healthwriterbob

I was a pharmaceutical chemist for over 30 years, and a coauthor on numerous scientific publications covering cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's disease and other therapeutic areas. I retired from drug discovery research in 2009, and have been producing web content as a health writer since January 2010. I hold a Master of Science degree in organic chemistry from Yale University.

I have been writing on hubpages for several years now, and I must say I have enjoyed it very much. The community of hubbers has such a wide-ranging field of interests, and the questions, forums and comments offer opportunites for very lively interactions with the other writers.

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The New Jersey Shore: A Summer Vacation To Please Everyone

The New Jersey shoreline is filled with a variety of communities, and each one has its own unique character. Whatever your idea of summer fun is, the Jersey shore has a town for you.

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  remedygrove.com

  How to Remove a Plantar Wart at Home

  11 months ago

  Plantar warts are benign skin growths that occur on the bottom of your feet. These growths are caused by the human papillomavirus. There are two major treatments that you can buy for at-home removal of plantar warts. One of them is a cryogenic method that freezes the wart, and the other is an...

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  Quality of Life & Wellness

  Integrative Medicine: Therapy For the Body, Mind and Spirit

  22 months ago

  Integrative medicine combines conventional medical therapies with complementary and alternative therapies that have been proven to be of value. Cancer treatment and coronary heart disease treatment are two areas that have incorporated integrative medicine into patient care. Some of the...

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  Diseases, Disorders & Conditions

  Migraine Headaches and How You Can Help Yourself If You Have Them

  8 months ago

  People who suffer from migraine headaches can help themselves by using both conventional medication and by using complementary and alternative medical treatments. Treximet is a prescription medication that is a combination of sumatriptan and naproxen sodium. It has shown safety and efficacy in the...

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  Diseases, Disorders & Conditions

  Ezogabine (Potiga): A New Medication For Epilepsy

  13 months ago

  Ezogabine is an oral, small molecule drug approved by the FDA in June 2011 for the treatment of partial-onset epileptic seizures. It is the first epilepsy drug that works by activating potassium ion channels in nerve cells in the brain. Ezogabine showed convincing efficacy at decreasing the...

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  Health

  A Discourse on Cough Drops

  2 years ago

  I have always been intrigued by cough drops. I thought it would be interesting to give some information on the history of some selected cough drop brands. There is also a discussion of the results of a survey designed to find the most effective cough drop.

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  Cancer

  Potential New Treatments For Cancer

  22 months ago

  Cancer researchers are advancing knowledge of the biology of cancer every day. Promising new treatments such as crizotinib for ALK-positive nonsmall-cell lung cancer, MDV 3100 for advanced prostate cancer, regorafenib for metastatic colorectal cancer and GDC-0941 for advanced breast cancer are...

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  Health

  New Types of Drug Therapy For the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

  23 months ago

  Currently available drugs for Alzheimer's disease target the neurotransmitters acetylcholine and glutamate to produce their beneficial effects. Research on novel therapeutic approaches has focused on biologics like the monoclonal antibody bapineuzumab that targets beta-amyloid plaque. Another novel...