According to Joshua Broder, M.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina in "Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine," chronic liver disease was the 12th most common cause of death in 2000....
Fatty liver is a common condition that is more likely to occur if you're overweight. As many as 10 to 25 percent of all Americans have fatty liver, a benign condition, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney...
Iron is typically obtained through food consumption; however, some people may have to get their iron from supplements. Iron supplements come in the form of liquid, capsules, tablets or included in multivitamins or prenatal pills. The dosing of...
Educate yourself about the symptoms of cirrhosis in order to recognize whether you may be in the early stages of liver disease. A very common physical symptom of cirrhosis is jaundice, a yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes. Jaundice...
A blood clot of the leg, also called a venous thrombosis, can block the flow of blood to the heart and lungs. This can lead to swelling and pain in the affected leg. If a clot does form, there are several effective medications available to keep it...
Saw palmetto is a natural remedy that's been in use for more than a century, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Traditionally, men used it for urinary tract infections and to boost libido and sperm count. Modern day...
Toxemia is a complication of pregnancy that's also called pregnancy induced hypertension or preeclampsia. Toxemia is more common in women having their first child, and those with a history of of high blood pressure, diabetes or kidney disease;...
Cervidil (dinoprostone) is used vaginally to ripen the cervix in women who are pregnant so that labor can be induced. Cervidil contains a prostaglandin hormone called PGE2, which is secreted naturally in pregnancy by the placenta and fetal...
Cirrhosis is a serious, sometimes fatal condition that attacks the liver. Scar tissue begins to replace the normal tissue of the liver, causing problems with blood flow. According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, once...
Vertebroplasty, a minimally invasive technique for stabilizing compression fractures in the spine, helps restore bone height and also reduces pain. Vertebroplasty is done percutaneously, through a small incision in the back. Intravenous sedation...
Saw palmetto, or Serenoa repens, is a low-growing palm tree found along the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. Extracts of saw palmetto berries are widely used to treat a condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH,...
Pre-eclampsia, a condition characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine and fluid retention can lead to some of the potentially deadliest side effects in pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia, also called pregnancy-induced hypertension or...
Physicians prescribe injectable vitamins and minerals to treat certain medical conditions. Injections are prescribed for patients who have difficulty absorbing nutrients, require faster action or need higher dosages of vitamins or minerals than...
Skin is the body's largest organ. Over time, it takes abuse from the sun, toxins, bad diet, gravity and hormones. Collagen also begins to break down and causes lines and wrinkles to form around the eyes, lips and brow, leading to a loss of skin's...
