Experiencing a bad cold can give you headache and heaviness. The nasal congestion, stuffed nose, unproductive cough and tiredness will make it hard for you to focus at work and you will also have trouble sleeping at night. Indeed, you do not wish to transmit the cold to your co-workers at work. You may decide if you should just make a call in your office and told them you have a cold. You knew that you need to work, but you do not wish to transmit this bad luck to other people. How long is a cold contagious and when…
What is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome? Cubital Tunnel Syndrome is a cumulative trauma or repetitive strain disorder of the peripheral nerve that results from a combination of prolonged local pressure that stretches the ulnar nerve that is located near the elbow as it passes behind the medial epicondyle. Epicondyle is the one that provides attachments for muscles and ligaments of the elbow. The largest contributing factor of cubital tunnel syndrome is the positioning of the elbow during sleep. It is best anticipated when your sleeping on the table while positioning your arm leaning forward against anticipated when your sleeping on the…
What is The Safe Dose for You? It’s great that we now have these different supplements for different diseases. What will you take if you’ve got poor eyesight? Vitamin A! What about for clotting deficiencies? Vitamin K! With the way that this is going, we can all have children-style sing-alongs with the names of the vitamins serving as lyrics. But, as you may know by now, too much of something is “more” than enough (which is supposed to be sung like a Spice Girls tune, by the way). Yes, it can prove to be downright deadly, as well. And we’re…
Citalopram is a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drug used to treat symptoms of major depression. It is approved by the U.S. FDA and is also prescribed to treat anxiety disorders. This drug is usually prescribed 20 to 60 mg once daily. Health care providers should be consulted first before discontinuing this medication to assess if the patient is well and ready to stop Citalopram Therapy. Abruptly discontinuing the drug would give similar withdrawal symptoms with other drugs of SSRI group. There are reports that the patient feels physical and psychological symptoms. Symptoms include abdominal cramps, chills, dizziness and…
In these tough economic times, it can be really hard in trying to keep up with what the latest “trends” in saving money are. Oftentimes, we hear of these terms being bandied about by the policymakers and the powers that be, but even some of them have made the mistake of not bothering to explain to us what the basic concepts behind those terms are. Whether these same people just did so without thinking or just to satisfy some more “ulterior” motive, we can barely even know. As it happens, one of these “sorta” vague terms is the word “Disability…
