Botox, the cosmetic form of Botulinum toxin, is a popular non-surgical injection prescribed  for diminishing or reducing frown lines, crows feet near the eyes, forehead creases, thick bands on the neck and other related problems. The treatment is very helpful in blocking the nerve impulses as well as temporarily paralyzing the muscles lead to wrinkles; thus provide a refreshed and more attractive look to the skin. In addition to the aforesaid problems, Botox injection is also...

The question "what is an ovarian cyst" is commonly asked. Another common question concerns whether or not ovarian cysts are harmful.

How to characterize an Ovarian Cyst

Cysts are defined medically as follicles in the ovary that are more than 2cm big. An ovarian cyst therefore may also be considered to be an enlarged ovarian follicle in a medical sense. In a general sense it is a small bag of fluid-containing tissue. You can also consider it to be simply...

Sales of prescription medicines worldwide rose 7% to $602 billion, according to IMS health, a pharmaceutical information and consulting company. The United States still accounts for the lion's share of that, with $252 billion in annual sales, but sales in it and the other nine biggest markets grew by only 5.7%. But emerging markets such as China, Russia, South Korea and Mexico outpaced those markets, growing a whopping 81%.
Pfizer's cholesterol pill Lipitor remains the best-selling...

Do You Love To Play Sport?
Are You Keen On Staying Fit?

We all have heard that regular exercise and sport should play an important part of our daily lives. However, recent reports state that more people are developing arthritis at a younger age due to sporting activities such as skiing and snow-boarding. While regular exercise may actually prevent arthritis, it does depend upon what sports you love to play and how you play them.

If...

Are you feeling exhausted? Do you often have bouts of feeling lightheaded and lack of energy? Short of breath with no apparent reason? Are your skin and gums as well as the region surrounding your eyes, pale? If you answered yes to all of these questions; you probably have anemia! This medical condition is caused by a deficiency in Iron. Other causes include insufficient amounts of vitamin B12, folic acid and even copper in the system of the body. Anemia is a medical condition wherein...

Do you have hair problems? Is your hair becoming thinner than it normally was? Is your hair color prematurely gray? Are you unusually bald or gradually losing your hair? Do the other hair loss treatments not work for you? If your answer to any of these questions is a "yes", then you might want to go with the natural way of treating your bad hair condition. The natural way in this article actually refers to the use of herbs in treating hair loss problems.

Hair Loss...

The prescription drug vicodine is made with a combination of the narcotic hydrocodone and the non-narcotic acetaminophen which is also found in over the counters like Tylenol. Vicodine gives a person a euphoric feeling, it relaxes both the physical body and the mind, in addition it relieves pain. But there is another symptom people have been reporting when they use the drug vicodine. Many young people have reported a hyped up state of mind, lots of extra energy and motivation. This...

Your world has been rocked with the nasty acne, and your doctor is trying to tell you there are different kinds of acne, so treatment can be done only after diagnosing the root cause. You might heard of a few of them, the more common varieties such as acne vulgaris or acne rosacea, which you must have seen on the news or surfing the net.

When you do realize what you have is not just a boil, but a full blown acne, you need to find out what kind it is before trying to solve the...

Depression anxiety sleep disorder treatment usually involves a trip to a psychiatrist and a daily dose of sleeping pills and/or anti-anxiety medications. However, there are alternative means available to you to face this disorder without resorting much to medications. If you have the will power, patience and courage to fight depression, you can succeed using these alternative means.

Sleep disorder goes hand in hand with depression and anxiety.

It has been...

Alternative herbal medicines are considered to be preparations which contain only plant substances. A lot of herbal medicines are also known as herbal supplements. Herbal medicines are made from items such as flowers, tree bark, leaves, fruit, a variety of seeds, stems and some variety of roots. For numerous herbal medicines the efficacy has been proven but for many other herbal medicines they simply have not been thoroughly researched to determine their effectiveness in curing and...