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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
All adverse reactions are commonly charted in red ink in the patient's record and usually are noted on the front of the chart. Failure to follow correct documentation procedures may result in malpractice lawsuits.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.