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Flu: get fighting fit

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/ May 18, 2012 / Leave a comment

With winter here, you’re bound to be surrounded by coughers and sneezers wherever you go, greatly increasing your flu risk. Running like crazy from anyone who’s ill is the first step to avoid succumbing yourself, as is doing a Lady Macbeth and continually washing your hands. That’s because the flu virus is not only...
Is my cold still contagious?

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/ March 28, 2012 / Leave a comment

You’ve been stuck at home with the flu for what seems like an eternity. The worst is over, but you still have some lingering sniffles, coughs and aches. How do you know if you’re still contagious? Check out this guide to knowing when you’re most likely to be contagious for...
Medication can cause weight gain

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/ February 21, 2012 / Leave a comment

Medication can potentially cause weight gain via two routes, namely either through stimulation of the appetite so that the patient tends to eat more food,or due to changes in blood glucose levels. In this article we will first consider those food-drug interactions that may stimulate the appetite thus leading to an increase...
Medicine addiction

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/ February 9, 2012 / Leave a comment

Many people are addicted to medicines – and it’s often the over-the-counter medicines that can be bought without prescription. Medicines that can be bought in this way and that may be addictive include the following: Medicines and cough syrups containing codeine Slimming remedies containing ephedrine and/or amphetamine Although men and...
More medications that cause weight gain

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/ February 8, 2012 / 1 Comment

Foods and medications or drugs can interact in many ways, but the food-drug interaction that patients seem to be most aware of is weight gain associated with taking certain medicines. While there are medications that cause weight gain by stimulating the appetite, there are also meds that may cause weight gain by...
Meds that affect nutrient intake

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/ January 24, 2012 / 1 Comment

Food-drug interactions are a very complex subject. On the one hand, many different diseases require medication, while on the other hand the use of certain meds can affect the patient’s food intake and, in turn, cause nutritional problems. If we also keep in mind that the number of available drugs or medications is increasing...
Vitamins often taken by people who need them least

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/ October 10, 2011 / Leave a comment

Vitamins are often taken by the people who need them least, a new study suggests. The study showed that people who take mineral supplements also to get more nutrients from their food than those who don’t take supplements. Indeed, in some cases, supplement users may be getting too much of...
Malaria: an African story

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/ September 20, 2011 / Leave a comment

In 2007 Bill and Melinda Gates announced that malaria would be banished from the face of the earth by 2015. Medics battling the disease on the ground heard this, shook their heads and said: “One day. But not in our lifetimes.” Malaria in the 21st century has made Africa its stronghold,...
Being doped on the job

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/ August 17, 2011 / 2 Comments

Boozy lunches, suspiciously long bathroom breaks, another day “off sick”. Most drug abusers are employed – and some jobs carry a heavier risk than others. “Substance abuse in the South African workforce is on the rise,” says Ronelle Sartor, executive officer at the South African Association for Social Workers in...
Facts about STD’s

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/ July 14, 2011 / Leave a comment

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