A corticosteroid injection is sometimes recommended when pain is caused by inflammation in the joints such as bursitis, tendonitis, and arthritis. A corticosteroid injection can also help reduce inflammation and pain when a rotator cuff is affected. Physical therapy and corticosteroid injections have been helping my husband’s torn rotator cuff, and the following information provides ...
Could medicine currently used to treat high blood pressure protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and schizophrenia? Even though this sounds impossible, researchers think it’s possible, and very likely, probable, according to a recent press release. Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center ...
Ulcers development, of any type, can be painful and lead to life altering health complications. Indicative of an adverse health complication, individuals who develop ulcers must treat not only the ulcerative complication, but also the underlying health complication that led to the ulcer. In some patients, there is a rare development of ulcers with no ...
Last Tuesday, my sister went back to Capitol to have her leg checked. She was operated the week before to have a possibly cancerous “bukol” removed. Fortunately, biopsy casted off her fears. The “bukol” was apparently caused by her sensitive skin’s reaction to a pimple or a mosquito bite. After a week of waiting for ...