The discomfort of constipation can have several causes, but diet is always an important factor and a good place to start when seeking relief. There are certain foods that are more prone to cause constipation in many people. There also are foods that relieve constipati...

Two of the most common, and even ominous, condition s in elderly residents must be treated carefully. Up to one-half of nursing home patients experience constipation during their stay -- chronic constipation being defined as retention of fecal mass or incomplete feces...

MODE OF ACTION Most narcotic analgesics act as agonists primarily, although not exclusively, at the [micro] and [kappa] opioid receptors to relieve pain. Some of the agents have utility in cough suppression (codeine) and control of diarrhea (opium). CONTRAI...

This is the story of the two hogs that should have died but did not--at least not right then. It was the spring following a terrible harvest after the drought. We had butchered or sold all of our hogs except two sows since we knew we would likely run low on fe...

SPEECHIFYING politicians have always raised hosannas to "our children," but in the last few years something new has been added. Now they say "our children and grandchildren." They make such a point of this that you would think someone was holding a gun to their ...