by Dr. Martha Grout — The stimulant-type prescription drug initially used for ADHD treatment originated in Russia during the Second World War and was developed to enable soldiers to stay awake longer. These stimulants quickly morphed into methamphetamine, known around the world as meth or speed. Stimulants also became the drug used to treat ADHD. […]
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Colonics for safer colonoscopies
February 27, 2012
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by Amy Sanders A colonoscopy — the act of looking inside the large intestine with a camera — is easy enough. It is the clean-out preparation that must be ingested the day before that is difficult. Patients are typically told to drink several glasses of a diarrhea-inducing solution the day before the procedure. It is […]
February 29, 2012
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