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		<title>CHARLIE&#8217;S STORY – PART 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlie looks like a healthy eight-year-old boy. But nothing could be further from the truth. He now has to deal with incontinence. In a couple of months he will have to undergo yet another operation to stop the bladder from leaking. Until then, he needs to wear diapers. Hopefully this surgery will be a success. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/07/charlies-story-%e2%80%93-part-3</link>
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		<title>WEIGHT LOSS: I STILL EXPERIENCE AN ENERGY DRAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON ABOUT 4:00P.M. WHY?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Answer: Either you are eating a meal that is too high in carbohydrates for lunch or breakfast, or you are eating a food to which you are allergic. Pay careful attention to wheat and dairy products. They typically cause inappropriate sleepiness or fatigue. Keep a food diary for a few days and see if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/07/weight-loss-i-still-experience-an-energy-drain-in-the-late-afternoon-about-400p-m-why</link>
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		<title>TREATING MIGRAINE WITHOUT DRUGS: PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND BIOFEEDBACK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychiatric treatmentMany patients with migraine have some degree of depression but this may be secondary to their headaches rather than a primary cause. In these cases, the opinion of a psychiatrist is of great value since their training facilitates assessment of which patient will respond best to a particular method of therapy. Some experts favour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/07/treating-migraine-without-drugs-psychiatric-treatment-and-biofeedback</link>
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		<title>SKIN DISEASES: IMPETIGO, KELOID, LEUKODERMA AND MILIARIA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ImpetigoAn inflammatory skin complaint, marked by an eruption of pustules, which usually attacks the face round the nose and the mouth. It is considered to be of a microbic nature, but it always gets a footing on a skin that is low in natural immunity. The pustules have very thin crusts and appear in clusters, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/06/skin-diseases-impetigo-keloid-leukoderma-and-miliaria</link>
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		<title>THE PLACEBO RESPONSE FOR PAIN TREATMENT: NOCEBOS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If a beneficial response can follow suggestion, it is not unexpected that the same applies to unpleasant effects. This is called the nocebo (&#8216;I will harm&#8217;) response. All packets of medicine contain a leaflet describing the compound and at the bottom, in very small print, there is a section entitled &#8216;adverse drug reactions&#8217;. To choose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/06/the-placebo-response-for-pain-treatment-nocebos</link>
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		<title>IBS AND PRESCRIBED DRUGS: BENZODIAZEPINES  AS ANXIOLYTICS AND HYPNOTICS [SLEEP INDUCING DRUGS]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dependence and withdrawal symptoms: there has been concern for many years regarding benzodiazepine dependence (Br.Med.J. 1980: 280, 910-912). Such dependence is becoming increasingly worrying. Withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, tremor, confusion, insomnia, perception disorders, fits, depression, gastrointestinal and other somatic symptoms. These may sometimes be difficult to distinguish from the symptoms of the original illness.It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/06/ibs-and-prescribed-drugs-benzodiazepines-as-anxiolytics-and-hypnotics-sleep-inducing-drugs</link>
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		<title>DRUG THERAPY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From their research into the body&#8217;s own blood-pressure control mechanisms, scientists have developed several classes of drugs:•   Diuretics (water pills). These chemicals stimulate the kidneys to remove water and salt from the blood system, reducing blood pressure.•   Beta-blockers. These medicines block the action of epinephrine (also known as adrenaline) and norepinephrine, thereby decreasing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/05/drug-therapy-for-high-blood-pressure</link>
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		<title>BACH FLOWER REMEDIES: HORNBEAM REMEDY &#8211; MR. ALOK’S CASE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Alok had recently got up after typhoid fever. He was very weak physically. The thought of impending university examination had very much unsettled him. He had become very irritable. He was quite well up in his studies and remembered his lessons alright, but what could he do if his fingers got tired after writing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/05/bach-flower-remedies-hornbeam-remedy-mr-alok%e2%80%99s-case</link>
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		<title>DEFINITION OF LATENT TUBERCULOSIS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients with a positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis are identified as having latent tuberculosis infection. After an initial, often clinically silent infection with tuberculosis, infection with tuberculosis can remain dormant, with the potential to progress to active infection at a later time. Approximately 5% of patients with latent tuber-will develop active infection in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/04/definition-of-latent-tuberculosis</link>
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		<title>RECENT SEX SURVEY FINDINGS: THE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps women today are more likely to have and to report extramarital affairs than they were two or three decades ago for a variety of reasons. The social structure of the American family is changing, with women &#8220;allowed&#8221; more varied roles and more freedom than in earlier generations. More women are a part of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://journalmed.net/2011/03/recent-sex-survey-findings-the-extramarital-affairs</link>
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