Influenza, commonly known as the flu, refers to a viral infection that affects the respiratory system. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center 35,000 people die of influenza each year. Its signs and symptoms include fatigue, a dry...
A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, describes damages to the brain caused by a sudden blow to the head. In a TBI, certain parts of the brain can be damaged that affect the cognitive, or thinking, abilities of a patient. In combination with...
Chasteberry, also called vitex, is used to balance female hormones, regulate menstruation and promote breast milk production. Germany’s regulatory agency for herbs, Commission E, approves vitex for treating mastodynia, or breast pain, as...
Although second-generation anti-psychotic drugs have proven to be effective in cases of serious mental illness, they all induce significant weight gain in the patients. In a nation that already has an obesity problem, doctors are working to find...
Chaste tree berry is often used to treat breast pain, menstrual cycle irregularities and premenstrual syndrome and some scientific data does exist to back such uses, advises Drugs.com. Such evidence is not conclusive, advises the National Center...
There are currently five approved medications for Alzheimer's disease, four of which are called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, or AChEIs---donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and tacrine. The fifth drug is the NMDA receptor antagonist,...
Parkinson's disease is a neurological disease that gets progressively worse with time. It is characterized by problems with neurons in the brain that are responsible for release of a chemical known as dopamine. Symptoms of Parkinson's disease...
Carnitine is of interest when it comes to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) because it is needed for mitochondrial energy production in your body. Disturbances in this energy-production process are a potential cause of this syndrome. Some researchers...
