Caring for Your Skin When You Have Diabetes

If high blood sugar levels have damaged nerves that go to your skin, you may sweat less, and your skin may become dry and cracked. Damaged skin gets infected more easily when you have diabetes. Try these tips to help prevent dryness, injury, and other skin problems. See your doctor or a dermatologist if you have a skin...

cariprazine

Cariprazine is an antipsychotic medicine that is used to treat schizophrenia in adults. Cariprazine is also used to treat manic or mixed episodes in adults with bipolar disorder type I. Cariprazine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

carisoprodol

Carisoprodol is a muscle relaxer that blocks pain sensations between the nerves and the brain. Carisoprodol is used together with rest and physical therapy to treat skeletal muscle conditions such as pain or injury. Carisoprodol may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Carmustine

Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food

carmustine (injection/implant)

Carmustine is used to treat brain tumors, Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Carmustine is sometimes given with other cancer medicines, with radiation or after brain surgery. Carmustine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Carnosine

How to Use It For eradication of H. pylori, the amount of the zinc carnosine complex used in research studies was 150 mg twice daily. Due to the lack of human clinical trials, recommended levels for other applications are not known at this time. Where to Find It Dietary sources of preformed carnosine include meat and...

Carob

Botanical names: Ceratonia siliqua How It Works The main constituents of carob are sugars and tannins. Carob tannins have an astringent effect in the gastrointestinal tract making them useful for treating diarrhea. They may also bind to (and thereby inactivate) toxins and inhibit growth of bacteria. The sugars make...

Carole's Story: Taking Medicine Right Away to Stop a Migraine

Carole lost a lot of time to migraines. Instead of playing with her children, she would lie on her bed in the dark, with a bag of ice on her head. "I kept thinking I could stop the migraines if I would just lie down and be still and quiet," says the 41-year-old mother of two. "It hardly ever worked." When a migraine got...

Carotene

Carotene is an orange pigment found in foods such as carrots, sweet potatoes, egg yolks, broccoli, and spinach. After they are in the body, some forms of carotene are turned into vitamin A.

Carotenoids

How to Use It Whether people who already consume a diet high in fruits and vegetables would benefit further from supplementation with a mixture of carotenoids remains unknown. While smokers clearly should not supplement with isolated synthetic beta-carotene, the effect in smokers of taking either natural beta-carotene...

Carotid artery

The carotid artery travels up each side of the neck and branches into smaller vessels that supply blood to the brain. Blood flowing through the carotid arteries (carotid pulses) can be felt on each side of the neck next to the windpipe (trachea).

Carotid Artery Disease

What is carotid artery disease? A carotid artery on each side of the neck supplies blood to the brain. Carotid artery disease occurs when a substance called plaque builds up in either or both arteries. The buildup may narrow the artery and limit blood flow to the brain. If this plaque breaks open, it may form a blood...

Carotid artery stenosis

Carotid artery stenosis is a narrowing of one or both of the carotid arteries. These blood vessels supply blood to your brain. They can be narrowed and damaged by the buildup of fatty deposits called plaque (say "plak"). This plaque may limit blood flow to the brain. If this plaque breaks open, it may form a blood clot...

Carotid Artery Stenting

Carotid artery stenting is a procedure to open a narrowed carotid artery. There is a carotid artery on each side of the neck. They supply blood to the brain. Fatty buildup can narrow these arteries. This buildup is called plaque. When one or both of your carotid arteries are narrowed, it can make it hard for blood to...

Carotid artery stenting

During carotid artery stenting, a small, expandable tube called a stent is permanently inserted into the carotid artery. To insert the stent, the doctor uses another tube called a catheter. The doctor inserts the catheter into a blood vessel in your groin or arm and moves it to the carotid artery. A very thin guide wire...

Carotid Endarterectomy

Discusses carotid endarterectomy surgery to remove plaque buildup in the carotid arteries to prevent stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Includes info on how surgery can help prevent future strokes. Looks at long-term aspirin treatment.

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