(Photo: Jian-Cheng Lai, Bao Research Group/Stanford University)Chronic wounds are an under-acknowledged medical concern. At any given time, more than 600,000 Americans are thought to experience physiologically-stunted wounds that won’t heal. Chronic wounds aren’t just inconvenient and painful; they also rack up individual healthcare costs and prevent people from engaging in …
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There’s a trend in medicine toward using implants to deliver medication over long periods of time. If applied to chronic pain management, it stands to wholly reorganize the field. This is one place where just throwing more technology at the problem has actually produced a visible improvement in patient outcomes. …
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By Dr Prabha Acharya, Homeopathy Chronic kidney diseases refer to those kidney diseases that continue to persist for a prolonged duration. There may be many causes responsible for the occurrence of chronic kidney diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, infections from kidney stones, problems with arteries, some drugs or medicines, polycystic …
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By Dr. Tina Singh, General Physician When the airways become narrow or start swelling, it leads to production of mucus in excess. This causes breathing difficulties and when you have trouble breathing and can take only short breaths. This medical condition is called chronic asthma. Although asthma can, for some, be only …
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