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In medical terminology, Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is basically a protein hormone discharged by the pituitary gland that primarily stimulates cell and growth reproduction inside our bodies. Originally, growth hormones are extracted from healthy, deceased individuals’ pituitary glands so as to be transferred to growth deficient children. Today, HGH is produced artificially and given to [...]

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While some STDs, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, have been brought to all time lows, strains of HIV resistant to currently used combination therapies are increasingly being identified, and there is a silent and growing epidemic of other STDs that pose equally difficult treatment and prevention challenges. These include Genital Herpes (HSV-2), Chlamydia and Human [...]

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Tamoxifen – a drug commonly used for treating breast cancer – may actually increase the severity of the disease, according to
Dr Christopher Li at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre.
Their research compared breast-cancer patients who received the estrogen-blocking drug tamoxifen to those who did not, and found that while the drug Tamoxifen was associated with [...]

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Often, there is more heartburn during pregnancy.Why is that so, and what can you do about it?
Why Is There More Heartburn During Pregnancy?
To understand why the incidence of heartburn rises during pregnancy, lets first understand what causes heartburn.

When we eat, the food goes past the throat and down the esophagus to the stomach. At the [...]

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Insomnia occurs in 18.6% of patients who take bupropion (Wellbutrin). Two percent of patients discontinue bupropion because of insomnia and agitation. Interestingly, 19.8% of patients experience sedation instead of insomnia. Decreasing the dose, adding a sedative drug or switching to a different antidepressant may alleviate the problem.
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