Illness, Injury & Treatments

Magazine articles on illnesses, injuries, currently available treatments, drugs, and homeopathy.

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Science News January 29, 2005 Janet Raloff	'Harmless' Alga Indicted for Mussel Poisoning Over the past decade, scores of Europeans have been poisoned by eating mussels harvested at various sites along the coast of Ireland. although pesticides or other pollutants were at first suspected, this bout of food poisoning traced to a common planktonic alga.
AskMen.com Sabrina Rogers	Detoxify Your Body Find out how to eliminate all those nasty impurities that have migrated from the environment and into your body, and restore your overall health.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005	Painful Menstrual Periods A patient bulletin on the causes and treatment options for painful menstrual periods.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005	Nosebleeds A patient handout on this condition, its causes and treatment options.
American Family Physician January 15, 2005	Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises A patient handout on exercises that help alleviate the symptoms of urinary incontinence.
Science News January 15, 2005 Christen Brownlee	The Beef about UTIs E. coli from beef cattle or other livestock may be causing drug-resistant urinary tract infections in women.
AskMen.com Joshua Levine	Skin Cancer And The Sun In 1998, the estimated new skin cancer cases in the U.S. were 30% more amongst men than women, and accounted for 50% more deaths for men.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005 Brett Andrew Johnson	Insertion and Removal of Intrauterine Devices The intrauterine device (IUD) is an effective contraceptive for many women. The most common adverse effects of IUDs are cramping, abnormal uterine bleeding, and expulsion.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005	Kidney Cysts A patient hand-out on what the kidneys do, how cysts affect function and possible treatments of the problem.
American Family Physician January 1, 2005	Urinary Tract Infections A patient hand-out on what causes urinary tract infections, possible signs of the disease, and treatment options.
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