2009-03-11T18:38:39+0000">March 11, 2009 – 6:38 pm
A sudden stroke which paralyses a man is even more distressing than arthritis, both to the victim and to his family. Most strokes occur in people who have high blood pressure, and most can be avoided by appropriate medications. So, too, can the increasing risk of heart attacks by attention to exercise and diet. But [...]
2009-03-11T18:28:23+0000">March 11, 2009 – 6:28 pm
In a society which emphasizes youth, the changing body contours of the middle-aged man, his receding hairline, his sagging chin, and his enlarging belly make him aware that he is no longer young. In a society which stresses health and vitality, middle age is a time when health becomes of increasing concern, and when physical [...]
2009-03-11T18:17:36+0000">March 11, 2009 – 6:17 pm
Penicillin remains the treatment of choice for gonorrhoea, but medical research has discovered that penicillin is more effective in killing resistant gonococci if another drug is given at the same time. The usual method in the treatment of gonorrhoea is for the patient to take two tablets of this drug, called probenecid, either an hour [...]
2009-03-11T18:07:30+0000">March 11, 2009 – 6:07 pm
Alternatively, if the couple get greater pleasure in this way, the woman may thrust gently and in a non-demanding way against her man. Or they can vary the technique, sometimes one being the active partner, sometimes the other. The couple are now ready for the final phase of the relearning programme. They adopt the lateral [...]
2009-03-11T17:56:41+0000">March 11, 2009 – 5:56 pm
The effect of pregnancy on the emotions of a woman are very varied. Some women’s emotions alter hardly at all, other women become increasingly placid and less reactive to stress; still other women react excessively to upsets which would hardly affect them at all when they were not pregnant. In the early weeks of pregnancy, [...]