Do generic medications work the same as brand name medication ?
The difference between a brand name medicine and a generic one is in the name, shape and in the price. A generic drug is usually called by the name of the active ingredient.
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Enxiety
More than 23 million Americans experience some form of anxiety, making it the most common mental illness in the country. Anxiety is considered an illness when you cannot control your anxious feelings. Anxiety disorders involve excessive levels of negative emotions, such as fear, worry, nervousness, and tension, and the anxious feelings occur involuntarily despite your best attempts to avoid them or stave them off. From chronic worrying, called generalized anxiety disorder by experts, to panic attacks, most seem to have the same root cause: unrealistic, overwhelming fears that can not only paralyze the mind but also cause serious physical problems.
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Flu / influenza and cold
Who dose not know this iritaing and sometimes dangerous illness.
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Every year, millions of people world-wide get sick with the flu (influenza) and cold. For most of us, the fever, exhaustion, and aches and pains of the flu can be debilitating for a week or two, but for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems the flu can be much more serious. An estimated 100,000 hospitalizations and about 20,000 deaths occur each year from the flu or its complications in the US alone. On top of that, an average American adult suffers two to three colds a year; the average young child has as many as nine. That adds up to something like one billion colds a year in US alone! The cost to the world economy from the common cold and flu is staggering.
Depression
Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Because it is so common, many people feel that if they ignore the depression, it will disappear. Prolonged "depression" can result in symptoms such as decreased or increased appetite, either insomnia or hypersomnia, anhedonia (loss of pleasure), either agitation or fatigue, poor concentration, increased self-criticism and excessive guilt. This may be the clue that your illness has progressed to the stage that it needs to be treated. Depression is very treatable with medication (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), tricyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors are commonly used), psychotherapies and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). For mild depression, there are a number of complementary therapies and herbs that are useful. Lifestyle interventions such as stress management techniques, diet and nutrition changes, exercise, etc. can make a marked difference in your outlook.
There are few herbal medicine remedies that where studied and reaserched extensivly that can support mild depression situations.
Diabetes
Over 100 million people suffer from diabetes in the world. In the United States, it is believed that over 14 million people suffer from diabetes. That includes people of all ages, from children to the elderly. The American Diabetes Association estimates that 6 percent of the general U.S. population over age 40 has been found to have diabetes-and an equal amount has not been diagnosed yet.
Diabetes is a very serious disease. Left unchecked, it can bring serious consequences including death. Fortunately, it is a disease that can be managed. Unfortunately most of the people who have diabetes do not know that they have it and hence do not treat it till it become very late. If you suspect you have diabetes, it is very important that you get prompt professional attention and to determine whether you suffer from this.
Diabetes is believed to be the nation's third or fourth leading cause of death. It makes the sufferer susceptible to serious complications that can lead to death.
Over weight
We used to think that an overweight or obese person eat "like a pig." It may be true in most cases; however, research studies conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s revealed that we may be quick to pass the blame. These studies showed that many overweight persons may not necessarily eat more than their thinner counterparts. Instead, they had more complicated, biologically seated factors working against them (commonly called "bad genes").
Several studies have shown that you only have to lose a few pounds in order to see immediate, positive results in your cholesterol, blood pressure and insulin levels. At the University of California, Los Angeles, researchers put 11 obese men on a very low-fat, high-fiber diet, with daily 45-to-60- minute walks on treadmills. After three weeks, the men only lost a few pounds, but their cholesterol levels plummeted 19 percent and their insulin levels dropped by nearly 50 percent. Several men who entered the study with high blood pressure left with normal readings.
In scientific terms, obesity occurs when a person consumes more calories than he or she burns. What causes this imbalance between calories in and calories out may differ from one person to another.
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Stress
A recent survey showed that 70-90% of us feel stressed at work and outside. Today's fast paced lifestyle is putting a toll on us. Unless we learn to manage stress, we will get sick. But it doesn't have to be that way. There are steps we can take to manage stress. We, at holisticonline.com, want to provide you with all the information you need to manage your stress.
Irrespective of what you do, you have and will experience stress at some time in your life. In a recent survey 89% of respondents described experiencing "high levels of stress".
Stress is recognized as the number one killer today. The American Medical Association stated that stress was the cause of 80 to 85 percent of all human illness and disease or at the very least had a detrimental effect on our health.
Studies show that stress can reduce the power of our immune systems. A study in the U.K. exposed 266 people to a common cold virus and then tracked who became sick. 28.6 percent of those with few signs of stress caught the cold. However, the figure jumped to 42.4 percent for those who were under high stress.
Migraine
Migraine had been with us for a long time. In ancient Egypt, 8,500 years ago, people with migraines used to nibble on parts of wormwood and juniper to try to relieve the pain. As medical science progressed, doctors began to prescribe treatments such as placing hot irons on painful spots, cutting a patient's temple and rubbing garlic on the wound and even wrapping an electric eel around a sufferer's head. Fortunately, such 'solutions' are no longer in vogue.
Migraine headaches are truly debilitating disease. Sufferers can be out of commission for days at a time, often when they can least afford to be. However, there is hope. There are preventive techniques as well as coping techniques available along with a whole host of alternative intervention. Worldwide, 240 million people suffer an estimated 1.4 billion attacks of migraine each year, with the prevalence varying by country, according to the WHA. Twenty four million Americans suffer regularly from migraine headaches. Migraine affects three times as many women as men. Most of them are between the ages of 30 and 45. The prevalence of migraine, according to the Center for Disease Control, has increased 60% from 1981 to 1989.The economic impact of migraine is staggering, with annual cost of the disease estimated at 18 billion dollars in the USA.
Menopause
Menopause simply means the end of menstruation, but the term is also used to refer to the months and years in a woman's life before and after her final period — a time that may or may not bring with it some physical or emotional changes.
Menopause is not a disease. It is a natural process in a woman's life. How a woman views this time of her life can have a lot to do with how frequent and severe her symptoms are. If menopause is viewed as the end of youth and sexuality, this time will be much more difficult than if it is viewed as the next, natural phase of life. With a proper diet, nutritional supplements, and exercise, most of the unpleasant side effects of menopause can be minimized, if not eliminated.
More than one third of the women in the United States, about 36 million, have been through menopause. Women now live longer. With a life expectancy of about 81 years, a 50 year old woman can expect to live more than one-third of her life after menopause. So, it is important that you understand what is happening and how to cope up with menopause so that you can spend the last third of your life comfortably.
Hemorrhoids
The term hemorrhoids refers to a condition in which the veins around the anus or lower rectum are swollen and inflamed.
Hemorrhoids may result from straining to move stool. Other contributing factors include pregnancy, aging, chronic constipation or diarrhea, and anal intercourse. Hemorrhoids are either inside the anus—internal—or under the skin around the anus—external.
Many anorectal problems, including fissures, fistulae, abscesses, or irritation and itching, also called pruritus ani, have similar symptoms and are incorrectly referred to as hemorrhoids.
Hemorrhoids usually are not dangerous or life threatening. In most cases, hemorrhoidal symptoms will go away within a few days.
Although many people have hemorrhoids, not all experience symptoms. The most common symptom of internal hemorrhoids is bright red blood covering the stool, on toilet paper, or in the toilet bowl. However, an internal hemorrhoid may protrude through the anus outside the body, becoming irritated and painful. This is known as a protruding hemorrhoid. Symptoms of external hemorrhoids may include painful swelling or a hard lump around the anus that results when a blood clot forms. This condition is known as a thrombosed external hemorrhoid.
In addition, excessive straining, rubbing, or cleaning around the anus may cause irritation with bleeding and/or itching, which may produce a vicious cycle of symptoms. Draining mucus may also cause itching.
Candida
Please note, most conventional doctors do not recognise the concept of systemic candida infection.
Candida is the common term used for Candidiasis, which means Candida overgrowth. Candida has the ability to change into its fungal form and spore all the way through the intestinal wall and to other parts of the body. Candida is often associated with vaginal yeast infection for women.
Most of the symptoms of Candida are apparent. In cases like this, it is very essential to seek for medical advice to eliminate the more serious complications of Candida. Consistent laboratory tests are also necessary. Vaginal candidiasis can also be eliminated by taking some over the counter medicines and creams.
Candida albicans is a yeast like organism that lives naturally in small amounts in your mouth, gastrointestinal tract and skin. The body's natural defense against fungal and yeast infections is the production of friendly bacterial flora that keeps it in check. It is controlled by a properly functioning immune system and "friendly" bacteria. However, if the number of friendly bacteria is decreased, the immune system is weakened or other conditions for yeast proliferation occur (we will come to the causes later) candida albicans may shift from a yeast to a fungal form and start to invade the body and cause a multitude of health problems.
In the yeast state candida is a non-invasive, sugar-fermenting organism, while in fungal state it is invasive and can produce rhizoids, very long root-like structures. Rhizoids can penetrate mucosa or intestinal walls, leaving microscopic holes and allowing toxins, undigested food particles and bacteria and yeast to enter the bloodstream. This condition is known as Leaky Gut Syndrome and that is one of the causes of food and environmental allergies.
Although most people associate the word "candida", with the most common type of candida infection, namely candida albicans, it should be mentioned that there are in fact numerous types of candida.
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