Lice, while often associated with uncleanliness, are actually fastidiously-minded insects, meaning they would prefer to be on clean heads instead of dirty ones. If you suddenly find that you have a lot of scalp-itching in your home, your initial reaction might be to scrub the daylights out of all of the itching heads in the house. Before you get too carried away, it is actually a better and healthier idea to perform a lice check, since use of lice shampoo and other anti-lice products can contribute to poison-resistant pests later on.
26 April 2016
When you were diagnosed with lung cancer, you may have felt like your whole world stopped turning. The good news is that today many advanced treatment options are available for you to fight lung cancer and live for many years longer. Learn more about immunotherapy for lung cancer and whether it could be a treatment option for you. Immunotherapy: Alerting The Body's Own Defense Mechanisms Immunotherapy consists of several treatment options for various forms of lung cancer, each one being specific to certain types of cancer cells.
8 April 2016
Do you work in a job where you do the same tasks over and over? Repetitive motion could cause the medial nerve and tendons that run through a narrow passage in your wrist, called the carpal tunnel, to swell. This swelling can compress the nerve and cause numbness or pain. Between 3 and 6 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. If rest from the repetitive motion and taking anti-inflammatory medications don't help to relieve the problem, surgery to widen the carpal tunnel is often the next step.
28 March 2016
If you have been suffering from a back related injury, you might start to find yourself wondering whether it might be time to speak to a back surgeon. To help you determine whether you are at that point, you might want to check out the following points. You Are Unable To Function Normally If you were just recently injured, you might notice a change in the way you move around the house or in the things that you can do.
25 February 2016
An ear infection can be painful and damaging to a baby's ear, yet ear infections are relatively common with infants. As a parent, you may have concerns about this if your child has had several of these within the first year of his or her life. Here are three things you should know about ear infections in babies. Why they are so common According to research, around 50% of all babies experience at least one ear infection before the reach the age of one.
25 February 2016
During your first hearing aid fitting, your audiologist will review a lot of the day-to-day maintenance and use that you'll have to keep up with for your hearing aid. However, there are a few things you should know before your fitting to help you get the most from the appointment and your hearing aids. Here are a few things to consider discussing with your audiologist while you're there. Ask About Testing Sound Quality
22 February 2016
Every year, more than 200,000 women will die from a heart attack. Because of this, women should be especially careful when it comes to certain symptoms associated with heart attacks. Unfortunately, many women also suffer from panic attacks which have many of the same symptoms has a heart attack. According to research, there are over 6 million women living with panic disorder. While both can be serious, a panic attack does not usually lead to death like a heart attack is known to do.
3 February 2016
If you are getting a lift chair, you're likely concentrating on fit, positions, and other immediately important features of the chair. This is understandable, of course, but you also have to think about issues that might not crop up all that often, such as protecting the electronics in the chair if your area is prone to strong storms. Lift chairs do require power, which means plugging them into an outlet or running them on battery power.
16 January 2016
