Corey Haim’s Death and Prescription Drug Abuse

Posted in health by Ananda Perwira. Published March 15th, 2010

On Friday, March 12, 2010, the California Attorney General, Jerry Brown announced that the death of Corey Haim, an actor, was related to massive prescription drug use. The actor was reported as using OxyContin as a painkiller to help him relieving his pain. This news certainly once again turns people attention because it is not the first prescription drug abuse case that happens to celebrity or popular people in Virginia. In fact, this news make people realize that prescription drug abuse is as dangerous as drugs abuse.

Today in Virginia, there are many prescription drug abuse cases that involve not only celebrity or popular people but also health care givers. It is not exaggerating if we say that the number of prescription drug abuse is increasing significantly nowadays. This is because in some situations, people can easily get prescription drugs. Originally, people get the drugs based on doctor’s prescription in which the dose and administration has been administered based on patients’ personal condition. That is why one prescription is only valid for the name on the prescription. However, as one of Virginia happenings, people can always find ways that enable them to buy the prescription drugs without prescription. There are some mechanisms that give people opportunities to get the prescription drugs illegally. Read the rest of this entry »

Herbal Hair Regrowth Treatment for Men

Posted in health by Ananda Perwira. Published March 4th, 2010

Some types of male hair loss are associated with abnormal sensitivity of the scalp and hair follicles to hormones like androstenedione, testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. It is male pattern baldness that happens in many mature men, most by age 50 and some earlier by age 30. Male pattern baldness is greatly influenced by overproduction of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the scalp and hair follicles of individual. This overproduction of DHT shrinks the size of hair follicles and further inhibits the growth of new hair. Then, those hair follicles begin to weaken, get smaller and cause serious hair loss. The hair loss progresses slowly until you notice that there are many hairs on your pillow in every morning.

This is where hair regrowth treatment is needed to help men get out of hair loss and male pattern baldness. With herbal-based hair loss treatment from Herbal-H, men with male baldness pattern can prevent hair loss and then stimulate the growth of new hairs in about three months. Read the rest of this entry »