Archive for January, 2011
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THE MODERN TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY
On the surface, the treatment of epilepsy seems little more effective than it did 100 years ago when the first anticonvulsant drugs were introduced. At that time about a third of sufferers lost their fits altogether with drug treatment, a third were improved and a third were no better or worse after treatment. These figures [...]
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TAKING COMMAND OF DIABETES: URINE GLUCOSE TESTS
What about urine tests? These tests have been the mainstay of self-monitoring for many years. The kidneys help to maintain the normal blood glucose concentration by saving glucose from being excreted. However, the kidneys do not conserve glucose indefinitely and when the blood glucose level rises above the kidney, or renal, threshold (which is slightly [...]
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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS AND ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
Narcotics Anonymous, which is made up of thousands of recovering addicts from all over the world, started in July 1953 when a bunch of addicts got together to help each other come off drugs and stay clean, in order to lead happy lives again. In fact, it grew out of the experience of Alcoholics Anonymous, [...]