Summer :: Tips for Tykes to Stay Active over Summer Vacation
With all the extra free-time that comes with summer vacation, Temple University pediatrician Andrea McCoy offers several tips to keep children active and avoid sedentary behavior during their extended break.
Snacking and Screen Time Can Lead to Obesity
Pediatrician Andrea McCoy advises parents to be mindful of [...]
Skin :: Understanding how glucocorticoids work to stop skin irritation
Individuals who are allergic to some things that their skin comes in contact with (a condition called contact dermatitis), such as metals or poison ivy, are treated with glucocorticoids, which can be applied to the skin as a cream or taken orally.
Glucocorticoids work by dampening the [...]
Research Findings in Allergy-Immunology Unveiled
Investigators are presenting more than 380 abstracts on preliminary findings in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases at the ACAAI Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Nov. 9-15. Following are highlights of some key investigations on allergic rhinitis and ocular allergies.
ALLERGIC RHINITIS
?Patient Perspectives on the Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis and the Effect [...]
Prostate cancer :: Poison ivy for prostate cancer
A shrub that causes a rash like poison ivy, also seems to fight cancer. The croton plant of Southeast Asia, long known to oriental herbalists and homeopaths as a purgative, contains a compound that shows promise for the treatment of prostate cancer — the second leading cause of [...]
Pain :: Treatment Blocks Pain Without Disrupting Other Functions
A combination of two drugs can selectively block pain-sensing neurons in rats without impairing movement or other sensations such as touch, according to a new study by National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported investigators. The finding suggests an improved way to treat pain from childbirth and surgical procedures. [...]
Homeopathy :: Homoeopathy for the travelers
Illness and disease can strike any time – but it has an uncanny ability to surface when you least want it to – like when you are on holiday or traveling on business.
Obviously this is not very convenient, especially when you are away from familiar surroundings and a doctor or [...]
Homeopathic Medicine :: Rhus Toxicodendron – Poison Ivy
Indicated in complaints from getting wet from lying on the damp ground, from straining a single part, as in overlifting; in fevers, including those of adynamic type; erysipeals in any part, especially in the face; muscular rheumatism, including the heart; neuralgia, neuritis; sciatica;
neuralgic and rheumatic pains; peritonitis, typhlitis, [...]
Chronic Pain :: Treatment blocks pain without disrupting other functions
A combination of two drugs can selectively block pain-sensing neurons in rats without impairing movement or other sensations such as touch, according to a new study by National Institutes of Health-supported investigators. The finding suggests an improved way to treat pain from childbirth and surgical procedures. [...]
Arthritis :: Homeopathic Medicines for Arthritis
Sir William Osler, known as the “Father of Modern Medicine,” once said, “When an arthritis patient walks in the front door, I feel like leaving by the back door.” There is one simple reason that Dr. Osler and many other conventional physicians since him have difficulty facing arthritic patients: there [...]
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