People travel all across the world for a variety of reasons. Whether it is for vacation or business or family matters. A lot of people will have left their home country at least once in their lives. Whenever you go to a foreign country, there are always a lot of things you have to keep… Continue reading Hospitals And Health Care In Foreign Lands
Category: General Health
Best Sunscreen For Children-Sunblocks Are Better For Children
As another cold, boring winter wanes, and with summer just around the corner, now is a good time to find the best sunscreen for children. Since your kids will likely be spending a lot of time outside they need the protection but they also need something that will stay on for a long time (even… Continue reading Best Sunscreen For Children-Sunblocks Are Better For Children
Generic Lipitor—What You Need to Know
For the roughly three million Americans who have been taking the brand-name drug Lipitor to reduce their cholesterol, the day they’ve been waiting for has come. On November 30, 2011, this statin drug—which rings up annual sales in the neighborhood of $8 billion for Pfizer, its manufacturer—lost its patent protection, meaning that many different manufacturers… Continue reading Generic Lipitor—What You Need to Know
The Disease That’s Targeting Baby Boomers
What if I were to tell you that there is a life-threatening disease out there that usually has no symptoms and now kills more Americans than HIV — and that most of the people who die from it are middle-aged? Unfortunately, this is all true. Ironically, we’ve all heard of this disease — it’s hepatitis… Continue reading The Disease That’s Targeting Baby Boomers
You Have H. Pylori — Now What?
You’ve been bothered by chronic indigestion, perhaps leading your doctor to order an endoscopy so he/she could look down your esophagus and into your stomach with a camera, and, give you some tests. The finding? For many, it’s that their digestive system is harboring the intestinal bacteria H. pylori… now what? In 1982, when… Continue reading You Have H. Pylori — Now What?