A kidney stone is a hard mass accumulated with in the kidney or urinary tract due to excretion of waste substances. Although, urine contains chemicals that prevent stones from forming, many people still face the issue of kidney stones.
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Warfarin is a medication that causes your blood to thin. This will decrease your body’s chance of forming harmful clots. Unwanted blood clots increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, or other potentially harmful events such as clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis) or lungs (pulmonary embolism).
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High blood pressure (hypertension) is a condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems, such as heart disease.
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You can save time and money by buying medications online. But can you be sure that vendor is legitimate? With hundreds of medication-selling websites, how can anyone be sure the site is legitimate. It is very easy to set up a professional looking site and offer high discounts.
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Contact lenses are medical devices that help correct vision problems and must be treated with care. Since, they are in direct contact with eyes, the chances of an infection are higher, especially, if the lenses come in contact with dirt or bacteria.
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Oral contraceptives are medications taken to prevent pregnancy. The other names used for such pills are Pills, OCs, BCs, BC tablets, or birth control pills. These pills contain two types of hormones – estrogen and progestin. These pills prevent pregnancy by stopping ovulation.
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Jet lag is also known as time zone change syndrome or desynchronosis. It occurs when people travel rapidly from one time zone to another. It upsets human body’s circadian (daily) rhythms and tends to be more severe when an individual travels towards the east zone as compared to the west zone.
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The rising cost of medications is a real concern. Many individuals in stop taking medications as they sometimes forget to take their medications or simply can’t afford their medications. Missing a dose can lead to potential side-effects and might even result in death.
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If you’ve diabetes then you need to be aware of the changes made recently to airport security measures by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Below is the list of information that people with diabetes who need to fly with their supplies and equipment within the 50 states of the US, need to know.
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Insomnia is a widespread sleeping disorder that regularly affects millions of people throughout the world. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), insomnia is the inability to get the sleep you need to wake up fresh and ready to take on the world.
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