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Renal Failure Diagnostic Approach

Renal failure denotes loss of kidney functions. This could be acute or sudden or chronic or long term as a result of chronic kidney disease.

18 May 2010

What is Thymine?

Thymine is one of the pyrimidine bases found in the nucleic acid of DNA, along with adenine, guanine, and cytosine.

18 May 2010

Bisphosphonate Side-Effects

Bisphosphonate therapy does not usually cause severe side effects. Some of the most common side effects seen with this form of treatment include...

18 May 2010

Bisphosphonate Uses

Bisphosphonates are agents used to prevent bone damage and are beneficial in the treatment of several diseases that affect the bones.

18 May 2010

Bones are living tissues that undergo constant remodelling. In a healthy bone that has finished growing, the breakdown of old bone (by osteoclasts) and the formation of new bone (by osteoblasts) is a carefully regulated process.

18 May 2010

What are Bisphosphonates?

Bisphosphonates are medications that used to treat bone loss and are the most common agent to be prescribed for osteoporosis. These drugs can also reduce fracture risk in cases of previous fracture.

18 May 2010

Beta Blocker Drugs

Beta-blockers are medications that are mainly used to treat various heart conditions, usually by decreasing the heart’s activity.

17 May 2010

Beta Blocker Side Effects

The various effects of beta blocker therapy on different parts of the body can lead to patients experiencing several side effects.

17 May 2010

What are Beta Blockers Used for?

Beta blockers are medications that are commonly used to treat various types of heart conditions as well as some other illnesses.

17 May 2010

What are Beta Blockers?

Beta-blockers are used to treat several conditions, usually by regulating heart activity.

17 May 2010

Estradiol Side Effects

Estradiol is a type of estrogen, which is the female sex hormone secreted by the ovaries and required for many bodily processes.

17 May 2010

Estradiol Treatments

Estrogen and estradiol preparations have been used to treat various disease conditions caused by low blood levels of estradiol.

17 May 2010

Estradiol and the Brain

Estradiol is the most potent and most abundant estrogen in females and is the principal growth hormone required for their reproductive development.

17 May 2010

Estradiol Medication

Estradiol is a female sex hormone produced by the ovaries, adrenal gland and also the placenta during pregnancy.

17 May 2010

What does Estradiol do?

Estradiol is a female sex hormone produced by the ovaries, adrenal gland and also the placenta during pregnancy. Estradiol is the most important hormone during a female’s reproductive years, and is required for reproductive and sexual function as well as having an impact on the health of other organs and tissues.

17 May 2010

Estradiol Mechanism

Estradiol is the predominant estrogen throughout a female’s reproductive years, having a significant impact on reproductive function and various parts of the body. The changes that occur around puberty are driven by estradiol. These changes are promoted by enhanced estradiol during the reproductive age and then become less pronounced after the menopause, as estradiol levels decline.

17 May 2010