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Next step- Botox

After 2 years at one headache specialist I have moved on to another. It is amazing how much patience one develops in trying different treatments to control the migraines. I am grateful I only have to travel 4 hours to see Dr. Goadsby. I am also gratefull that I have insurance I had two options after I saw Dr. Goadsby at UCSF. I was leaning... Read moreChevron
posted 12/30/2011, comments (4)|
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What Does Xanthelasma Have to Do With Cholesterol?

"Xanthos" means "yellow" in Greek. Xenthelasma are indeed skin deposits of yellow-colored fatty material and debris, the remnants of inflammatory cells (macrophages) bloated with lipid material that confers the yellow color. LDL particles are trapped in tissues, in this case in the connective tissue of the eyelids. Interestingly, the LDL particles... Read moreChevron
posted 02/10/2011, comments (0)|
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Whole Grains May be Bad for Health

Arthritis is no small matter.   One in seven Americans, or 47 million people, have been diagnosed by their doctors with the most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis, the familiar form of arthritis that leaves the knees, hips, and other joints painful.   What starts as mild joint pain and stiffness, progresses to more and more... Read moreChevron
posted 12/17/2010, comment (1)|
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JUPITER to Earth: It's the Calcium Score Stupid!

The study known as the "Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin" (JUPITER), was a classical large, long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial designed to determine whether it made sense to start statin treatment (in this case 20 mg of rosuvastatin or... Read moreChevron
posted 11/23/2010, comments (0)|
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You've got curves!

It's snowing outside and in contrast, my dining room table is full of flowers.  I have been blessed with food, flowers and friends wishing me well after my tram flap breast reconstruction.  It will be 3 weeks ago on Wednesday.  Was this as big a surgery as anticipated?  Oh my Lord... YES and then some!  As the... Read moreChevron
posted 11/22/2010, comments (2)|
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