7 Ways To Make Holiday Travel Just A Tiny Bit Less Stressful This Year
The holidays are right around the corner, and you may be making plans for travel this season. With unexpected flight delays, COVID-19 infections lurking around, and other disruptions to your itinerary, traveling during one of the busiest times of the year can be stressful. Understand that it’s completely normal to feel anxious and overwhelmed during […]
Parents, Providers Still Not Following Guidelines for Early Peanut Introduction
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NIH guidelines call for introducing babies to peanut products at around age 6 months to reduce allergy risk, but most U.S. parents said they waited much longer to introduce peanuts to their child’s diet, according to a nationally representative survey. Only about one in 20 caregiver responders said they introduced peanuts before […]
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This
PHILADELPHIA — Blocking agents delivered to genicular nerves around the knee markedly reduced osteoarthritis patients’ perceptions of pain, far more than those receiving placebo injections, a randomized trial showed. At week 4 following the injections, patients in the nerve block group reported mean reductions in pain scores of 3.0 points from baseline on a standard […]
Opinion | Doctor Dives Into Online Therapy
I’ve had my share of therapy. My mother was a clinical psychologist, and I grew up around the concepts of consciousness and the unconscious, growth and awareness, and “authenticity” before “authenticity” was even a buzzword. I’m quite certain she did some sort of therapy on me during my childhood. I remember vividly her briefcase with […]
Lancet Commission Calls for Ending Stigma, Discrimination Around Mental Health
Evidence-based strategies should be implemented to eliminate the stigma and discrimination around mental health conditions, according to an extensive report from The Lancet Commission. The Commission’s recommendations are intended for a broad cross section of stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, schools, public and private employers, and healthcare workers and their organizations, noted co-chair Graham Thornicroft, […]
Current Monkeypox Outbreak Is Showing Different Symptoms – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, July 29, 2022 The monkeypox illness now spreading around the globe is showing some symptoms that are very different from those seen in previous outbreaks, a new study shows. These unique symptoms include rectal pain, penile swelling, solitary lesions and swollen tonsils, researchers report in the July 28 issue of […]
You Need To Watch Out For These Signs Of Heatstroke In Children
It’s seriously steamy around the world right now, and with the heatwave showing no signs of slowing over the next few days, many of us will be left with heat exhaustion. For children and babies, high temperatures are not only really uncomfortable, they can also be harmful if they’re exposed to too much sun and […]
Life Doesn’t Come With a Prescription
The page came late, around 7 p.m. Shruti and I were an hour away from sign-out. Neither of us had eaten dinner. Shruti leaned back in her chair and groaned before flicking her pager off its holster and holding it up to her face. Then she jumped to her feet. “Trauma, 10 minutes,” she said. […]
An ocean of galaxies awaits: New COMAP radio survey will peer beneath the ‘tip of the iceberg’ of galaxies to unveil a hidden era of star formation
Sometime around 400 million years after the birth of our universe, the first stars began to form. The universe’s so-called dark ages came to an end and a new light-filled era began. More and more galaxies began to take shape and served as factories for churning out new stars, a process that reached a peak […]
Recurrent Facial Swelling, Itching in a Young Woman
What caused persistent facial swelling and itchiness to develop around a woman’s right ear and left lower jaw? That’s the question posed in a recent case report. When the 32-year-old Black woman presented with facial edema and itching, she had already been living with these symptoms for a year, noted Rebecca G. Brady, MD, of […]