What Doctors Don't Tell YouNicorandil, marketed in the UK as Ikorel, is a powerful potassium-channel activator to treat angina pectoris (severe chest pains), and a recent study suggests it is a very effective one.
Q:Recently I had occasion to visit my GP as a migraine attack had occurred, far worse than I had experienced previously, shortly followed by another. ...
I was put on a new blood pressure drug as I was told that one of the drugs I had been taking for years had been found to be no good for hypertension.
For 10 months, my husband Chris had been suffering chest pain that doctors told us were probably due to his eating or drinking when he suffered a terrible attack of pain in his chest, jaw and teeth while we were out shopping.
Q In 2001, my doctor told me that I suffered from mitral-valve prolapse (MVP), and that this heart abnormality was behind the atrial fibrillation with which I had been diagnosed two years earlier. Despite the MVP diagnosis, I remained symptom-free...
Having read your booklet Guide to Asthma and Eczema, I feel I should write to you about something you wrote on page 23.
The abdomen contains so many different organs that isolating stomach discomfort can be difficult. A helpful guide, especially when you are talking to your doctor, is to pinpoint the pain in terms ...
David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHA clinical syndrome due to myocardial ischaemia characterizes by episodes of precordial discomfort
or pressure, typically precipitated
American Institute for Preventive MedicineChest Pain ;Chest pain can come from a lot of things. These include:A heart attack, Lung problems like pneumonia, bronchitis, or an injury.A hiatal hernia - known in medical terms as gastroesophageal reflux, disease (GERD),
Heartburn, Shingles
