and extremely hazardous to our health. Generally, our bodies naturally create the blood clots when a blood vessel has been damaged, then after a few days the vessel will heal and the blood clot will dissolve.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Blood Clots

Blood Clots: What You Need to Know
You are supposed to form clots only to protect you from bleeding, but any trauma or inflammation in your body can cause clots to form in blood vessels. If a clot breaks off from a blood vessel wall, it can block arteries to cause a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Blood Clots

COPD And Life Expectancy
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is a disease that causes destruction of airways in the lungs. In the United States, it’s the fourth highest cause of death. Every year, more than 85,000 people die from COPD.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: COPD

The Risk Of Drug-coated Stents Can Be Managed
Despite the recent negative news that patients with drug-coated stents have higher risk of blood clots than those with bare metal stents, a pioneer of the drug-coated stent has said that with proper medication, that risk can be managed.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Blood Clots

Leg Clots May Be Caused By Infections
Leg clots occur without warning with sudden pain and swelling in a leg muscle, usually the calf. This is a particularly dangerous condition because the clot can break lose from the veins in the leg, travel to the lungs and block blood flow to kill a person. In a report in the British medical journal, Lancet (April 1, 2006), doctors at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showed that infections may cause sudden clotting in the leg muscles called Deep Vein Thrombosis. They showed a 20 percent increase in infections, particularly urinary and respiratory, one to two weeks before a person develops clots.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Blood Clots

Kidney Problem Can Also Cause High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure can be caused by a number of reasons. Most of the reasons are quite known and sound rather familiar. However, there are still others that are not as common. Among such uncommon blood pressure causes, one is kidney problem. In fact, kidneys have an important role to play in maintaining blood pressure.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Blood Clots

COPD
COPD or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a disease that has no cure. The most common cause of COPD is smoking cigarettes. COPD can lead to lethal diseases such as Lung Cancer. It is very important that if you are a smoker that you watch for the early warning signs. When this disease is caught early your doctor can assist you in controlling it.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: COPD

COPD Progression
COPD is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD refers to a group of diseases that include chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthmatic bronchitis. COPD is a lung disease, mainly caused by smoking. COPD progresses gradually and worsens over time. The rate of progression and severity of symptoms may differ from one individual to another. COPD cannot be cured, though it can be controlled. A common characteristic of these diseases is the difficulty to breathe out of the lungs. Cystic fibrosis, bronchiectesis and genetic forms of emphysema may also cause COPD. Progression of the disease is associated with degradation of elastin in the walls of the alveoli, resulting in the functional destruction of the organs concerned.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: COPD

COPD Symptoms
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a dangerous disease with no cure. Found mainly in smokers, COPD cannot be completely cured by any medication. So, it’s important to be aware of the initial signs or symptoms of COPD and consult your physician before its too late.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: COPD

Vitamin C For Gout Treatment – Just How Easy Is It To Get The Required Daily Amount From Food?
Vitamin C has been shown in some studies to reduce uric acid levels, and this is thought to be crucial in treating and curing gout. If Vitamin C from fresh foods is the best form, which foods are highest in Vitamin C to help them intake 500 mg of Vitamin C daily? This article explains.

Author: John Mepham
Category: Gout

High Cholesterol Foods to Avoid
For those who suffer from high cholesterol the best and first way to control and lower their cholesterol levels is through their diet. But many people are confused as to what constitutes a high cholesterol food they need to avoid and a low cholesterol food. This is because there is a difference between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: High Cholesterol

What is Assisted Living?
What is assisted living? They are facilities that provide care for the elderly who need some assistance, but don't require a stay in a nursing home. Assisted living facilities allow its residents independence while providing peace of mind to the resident and their loved ones. These facilities offer help with laundry, housekeeping, help with administering medications and assistance with a few other basic tasks.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: In-Home Care

Top Tips To Treat Morning Stiffness
Morning stiffness in the muscles and joints is the hallmark of inflammatory kinds of arthritis. With a sprained ankle, with rheumatoid arthritis, with ankylosing spondylitis, or with other kinds of inflammation, you may notice that the sore area is stiff in the morning but loosens up as the day goes on. This phenomenon is most pronounced in rheumatoid arthritis, in which the morning stiffness generally lasts for an hour or more and can be a great aggravation. With osteoarthritis the stiffness usually lasts only a few moments.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Coffee, Caffeine & Parkinson's Disease - The Untold Truth
A medical study that advised using caffeine to help fight Parkinson's disease has become quite a hot topic. Yet, I look at caffeine as a two edged sword, a risky thing to use regardless of any contribution it might make. It may come as a shock to you that, large amounts of caffeine use removes some of your dopamine neurons. And, even if a person consumes it moderately, sooner or later, he will increase his dosages. As with any drug, the body quickly discovers how to render caffeine's effects void, demanding larger quantities to feel any further stimulation. Yet, huge amounts of caffeine invites destruction and possible fatalities.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Parkinson's Disease

Prevent and Treat Diabetes; Type I & II: a Holistic Doctor’s Secrets
Today, we have an arsenal of natural fighting tools, designed for prevention and treatment of diabetes whereby reducing or eliminating ones dependency on medication.

Author: Michelle Honda PhD
Category: Diabetes Mellitus (Type II)

Osteoporosis: For Natural Health Care “Dummies”
Osteoporosis is a loss of calcium from the bones, due to lack of calcium in the blood stream and in the diet. Calcium becomes more difficult to assimilate with age, especially when the flow of hydrochloric acid (HLC) is reduced in most cases.

Author: Michelle Honda PhD
Category: Osteoporosis

The Facts of Fat
Can you lower your cholesterol naturally? Emphatically yes! Cholesterol, with all its hype, is the most misunderstood fat. Our bodies must have cholesterol to produce hormones, bile acids and vitamin D – plus it is an essential part of our brain and cell membranes. The majority of cholesterol is manufactured by our own bodies, acting as a protector to remove plaques from the arteries.

Author: Michelle Honda PhD
Category: High Cholesterol

Vitamin C For Gout? It Is A Good Idea, But There's A Caution If You Use It As A Gout Treatment
This article suggests that Vitamin C assists the excretion of uric acid and so helps to reduce the body uric acid level. This is a pre-requisite for a gout cure. Some clinical studies that have demonstrated Vitamin C's ability to lower uric acid are described. In addition, a caution about using Vitamin C for this purpose is explained.

Author: John Mepham
Category: Gout

How a Type I Diabetic Got Rid of Her Severe Burning Diabetic Neuropathy Foot Pain in Two Minutes
The other day, 'Mary' came back to my health food store to tell me about her extraordinary miracle. You see, Mary is an enthusiastic young woman in her early twenties who suffers from Type One diabetes. Not too long ago, Mary went into a coma and had to be rushed to the hospital – that’s how bad her diabetes is.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Diabetes Mellitus (Type II)

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