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Dog Arthritis Treatment: Stem Cell Therapy?

Dog Arthritis Treatment: Stem Cell Therapy? Does your precious dog suffer from arthritis? Take heart – you are not alone and you are not without help. At least eight million dogs in the United States suffer from this degenerative condition and a company called MediVet America is promoting a technique using stem cells to bring new life to the old joints of aging dogs.

For $2,000, veterinarians will put your dog under a procedure that grafts its own stem cells to its joints, easing your pet’s pain and slowing the arthritis.

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Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment: Will Horizant Be Effective?

Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment: Will Horizant Be Effective? Do you suffer from unpleasant feelings in your legs when you’re sitting down? Do you feel like you have to move your legs to get rid of that throbbing, tingling, itching and burning in your legs?

If you do, you may be suffering from restless legs syndrome (RLS), a condition that affects the nerves of around 10 out of every 100 persons throughout the world.

Moving your legs can provide temporarily relief, but what if you have to sit through a five-hour exam? Or are you an executive who has to sit still in long corporate meetings?

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Baby Positioner Good or Bad? Safe or Not? Does it Really SIDS?

Baby Positioner Good or Bad? Safe or Not? Does it Really SIDS? Beware of products which claim to prevent SIDS, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns. Read on to see what these questionable products are and what you can actually do to prevent SIDS.

A new baby is always a reason to rejoice, and new parents are especially tempted to go overboard with the baby products. Visions of a crib filled with plush toys and soft bedding appeal to them and sadly, many ruthless manufacturers have exploited this nurturing instinct of parents.

This is why the United States Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has warned recently against over-the-counter baby products that are marketed with claims of being able to prevent or reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), or the unexplained death of a baby younger than age 1.

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Can You Die From Tooth Infection: Deaths Caused by Tooth Abscess

Can You Die From Tooth Infection: Deaths Caused by Tooth Abscess. Can a person die from tooth infection? Yes, you can! If you’ve been reading the news these past few days, you might have come across the story of Kyle Willis, a 24-year-old man from Cincinnati who succumbed to death after the infection from his wisdom tooth spread to his brain.

According to the NY Daily News, Kyle was advised to have his infected tooth removed but he decided to tough it out because he neither had the money nor the insurance that would cover the dental expenses.

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Botox For Bladder Control: Good Treatment for Urinary Incontinence?

Botox For Bladder Control Update: In January 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of botox as a cure for overactive bladders to include adults “with overactive bladder who cannot use or do not adequately respond to a class of medications known as anticholinergics”.

In other words, botox treatment for urinary incontinence is no longer limited to those with “neurologic conditions” as mentioned in our earlier post below.

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Best Acne Treatment in the World: Oplon Electrocution?

Best Acne Treatment in the World: Oplon Electrocution? Is this the best acne treatment in the world or what? Electrifying acne may sound like a crazy idea but maybe this Israeli company working on an anti-acne electric patch knows what it is doing to combat the bane of your teenage existence — the much dreaded acne. Read more about it below…

A patch that electrifies acne-causing bacteria and will remove acne spots within three days is currently being tested in trials by an Israel-based company, Oplon, which hopes to market the high-tech electric patch in two years.

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