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Drug Side Effects

Selenium Supplements Side Effects: Hair Loss and Bad Skin?

Do you, like our good friend Dale, take in selenium supplements with the hope that it will protect you from heart disease? Then a recent study which found that selenium supplements do not prevent the occurrence of cardio-vascular diseases will not be to your liking. Dale surely does not like it.

Reports Reuters Health:

In the review of 12 studies that included close to 20,000 people, there was no difference in the number of strokes and heart attacks, heart disease-related deaths or deaths from any cause among participants randomly assigned to take selenium or nothing.

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Weight Loss Drugs

KE Diet Side Effects and Health Risks

KE Diet Side Effects and Health Risks. Would you put a tube up your nose just to lose weight? Sounds extreme, doesn’t it? And it is. But that’s exactly what desperate brides are doing now, in the United States.

But long before this diet fad — called the K-E diet — reached its shores, it had already taken root in Europe, in countries like Italy and Spain, where it’s routinely used to lose weight before a big event and for more significant weight loss, the New York Times reports.

The Times report went on to say, “In England, where it has been offered for the past year as the KEN — or ketogenic enteral nutrition — diet, The Daily Mail asked if it was ‘the most extreme diet ever,’ before adding that a National Health Service doctor was offering it.”

In February, the British newspaper The Guardian reported that 1,200 patients in the United Kingdom went under the “diet tube” last year — and clinics offering the procedure have popped up all over Europe.

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Drug Side Effects

Amjevita Side Effects: Infection, Allergy, Weight Gain and Other Side Effects

Amjevita Side Effects: Infection, Allergy, Weight Gain and Other Side Effects. Last 23 September 2016, the Food and Drug Administration approved Amjevita to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and other conditions. [Related arthritis post: Arthritis Injections for Sciatica Pain?]

amjevita side effects

What are the side effects of this drug?

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Alternative Medicine Side Effects, Weight Loss Drugs

Laser Acupuncture for Weight Loss and Obesity

Laser Acupuncture for Weight Loss and Obesity. In an earlier post, we mentioned that laser acupuncture does not have a significant impact on making smokers quit. You can read about this in the following link: Laser Acupuncture to Quit Smoking.

laser acupuncture for weight loss effective or not

Now, how about losing weight? Does laser acupuncture help you or a loved one shed the pounds? Would it be one of the tools that could help put a stop to the obesity epidemic that’s sweeping America and the world? Can laser acupuncture help transform you into the next Chris Pratt?

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Technology Health

Paint Side Effects: Avoiding Toxic Fumes From VOCs

What are the health dangers that you should be aware of when you are painting your house? Well, there are short term or temporary paint side effects which will eventually disappear. However, there are long term side effects from paint fume exposure and inhalation which could have a more damaging impact to your health.

First, here are the short term side effects:

  • Irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, lungs
  • Burns to the skin and eyes
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Visual disturbances
  • Headaches
  • Loss of coordination
  • Nausea
  • Lightheadedness
  • Dizziness
  • Allergic skin reaction
  • Fatigue
  • Memory impairment
  • Irritation contact dermatitis
  • Respiratory tract irritation
  • Shortness of breath
  • Influenza-like symptoms
  • Tightness of the chest

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