Inhalant abuse refers to the inhalation of fumes, vapors or gases to produce a mood altering effect or euphoria. Due to their non-invasive nature and inherent ease of use, an increasing number of teenagers and young adults are turning to inhalants for drug abuse. Common methods of inhalation abuse include huffing & sniffing. Inhalants abused [...]
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise and it’s making headlines. The wave of information that has come with it can be overwhelming, conflicting and outright inaccurate. So how do you know if someone you know is at risk? How do you know what’s true and what’s not?
Separating Fact from Fiction
Finding the answers can be [...]
Thyroid hormones are manufactured by the butterfly-shaped thyroid gland located at the lower part of the neck. These hormones include triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). Both of these hormones stimulates metabolism and is essential for normal cell function. It regulates the amount of calories our body burns, our body’s temperature and our body weight. It [...]
Prescription drug abuse is one of the most common amongst drug users today. Getting hooked onto prescription drugs happens so silently so much so that the user does not even realise it till it is too late. Most people also seem to be under the false notion that being addicted to prescription drugs is ‘safer’ [...]
Obesity is generally a clinical condition that poses health risks. Obesity is storage of excessive fat in the body which is measure by the body mass index. In medical sense, obesity is bad because there is no movement of calorie from the body. People become obese when they lack exercise and takes in too much [...]
Speed, meth, chalk. In its smoked form, it is often referred to as ice, crystal, crank, or glass. Those are all street names for methamphetamine (mAMP). Call it what you may, but meth use and its symptoms are one in the same. If it’s taken in large doses, methamphetamine’s frequent effects are irritability, aggressive behavior, [...]
Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability to achieve and maintain penile erection sufficient to permit satisfactory sexual intercourse. Testosterone is necessary for normal sexual arousal and in men testosterone deficiency is associated with impotence. However, various medications and recreational drugs are also known to affect sexual arousal and sexual performance. Sexual dysfunction as a [...]
C – reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory protein, produced in the liver, which is the secreted as a first line of defense against any bacterial infection or viral invasion. The levels of CRP have also been found to jump in patients with heart diseases. It has been shown that levels of CRP molecules associated [...]
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