Treatment

Hay fever cannot be cured, but there are a number of ways you can improve the symptoms and afford some relief to your child. Preventive measures play an important role in the treatment of hay fever.

Your doctor may advise the use of antihistamines to help relieve your child’s symptoms. These are tablets or mixtures which [...]

Hair

Some babies are born with a full head of hair, which is usually brown. This begins to fall out after several weeks, and is gradually replaced by permanent hair which is not necessarily the same colour. Fine, dark body hair (lanugo) is often present on the body for the first month, especially in premature babies.

Head

For [...]

IGNORANCE: I found a profound lack of sexual knowledge in the couples and, even worse, the possession of “mym-information” based on the first three perspectives of sexuality. Super marital sex requires first and foremost knowledge, a knowledge that integrates all four perspectives of sexuality. Knowledge is the first key to super marital sex.

FEAR: Spouses were [...]

Vegetarian cuisine

Discussing benefits of pure vegetarian (vegan) cuisine as well as recipes is yet again a quite substantial topic and exceeds the scope of this book. For information about the vegetarian cuisine please read books by Ch. Lehman or M.Diamond listed in the References.

Microwaves

Using microwave radiation to cook or heat food changes the molecular structure [...]

The vaccine for influenza is effective. It is prepared from killed virus and contains the  virus and one, two or three of the current A strains.

Usually, only one injection is needed to stimulate the production of antibodies and immunity should be at its peak a month after injection.

However, its effect then tends to wane [...]

Pressing in the left lower area of the abdomen may cause pain in the right side. It is always necessary to carry out an examination of the rectum in cases of suspected appendicitis. Pain is felt in the abdomen when the examining finger presses on the inflamed appendix.

Although appendicitis may occur at any age, it [...]

We have to refer to the original supposition that only white middle-class women contract endometriosis to understand why some doctors have misunderstood racial distribution of this disease. Medical textbooks told them SO. References to endometriosis tended to profile the “typical” patient, and. in nearly every case, she was the slightly privileged white woman. Endometriosis, then, [...]

Fungi are living organisms made up of chains of cells, called hyphae, which grow and become intertwined and matted, forming mycelia and spores. In everyday life they can be seen as the mould on old fruit or cheese. There are between 50 000 and 100000 known species throughout the plant and animal kingdom, and they [...]

The function of the hypothalamus is critical for body weight regulation. Research with rats has shown that damage to the hypothalamus can have serious consequences. Damage to the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) is associated with hyperphagia (over-eating), decreased thermogenesis and spontaneous aotrvity, and elevated insulin levels. Obesity is almost an inevitable result! On the other hand, [...]

Endometriosis is a disease that can affect any girl or woman who is menstruating.

In order to understand endometriosis you need to know how your menstrual cycle works. The tissue that lines the inside of the uterus is known as the endometrium. Each month the hormones in your body stimulate the endometrium to grow and thicken [...]