Inflammation of the inner ear (OM) is extremely common in children as well as affecting quite a few adults. Recurrent, protracted ear inflammation causes severe pain, restlessness and muffled hearing, which can hamper development and prejudice learning. Ear infection is one of the main reasons for visiting the doctor or the emergency room. Blockage of…
DetailsSudden deafness, also known as Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL), is a rapid loss of hearing which may occur all at once or over a period of up to three days. SSHL is defined as a loss of at least 30 decibels in three connected frequencies, and usually occurs in only one ear. It may…
DetailsIt is frightening to realize your Kindergarten has started to stutter. Most parents assume something is wrong, and they need to have their child (ren) examined. The opposite is actually true. Studies have shown children with a stammering problem have fully functional brains. Their brains, however, are developing at a fast speed. This is the…
DetailsYou might find people who snore funny, but you just will not feel the same way when the person you sleep with snores into your ear every night. It in fact will annoy you. This is the driving force behind curing snoring. The following are some methods to control or if possible cure snoring: 1.…
DetailsIn the business world, you're always growing or dying. There is no sitting still. Your firm is always either grabbing a larger market share or growing consumer value, or it is losing market share to competitors and losing customer value. However small the increments, there is always either a loss or gain cycle occurring –…
DetailsGlaucoma is a group of eye diseases that are characterized by pressure that is too high for the optic nerve to withstand. The optic nerve is crucial in sight, as it is the nerve that sends all of the images created by the eye to the brain. Given its cruciality, damage to the nerve from…
DetailsMyopia is also called nearsightedness as those who suffer from it can see close objects in focus, but distant objects appear blurry. Short sightedness can often develop quickly in children as they grow, becoming worse in teenage years. As you enter your twenties the condition tends to stabilize. Myopia can often be spotted in children…
DetailsOften people blame junk or processed foods for their obesity problem. If a person weighs more than 20% of the normal weight considering his/her height, then he/she is considered as an obese person. However, you need to keep in mind that not every obese person would have all these health issues. Also, the risk of…
DetailsInstead of fumbling around with syringes and bottles of insulin, you can fumble around with an insulin pen. Just kidding. An insulin pen – sometimes called a pen syringe, injection pen or simply, pen – can be a more accurate and convenient delivery system of insulin into your bloodstream. Pens are quite popular among diabetics.…
DetailsAny game is bound to have injuries and wounds. That is a part and parcel of any game. Even if you take all safety precautions, there is bound to be an injury or two. You just can not separate injury from sports. But, you must not stop playing games because of this fear. There are…
DetailsHave you ever heard that joke before? You know, the one where guys are sitting around, bragging about how “big” they are, and one guy states that, “I’m so big that I pass out whenever I get an erection!” Of course, that makes us all laugh, as we know we’re just having a bit of…
DetailsOne of the most important decisions you will make One of the most important decisions you will make that will affect the health of your children is whether or not to vaccinate them. Since many medical authorities say vaccination is safe, most parents go ahead with vaccination, completely unaware of the potential dangers and unable…
DetailsAs a disease chicken pox is considered not to be very harmful to a healthy patient. Recent studies have shown that it is the leading death bridge compared to measurements, mumps, whooping cough and Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis. Some 14,000 people are admitted each year into hospitals for chickenpox, 60% of them being children.…
DetailsWith all the news about swine flu, few people are talking about prevention, other than taking the controversial flu shot. Is it real prevention? Have dozens of people really become sick or died from the shot? Is is more of a danger than a precaution? There are more questions than answers. Each of us needs…
DetailsBack pain is one of the most common health complaints by people across the world. The pain may be localized into one or more of the three major segments of the spinal column; cervical (neck area), thoracic (middle back), lumbar (just above the buttocks), and sacral spine (down into the buttocks area). By far the…
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