Almost 10% of the population and three times more women than men suffer from migraine headaches. Although any head pain can be miserable, a migraine headache is often disabling. It is believed that even 50% of migraines are not diagnosed or mislabeled as tension or sinus-headache (which is rare according to experts). In some cases, [...]
Acne
For teenagers acne is the worst four letter word. I remember looking horrified into the mirror before going to school, or worse a party, noticing a pimple on the chin or nose. Trying to make it go away ended mostly with a doublesized, glazing red one instead. Acne is caused by inflammation of the oil [...]
Blood Sugar Control
Why your life depends on You! The key to understanding blood sugar control is to understand the role played by special cells in your pancreas, called Beta-Cells. These tiny cells are scattered throughout your pancreas and their job is to produce insulin, store it, and release it into the blood stream at appropriate times. The [...]
Diabetes and Your Love Life
To understand how diabetes leads to Erectile Dysfunction (ED), you first have to understand how erections work. Getting an erection is really a complicated process. Anatomy of an Erection In the shaft of the penis there are two side-by-side chambers of spongy tissue called the corpora cavernosa. They’re mainly responsible for erections. Just below them [...]
Common Medicine Mistakes
Common Medicine mistakes and how to prevent them Prescription drugs are biologically active substances that can do good but also harm if used in the wrong way or on the wrong moment. And then we are not yet talking about using the wrong medication or the wrong dosage. It is estimated that close to 10% [...]
When the Heart gets Tired
Local St. Marten health professionals received an update on hypertension statistics and were made aware of an interesting statistic: the prevalence of heart attack rate is lower and heart failure rate is higher in comparison to people with hypertension and coronary disease in Holland or the USA. Lifestyle and genes might have a relation. All [...]
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