Nicotinic acid agents Drug name and brand name: Niacin, nicotinic acid. How do nicotinic acid agents work? Nicotinic acid is vitamin B3; a water soluble vitamin. When given in doses much higher than required for good health, niacin is able to lower LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and raise HDL cholesterol levels. A typical starting [...]

Results of treatment (Reproductive Healthcare Clinic in St John’s Wood, London) showed that women between 32 and 43 years old who underwent 40 cycles of assisted conception achieved an astonishingly successful pregnancy rate of 50 per cent, compared to the standard 15 per cent. These remarkable results were achieved by a combination of conventional and [...]

Asthma gets separate billing from COPD in the rogue’s gallery. But it’s also a lung disease. It’s also chronic. It’s also life-threatening. And about five million American men have it in one form or another. Asthmatics have hyperactive bronchial tubes in the lungs that can be triggered into breath-robbing spasms by allergic reactions to things [...]

Of course, features of any one particular illness often occur in other conditions as well. Colds cause runny noses and watery eyes, but so do allergies. The same principle-the crossover of symptoms-applies to eating disorders. In fact, one expert referred to anorexia nervosa as one of the “great pretenders.” An endocrinologist might conclude that weight [...]

LisaKay Wojcik was so overweight and out of shape that even 2 minutes’ worth of exercise left her so breathless that she feared she’d have a heart attack. But finding the way to breathe correctly helped put her at ease to do the exercise that eventually helped her lose 215 pounds and regain her self-respect. [...]