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There is a ray of hope for those fighting the battle against bulge, thanks to a magic pill that stops the body from absorbing some of the fat in food. The pill, which works by preventing the stomach from absorbing fat and letting this excess fat pass out of the body as waste, has shown that volunteers who took it with every meal shed an average of 10 pounds after six months.
Alli, a half-strength version of the prescription-only drug Xenical, works by stopping the body from absorbing about a quarter of the fat in food.
According to the tabloid, tests showed that a short course of the pill also improves overall health by lowering blood pressure and cutting cholesterol levels.
Those dangerously overweight will be able to buy the drug over the counter for chemists.
The anti-depressant drugs have a wide range of side effects, and it is important to keep these in mind when they are being used.
Allergic reactions: severe itching, skin rashes, sensitivity to light.
Nervous system: fatigue, headache, lethargy and drowsiness may occur, and some anti-depressant drugs are highly sedative. Other drugs may cause insomnia, anxiety and decrease in libido. Other side-effects include twitching, tremors, inability to walk, convulsions, high body temperature (hyperthermia).
Heart and blood vessels: increase in the heart rate (tachycardia), disturbances in heart rhythm, decrease in blood pressure in the standing or erect posture, sudden and sustained high blood pressure if contain food stuff are taken at the same time (eg cheese, beans, buttermilk, curds, chocolate and soyabeans).
Behavioural problems: excitement, anxiety, excessive activity or elated mood (mania), hallucinations.
Others: Jaundice, swelling of feet, white blood cell abnormalities. Dryness of mouth, difficulty in urination, constipation, high body temperature, difficulty in vision.
There are four main groups of anti-depressant drugs:
Tricyclic anti-depressants: These are the most commonly used drugs and include imipramine, disimipramine, amitryptiline, nortryptiline, clomipramine, etc.
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors: Examples: isocarboxazid, iproniazid, tranycypromine.
Selective seratonin re-uptake inhibitors: Examples: fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline.
Others: Examples: carbamazepine, lithium.
Action of anti-depressant drugs
Anti-depressant drugs take about two to three weeks to start their action. When this happens, the mood of depressed individuals is improved. Such persons feel more active and less lethargic. Suicidal thoughts are markedly reduced. Some drugs also reduce the anxiety associated with depression
Depression is a common psychiatric problem present in the general population and is often unrecognized and under diagnosed. A potentially serious problem, depression can disrupt normal life and drive the affected person to attempt suicide. To minimize the disruption of the social life of the affected individual, the condition should be diagnosed as early as possible and treatment started immediately.
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September 23rd 2009 20:50
Bad posture is a primary reason for the back pain. If the natural curves of the spine are overly arched or flattened for a long time, the spine gets stiff and weak. Back pain is not usually due to a single cause, but the result of a built-up of factors accumulating over time. Spine is the central axis of the body and combines with joints and muscles to make a supportive frame for the trunk to maintain an upright posture. It is made up of 33 small bones called vertebrae with discs that act as shock absorbers. Wear and tear of the backs supportive structures cause back pain, strain and injury.
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September 17th 2009 05:54
Dental caries and periodontal infections due to bad oral hygiene are the main bacterial source of infective endocarditis of valvular disease. Maintenance of personal and good oral hygiene prevents proneness for bacterial and fungal infections which can predispose to bacterial infections of the valves in persons who are having diseased valves. Infective endocarditis is a bacterial or fungal illness of diseased valves and birth defects of heart. It is a serious illness associated with weight loss, fever with or without chills and rigors, worsening of cardiovascular symptoms and heart failure. These patients should be treated with IV antibiotic or fungal therapy for a period of six to eight weeks based upon culture and sensitivity reports.
September 11th 2009 03:56
Septal ablation is useful for patients with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who will have markedly increased thickness of inter-ventricular septum, which can lead to obstruction to main systemic pumping chamber of heart (left ventricle). In septal ablation procedure, absolute alcohol is injected into main septal artery branch of left ventricular muscle, which lead to localized and controlled necrosis with decreased out-flow obstruction and improved filling of ventricles due to altered muscle thickness, stiffness and dimensions with improved survival and quality of life.
Coronary Doppler study is carried out by passing coronary Doppler wire into heart blood vessels through guide catheter inserted during coronary interventional procedures. By Doppler probe, the pressure across the area of obstruction in heart vessels before and after angioplasty can be assessed, mainly to know whether interventional procedure is needed or not. This is mainly useful in borderline cases and post stent examination studies in determining the need for procedure
Intra Cardiac Echocardiography is assessment of heart chambers and walls of the heart valves by introducing echocardiographic probe through transfemoral route. This is widely available in India, particularly in the hospitals with tertiary care facilities for cardiovascular procedures. This is ultrasonic visualization of heart structures by keeping echocardiographic probe inside the heart, compared to regular echocardiographic probe, which will be applied over the chest to examine heart structures and flow velocities of blood.
Epistaxis is the bleeding per nose seen in some of the patients with high blood pressure. It can be controlled by applying pressure over the nostril by using thumb and index finger for few minutes and by controlling high blood pressure. Whenever a patient suffers from epistaxis, always rule out local causes of nose problems and bleeding disorders. Most often, it is due to nasal pricking observed after prolonged exposure to sunlight.
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