ENZYME THERAPY: a form of therapy that employs supplements of plant and animal enzymes to improve digestive function and other conditions. During digestion, the bodyÕs own digestive enzymes are not the only ones at work; the enzymes present in raw fruits and vegetables also contribute to the breakdown of food in the stomach.

 Enzyme therapy advocates supplementation to reduce the work that the body has to do, and because plant enzymes are destroyed in cooking. Since enzymes canÕt be synthetically manufactured, supplements are derived from plants or from animal tissues. Some practitioners inject liquid enzymes to treat cancer and multiple sclerosis.

Enzyme supplements are available over the counter, singly or in combination, in capsule, tablet, powder, and liquid form.

(See also: Enzyme therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

ENZYME THERAPY

a form of therapy that employs supplements of plant and animal enzymes to improve digestive function and other conditions. During digestion, the body’s own digestive enzymes are not the only ones at work; the enzymes present in raw fruits and vegetables also contribute to the breakdown of food in the stomach.

Enzyme therapy advocates supplementation to reduce the work that the body has to do, and because plant enzymes are destroyed in cooking. Since enzymes can’t be synthetically manufactured, supplements are derived from plants or from animal tissues. Some practitioners inject liquid enzymes to treat cancer and multiple sclerosis. Enzyme supplements are available over the counter, singly or in combination, in capsule, tablet, powder, and liquid form.

(See also: ENZYME THERAPY, Alternative Health, Healing, Body Mind and Soul)

Enzyme Therapy: By using natural plant and pancreative enzymes as supplements, practitioners seek to improve digestion and correct potential problems created by the malabsorption of essential nutrients.

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Orthomolecular medicine or optimum nutrition, emphasizes the use of natural substances found in a healthy diet such as vitamins, dietary minerals, enzymes, amino acids, glyconutrients, and essential fatty acids in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Orthomolecular medicine focuses on the role of proper nutrition in relation to health. Nutrition comes first in medical diagnoses and treat ...

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• Orthomolecular medicine - Method
• Orthomolecular medicine - Popularity
• Orthomolecular medicine - Relation to conventional medicine
• Orthomolecular medicine - Evidence of effectiveness
• Orthomolecular medicine - Evidence against effectiveness

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Aromatase inhibitors (AI) are a class of drugs used in the treatment of breast cancer in postmenopausal women that block the aromatase enzyme. Aromatase inhibitor - Type I and II. AIs are categorized into two types: Irreversible steroidal inhibitors such as exemestane form a permanent bond with the aromatase enzyme complex, while non-steroidal inhibitors (such as anastrozole, letrozole) inhibit the enzyme by reversible competition. Aromatase inhibitor - Mode of action. Including:

• Aromatase inhibitor - Type I and II
• Aromatase inhibitor - Mode of action
• Aromatase inhibitor - Indication
• Aromatase inhibitor - Members

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Dextromethorphan (DM or less commonly, DXM) is an antitussive drug that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations. Dextromethorphan - Chemistry. Dextromethorphan is a salt of the methyl ether dextrorotatory isomer of levorphanol, a narcotic analgesic. It is chemically named as 3-methoxy-17-methyl-9(alpha), 13(alpha), 14(alpha)-morphinan hydrobromide monohydrate. DM occurs as white crystals, is sparingly soluble in water, and freely soluble in alcohol. The drug is dex ...

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• Dextromethorphan - Pharmacodynamics
• Dextromethorphan - Clinical pharmacology
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Canavan disease is an inherited disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain. This disease is one of a group of genetic disorders called leukodystrophies. Leukodystrophies are characterized by degeneration of myelin, which is the fatty covering that insulates nerve fibers. Canavan disease - Epidemiology. Although Canavan disease may occur in any ethnic group, it affects persons of Eastern European Jewish ancestry more frequently. About 1/40 individuals of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) ...

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• Canavan disease - Cause
• Canavan disease - Symptoms
• Canavan disease - Treatment
• Canavan disease - Current research

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Light therapy or phototherapy consists of exposure to specific wavelengths of light using lasers, LEDs, fluorescent lamps, or very bright, full-spectrum light, for a prescribed amount of time. It has proven effective in treating Acne vulgaris, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and for some people it has ameliorated delayed sleep phase syndrome. Proponents claim demonstrable benefits for skin conditions such as psoriasis, as well as more controversially, some degree of "skin rejuvenation". Light therapy - Acne vul ...

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• Light therapy - Acne vulgaris
• Light therapy - Neonatal jaundice
• Light therapy - Seasonal affective disorder
• Light therapy - Delayed sleep phase syndrome
• Light therapy - Psoriasis
• Light therapy - Tanning
• Light therapy - 'Antiaging'
• Light therapy - Safety of phototherapy

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An antiandrogen, or androgen antagonist, is any of a group of hormone antagonist compounds that are capable of preventing or inhibiting the biologic effects of androgens, male sex hormones, on normally responsive tissues in the body (see androgen insensitivity syndrome). Antiandrogens usually work by blocking the appropriate receptors, competing for binding sites on the cell's surface, obstructing the androgens' pathway. Antiandrogens are often indicated to treat severe male sexual disorders, such as hypersexuality (exce ...

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ENZYME THERAPY: Both plant-derived and pancreatic enzymes are employed in enzyme therapy and they can be used independently or in combination.

Plant enzymes are prescribed to enhance the body's vitality by strengthening the digestive system, while pancreatic enzymes are beneficial to both the digestive system and immune system. As proper digestive functioning is restored, many acute and chronic conditions may also be remedied.

(See also: Enzyme therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY: Orthomolecular therapy is the treatment of disease by varying the concentration of substances (nutrients--vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, and others) normally present in the human body for good health.

(See also: Orthomolecular therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

There is currently no way to effectively cure or treat TSD. Even with the best care TSD children will die by the age of five. However, research is ongoing and several methods of treatment are being investigated, although significant hurdles remain before any of them will be functional. The first treatment method that was investigated by scientists was enzyme replacement therapy, whereby functional Hex A would be injected into the patient to replace the missing enzyme, a process similar to insulin injections. However, the enzyme was fo ...

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Tay-Sachs disease, Tay-Sachs disease - Symptoms, Tay-Sachs disease - Pathogenesis, Tay-Sachs disease - Testing, Tay-Sachs disease - Therapy, Tay-Sachs disease - Epidemiology

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Japanese Enzyme Bath: - Wooden tub filled with fibrous material (such as wood chips) and plant enzymes, which naturally ferment creating a heated substance. Person is submerged in the mixture and allowed sweating out toxins; aids in the relaxation process, improves circulation and metabolism. Treatment time generally doesn’t exceed one hour.

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Classical PKU is caused by a defective gene for the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). It is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. A rarer form of the disease occurs when PAH is normal but there is a defect in the biosynthesis or recycling of the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) by the patient.2 This enzyme normally converts the amino acid phenylalanine to tyrosine. If, due to a faulty or missing enzyme, this reaction does not take place, levels of phenylalanine in the body can be far higher than normal, and levels of tyrosine lower than normal. Phenylketonuria - L ...

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Phenylketonuria, Phenylketonuria - History, Phenylketonuria - Defects, Phenylketonuria - Large neutral amino acid transporter, Phenylketonuria - Diagnosis, Phenylketonuria - Therapy, Phenylketonuria - Reference

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Treatment remains largely supportive. The behavioural disturbances of MPS-III respond poorly to medication. If an early diagnsosis is made, bone marrow replacement may be beneficial. Although the missing enzyme can be manufactured and given intravenously, it cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier and therefore cannot treat the neurological manifestations of the disease. Along with many other lysosomal storage diseases, MPS-III exists as a model of a monogenetic disease involving the central nervous system. Several promising therapie ...

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Sanfilippo syndrome, Sanfilippo syndrome - Natural History and Diagnosis, Sanfilippo syndrome - Treatment

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In the years before antibiotics, fly maggots were commonly used to treat chronic wounds or ulcers to prevent or stop necrotic spread. Some species of maggots consume only dead flesh, leaving nearby living tissue unaffected. Their use largely died out after the introduction of antibiotics and enzyme treatments for wounds. In recent years, however, maggot therapy has regained some credibility and is sometimes employed to great effect in cases of chronic tissue necrosis. See maggot therapy ...

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Gangrene no pictures, Gangrene no pictures - Types, Gangrene no pictures - History, Gangrene no pictures - Pathophysiology, Gangrene no pictures - Wet gangrene, Gangrene no pictures - Dry gangrene

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In the years before antibiotics, fly maggots were commonly used to treat chronic wounds or ulcers to prevent or stop necrotic spread. Some species of maggots consume only dead flesh, leaving nearby living tissue unaffected. Their use largely died out after the introduction of antibiotics and enzyme treatments for wounds. In recent years, however, maggot therapy has regained some credibility and is sometimes employed to great effect in cases of chronic tissue necrosis. See maggot therapy for more in ...

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Gangrene, Gangrene - Types, Gangrene - History, Gangrene - Pathophysiology, Gangrene - Wet gangrene, Gangrene - Dry gangrene

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The function of peptidases is inhibited by protease inhibitor enzymes. Examples of protease inhibitors are the class of serpins (serine protease or peptidase inhibitors), incorporating alpha 1-antitrypsin. Other serpins are complement 1-inhibitor, antithrombin, alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (coagulation, fibrinolysis) and the recently discovered neuroserpin. The natural protease inhibitors are not to be confused with the protease inhibitors used in antiretroviral therapy. Some viruses, with HIV among them, depend on proteases in their reproductive cycle. Thus, protease inhib ...

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Protease, Protease - Classification, Protease - Occurrence, Protease - Inhibitors, Protease - Degradation, Protease - Protease research

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Antiretroviral drugs are broadly classified by the phase of the retrovirus life-cyle that the drug inhibits. There are thus three broad classifications of antiretroviral drugs: Reverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs) target construction of viral DNA by inhibiting activity of reverse transcriptase. Protease inhibitors (PIs) target viral assembly by inhibiting the activity of protease, an enzyme used by HIV to cleave nascent proteins for final assembly of new virons. Fusion inhibitors block HIV from fusing with a ...

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Antiretroviral drug, Antiretroviral drug - Combination therapy, Antiretroviral drug - Current treatment guidelines, Antiretroviral drug - Concerns, Antiretroviral drug - Limitations of antiretroviral drug therapy, Antiretroviral drug - Classes of antiretroviral drugs, Antiretroviral drug - Fixed dose combinations, Antiretroviral drug - Synergistic enhancers, Antiretroviral drug - Adverse Effects

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The discoloration usually go away spontaneously over a period of several months after giving birth or stopping the oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy. Treatments to hasten the fading of the discolored patches include: Topical depigmenting agents, such as hydroquinone (HQ) either in over-the-counter (2%) or prescription (4%) strength. HQ is a chemical that inhibits tyrosinase, an enzyme involved in the production of melanin. Tretinoin, an acid that increases skin cell (keratinocyte) turn ...

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Melasma, Melasma - Symptoms, Melasma - Cause, Melasma - Diagnosis, Melasma - Treatment

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