Tips for trying to conceive* Readers Comments 10 Share Your Story *Trying to conceive facts medically edited by: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD If you are trying to get pregnant (conceive), you have the best chance of success if you are aware of your menstrual cycle and changes that happen to your body during that time. It helps to know when...
Chemotherapy: Learn Side Effects of This Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapy facts* *Chemotherapy facts by Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Chemotherapy is one option available to treat cancer patients. The types of medication used and how they are administered depends upon the patient’s situation, the type of cancer, and the goal of cancer therapy. Chemotherapy options are individualized for each patient. Treatment decisions are usually a collaboration between the patient,...
Teen ADHD Symptoms, Tests, Treatment, Medications & Behavior
What is teenage ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic disorders affecting school-age children. Current research indicates prevalence rates of 3%-5% with males being diagnosed with this disorder two and a half times more often than females. ADHD is described as "a common neurobiologic disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and...
Urethral Cancer Diagnosis, Symptoms & Treatment
Urethral cancer facts* *Urethral cancer facts by John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP Urethral cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body. It is a rare cancer that occurs more often in women than in men. Squamous cell carcinoma is the...
Teen ADHD Symptoms, Tests, Treatment, Medications & Behavior
What is teenage ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic disorders affecting school-age children. Current research indicates prevalence rates of 3%-5% with males being diagnosed with this disorder two and a half times more often than females. ADHD is described as "a common neurobiologic disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and...
Chemotherapy: Learn Side Effects of This Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapy facts* *Chemotherapy facts by Benjamin Wedro, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Chemotherapy is one option available to treat cancer patients. The types of medication used and how they are administered depends upon the patient’s situation, the type of cancer, and the goal of cancer therapy. Chemotherapy options are individualized for each patient. Treatment decisions are usually a collaboration between the patient,...
Metronidazole (Flagyl) vs. Clindamycin (Cleocin) Side Effects & Dosage
Metronidazole (Flagyl) vs. clindamycin (Cleocin) Metronidazole and clindamycin phosphate vaginal cream are antibiotics used to treat vaginal infections. Brand names for metronidazole include Flagyl and Flagyl ER and brand names for clindamycin include Cleocin and Clindesse. A difference is metronidazole is taken orally and clindamycin phosphate vaginal cream is used topically (on the skin). Side effects of metronidazole that are...
Hereditary Spherocytosis: Treatment, Symptoms & Diagnosis
Spherocytosis facts Readers Comments 7 Share Your Story Spherocytosis is the production of abnormal red blood cells that are in the shape of a sphere instead of the concave disk shape of normal red blood cells, resulting in fragile and abnormal red blood cells. Other symptoms and signs of spherocytosis include anemia, paleness (pallor), jaundice, enlarged spleen (splenomegaly), and gallbladder...
Percocet for Pain: Side Effects, Dosage & Addiction
What is Percocet (oxycodone and acetaminophen)? Oxycodone is a strong narcotic pain-reliever and cough suppressant similar to morphine, codeine, and hydrocodone. Is Percocet available as a generic drug? Yes Do I need a prescription for Percocet? Yes Why is Percocet prescribed to patients? Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) is prescribed for the relief of moderate to moderately severe pain. QUESTION Medically speaking, the...
levothyroxine (Synthroid): Thyroid Drug Side Effects & Dosage
What is levothyroxine sodium, and how does it work (mechanism of action)? Levothyroxine is a synthetic (man-made) version of the principle thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4) that is made and released by the thyroid gland. Thyroid hormone increases the metabolic rate of cells of all tissues in the body. In the fetus and newborn, thyroid hormone is important for the growth...