Ryan Speer 1. What is a clinical trial? A clinical trial is a carefully designed study which tests the benefits and risks of a specific medical treatment or intervention, such as a new drug. Every life-saving or life-enhancing medicine that is helping patients today once was the focus of a clinical trial. 2. Drugs go through a …
Normally, the stomach normally empties in 1½ to 2 hours after eating a meal. When you have gastroparesis, your stomach takes a lot longer to empty. The delay results in disrupted digestion and some uncomfortable symptoms. In most cases the cause of gastroparesis is unknown. We lay out the essential information about gastroparesis in this …
A healthy liver helps clean the blood, digest food, and fight infections. Typically, the liver can repair itself and create new healthy liver tissue when damaged. However, prolonged damage limits the liver’s ability to heal itself. Unrepaired liver damage causes scarring called fibrosis. If left untreated, this scarring can become irreversible. This stage of damage …
Depression does not discriminate between gender, race, or age. Men be diagnosed with depression. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in 2015 there were over 44,000 suicides, of which 70% were white males. Suicide is in most cases linked with depression. The stigma around depression can make it even harder for men to …
Masses of misinformation swirl around the media, writing ADHD off as laziness and lack of discipline. While people with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behavior, or being overly active, these symptoms aren’t due to a lack of self-discipline; they’re cause by a neurodevelopmental disorder. Most kids with ADHD won’t just grow out …
The liver is a really important organ. Your liver processes everything you eat, drink, breathe, and absorb through your skin. It converts nutrients into energy for your body and removes harmful substances from your blood. There are a number of things you can do to maintain the health of your liver. Liver Health Tips 1) …
All young children get impatient and make impulsive decisions. However, a child with ADHD has a more difficult time learning social cues and exhibits hyperactive, impulsive behaviors noticeably more than their peers. It’s important to know that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a biological brain disorder. It’s not at all a result of bad parenting. Children …
Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder that disrupts digestion. Literally, it translates to “stomach paralysis”. Normally, stomach muscles contract to break up food and move it along through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to the small intestine. Gastroparesis causes abnormal movement of the muscles in the stomach, which slows or stops the movement of …
Dull moments are an unavoidable part of everyday life. Lines, lectures, and traffic aren’t anybody’s favorite things but they can push someone with ADHD to the boredom breaking point. A brain with ADHD craves constant entertainment. When things get tedious, ADHD minds bounce into a more interesting direction, shattering focus, which is tricky because being …
Research shows that nutrition can’t cause or cure ulcerative colitis. There are no foods that can cause someone to develop ulcerative colitis, and there is no miracle diet that will cure people of the condition. However, good nutrition does play an important role in the management of ulcerative colitis symptoms, especially during a flare. Ulcerative …
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