Month: January 2020

Nexplanon Failure Rate, Proper Insertion Technique, and Ovulation After Removal

January 31, 2020 Hill Fox 0

Nexplanon Failure Rate, Proper Insertion Technique, and Ovulation After Removal. We’ve already blogged about Nexplanon’s side effects [see Nexplanon: Weight Gain, Menstrual Bleeding, & Depression] but, based on our visitor queries, it is clear that some of you are less interested in the contraceptive implant’s side effects and are more interested in the following: Can Nexplanon fail? What will cause Nexplanon to fail? Nexplanon failure occurs when the implant is improperly inserted which may then […]

Bad Side Effects of iPods and MP3 Players: Tinnitus

January 30, 2020 Hill Fox 0

Are iPods and MP3 players dangerous to your health? Not necessarily! But they can damage your ears and make you go deaf if you’re the kind of guy (or gal) who likes to play your iPods oh-so-loudly that your seatmate on the subway can hear the music you are playing. Constant exposure to loud noise has been cited by the Mayo Clinic as one of the common causes of tinnitus, a condition where one hears […]

Stendra Side Effects: Seven Things You Should Know About New ED Drug

January 30, 2020 Hill Fox 0

Stendra Side Effects. First there were the mysterious Chinese drugs with unidentified ingredients. Then someone noticed that Viagra, originally intended as a heart drug, is effective in keeping men up and marketed it for the latter purpose. Then other drug companies, realizing that the business of keeping men hard is very lucrative, came up with their own drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) such as Cialis and Levitra. Then just a few days ago, the U.S. […]

Elelyso Side Effects & Effectiveness: Gaucher Disease Treatment

January 30, 2020 Hill Fox 0

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has approved a new drug to treat a form of Gaucher disease, an enzyme deficiency condition which prevents the breakdown of certain fats in the body. This drug, from Protalix Biotherapeutics Inc and Pfizer Inc, is going to be marketed under the brand name, Elelyso (generic name: (taliglucerase alfa). And what are the side effects of this new drug, if any? Well, according to the […]

Truvada HIV Prevention: Financial Cost Study and Does it Really Work?

January 29, 2020 Hill Fox 0

Truvada HIV Prevention: Does it Work for High Risk Gay Men? HIV/AIDS: it’s still incurable, and it’s reached epidemic proportions. Since it was first recognized by the United States Centers for Disease and Prevention in 1981, more than 60 million people have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus and nearly 30 million have died of HIV-related causes. Today, about 34 million adults worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, according to the World Health Organization. About 1.2 million Americans […]