A ketogenic diet requires a person to consume a high amount of fat and low carbohydrates, coupled with adequate amounts of protein.  The diet is used by certain healthcare practitioners as a way to control and treat a medical condition called epilepsy (a neurological condition which is marked by abnormal activity in the human brain) in young children and adults. A person on a ketogenic diet will burn fats more quickly than carbohydrates, ...

The answer to this question can’t be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”; the circumstances and illnesses of the individual determine whether or not they should travel with all their medications as does the length of time they will be traveling.  One also has to consider that any prescription drug prescribed to that person must be kept in the vial in which it belongs in.    The Hypochondriac The ...

At sometime in our lives we may need a little help to feel better from our doctor.  There are so many medications out there from the antibiotic to the medication that helps save lives.  When the doctors prescribe something it may be a brand name medication or a generic name medication.   What is the difference? Brand name medication is what comes first.  This is the medication that is patented by the original pharmaceutic ...

It is common to discover the dangers of prescription drugs after they have been marketed to the medical community and public. A statistical study of hospital deaths in the U.S. conducted at the University of Toronto revealed that prescription drugs kill more people every year than are killed in traffic accidents.Studies have shown that mistakes in drug prescribing and side effects from prescription drugs cost at least $76 billion a year (and co ...

Anticonvulsants are a large group of medications used in prevention of the occurrence of epileptic seizures, also known as anti-epileptics. Although they’ve initially been used only to treat epileptic episodes, today they are also seen as mood stabilizers. It has been proven that anticonvulsants can help in treatment of the bipolar disorder. An epileptic attack is a consequence of rapid and excessive firing of neurons that start a seizure. ...