Yes – by a procedure known as “endoscopic thoracic sympathetic block” (ESB). In fact, ESB has been used to successfully treat excessive facial sweating, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) and blushing.
First performed in the 1950s this surgery …
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) recently published an article about the government’s lack of oversight in dietary supplements, appropriately titled, “American Roulette – Contaminated Dietary Supplements“. Dietary supplements (which include botanical products, vitamins …
Medical researchers at University College London have come up with a way to produce regulatory T-cells, highly specialized immune cells that regulate the body’s immune response. Normally making up less than 1% of the body’s …
Solar lentigo (liver spots) are common, flat brown spots that occur on parts of the body that have been exposed to excessive sun. They are benign and not associated with the liver, despite its name.
Usually …
The latest issue of New Scientist magazine reports that the FDA may soon be banning the combination alcohol/caffeine drinks currently on the market. The FDA, acting on the request of the National Association of Attorneys …
Post menopausal uterine bleeding is any abnormal bleeding that occurs in women who no longer menstruate. Although only about 10% of cases will be due to endometrial cancer, post-menopausal uterine bleeding must always be thoroughly …
Schatzki’s ring is an abnormal narrowing of the esophagus that occurs in the lower esophagus where it meets the stomach. The cause of this narrowing is not thought to be congenital.
Treatment involves dilatation of the …
Dysmenorrhea means painful menstruation and comes from the Greek (dys – painful, abnormal; men – month; rhein – to flow). It is considered primary if there is no pathological physical findings that cause it and …
The name says it all: Embeda – because embedded in this new opioid is what is known as an opioid antagonist – a medication guaranteed to reverse the action of any opioid – and it …
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended that young women delay getting their first PAP test until the age of 21, citing unnecessary testing and potentially harmful treatment. Previous guidelines recommended that young …
I understand that the public sometimes scratches its collective head in wonder at the question under examination by some researchers. And sometimes the obvious needs to be quantified, verified and certified all in the name …
My father has lost his balance and fallen serveral times and when I watch him get up and try to navigate a narrow space his balance seems worse. So I asked him the other day, …
Yesterday, I had surgery to remove a neuroma in my foot. It was my second operation because, well, my first surgeon mistakenly believed it to be between my 2nd and 3rd toes and so removed …
This is the latest information (week ending 6/20/09) on the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Pandemic in the U.S. For further information go to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the U.S. government.
