Alcohol stimulates appetite and decrease your testosterone levels for up to 24 hours and increases estrogen by300%. The infamous “beer belly” is really just an “estrogen belly.” Biochemically, the higher your level of estrogen is, the more readily you absorb alcohol, but the slower you bre...
Lung cancerdoesn’t usually cause symptoms until it’s advanced (also referred to as late-stage cancer). That’s because yourlungshave few nerve endings, so tumors can grow there without causing pain. If you have any of the signs above, see your doctor to get tested forlung cancerand oth...
ADCIRCA is a type of medication called a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (PDE-5i) that can cause blood vessels to widen, which may result in a decrease in blood pressure. If you have heart-disease or any problems with low blood pressure, tell your healthcare provider before taking ADCIRCA, as...
enlarged prostate, bladder obstruction, or other urination problems; gout; lupus; diabetes; an allergy to sulfa drugs; kidney disease; or cirrhosis or other liver disease.Tell your doctor if you have an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or any type of scan using a radioactive dye that...
In less severe cases, the dog may be treated for four months with a heartworm preventive to kill any migrating heartworm larvae and to decrease the size of the female worms. Then an injection of melarsomine is given to kill the adult heartworms. Five weeks later, the dog is treated with...
A clinical study found that women who wanted to fight abdominal fat who practiced yoga over a 12-week period saw a significant reduction in waist circumference compared with those who did not practice. Those who did the workout also saw a decrease in body weight, BMI and body fat percentage...
Activating both the GIP and GLP-1 receptors is especially attractive in the treatment of T2DM because the combined mechanisms may enhance insulin secretion, decrease energy consumption, and both directly and indirectly improve insulin sensitivity (Figure 2). The approach is feasible because improved gly...
Varices.These are abnormally enlarged veins usually located at the lower end of the esophagus or the upper stomach. They may break open and bleed. Cirrhosis of the liver is the most common cause of esophageal varices. Learn more about the symptoms of bleeding varices. ...
Although EDNRB signaling is known to influence the rate of neuronal differentiation of ENCCs [43, 44], the decrease in migration speed of individual ENCCs exposed to BQ-788 for 10 hours was not associated with any detectable change in the proportion of Hu + neurons (Additional file 4:...
Does liver cause polycythemia? Manganese accumulation in the liver can lead to an enlarged liver (hepatomegaly) and scarring of the liver (i.e., cirrhosis). Individuals with this condition often also have anaccumulation of too many red blood cells(polycythemia) in the bloodstream. ...