The days of daily removal and cleaning of an artificial eye are gone. Most ocularists and ophthalmologists now agree that if the ocular prosthesis is not causing irritation to the eye socket, it should be left alone. It may however require occasional lubrication depending on the function of the tear ducts or other natural lubricants of the eye socket. In fact, it is now believed that handling the ocular prosthesis can increase the chance of infection in the eye socket and it should only...

My name is David and I almost died while having a seizure as a result of mycolonoscopypreparation usingOSMOPREP®. I am 53 years old and had my last colonoscopy 8 years ago. I was due for another. During my first colonoscopy, I had no adverse side effects from any aspect of the prep or the procedure.

I visited my proctologist in Murrieta CA who recommended using the drugOSMOPREPto clean out my system prior to the colonoscopy. He told me that I would far prefer...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory type of arthritis. It affects more than 2 million Americans and is still a leading cause of both disability as well as days lost from work. RA is more common in women than men, and typical onset for the disease is between 25 and 50 years of age. Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include swelling, loss of movement, stiffness, and pain in joints, most commonly, the fingers and wrists.

RA is to be feared and respected...

Patients with inflammatory types of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis often have shoulder problems. However, more often than not, a patient presenting with shoulder pain to the rheumatologist will have another reason besides the arthritis for the discomfort they are feeling.

The shoulder is a complicated and complex joint consisting of the interaction of two major bones forming the glenohumeral joint- the joint that joins the upper arm bone to the...

Following are some facts on Varicocele (sometimes misspelt as vericocele. French - varicocèle) in very simple terms.

Due to the structure of human body, veins present in our lower body experience more pressure than those in the upper part. Middle aged people may sometimes observe veins on their calf muscles bulging and being visible to naked eye. Groin regions experience a great amount of pressure from the upper body combined with a slightly higher temperature due to...

Do slimming pills help obese people to control appetite and eat less?

Everyone aspires to live a healthier life. However, nowadays, the latest problem, which is affecting the health of people, is obesity. More and more people are falling prey to this serious disease. The prominent reasons for the rapid rise of obesity are the sedentary lifestyle and wrong eating habits of people.

Obese people put their hopes on slimming pills for treating obesity. However, not all...

Do you usually link Renaissance to advances in medicine? Typically, when we talk about the Renaissance period, we talk about an explosion of learning and creativity. From paintings to music, this was a tremendous time for the arts in particular. However, the era of the Renaissance, which lasted from the middle 1400s until the 1700s, also featured major developments in European medicine. Here are some of the important facts surrounding the Renaissance period and medicine:

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"I have a beauty parlor and it's the best in town, but setting the parlor a year back was not a piece of cake especially when you have a tight budget . Thanks to the cyber space, where I found the remedies of all my worries in a wink of an eye and not to mention at really affordable prices. The very first notion that crossed my mind was the comfort of my customers and at least I could do was have a coffee machine, when compared to other market products in price, performance and...

Everyone feels sad or blue now and then, but when emptiness and despair take hold and won't go away, it may be depression.

Ask yourself, are you exhausted most of time? Does your hobbies and friends don't interest you like they used to? Do you suffer from hopeless most of the time? Do you like to feel better but you just don't know how?

Best Treatment for Depression – Prescription Zoloft

Prescription Zoloft is a prescription medicine used to treat...

Mifepristone

Mifepristone, also known as RU 486, is used as an abprtion pill that is taken orally. It may be used after or before the 49 days since the onset of last menstrual period. This is a prescription based medicine and should only be used under strict medical supervision. It blocks the activity of the progesterone hormone secreted by the reproductive glands in the female body. For the same reason it is also termed as antiprogestational steroids. Besides that it may also be...