The way we address HIV is cause for concern The truth is that there are millions of people living to whom HIV has not caused illness and death. This information brings joy and hope to the heart of any person who has ever dreaded the onset of AIDS.
Parents and physicians should exercise caution when choosing skin care products for use on allergic children. Many contain ingredients to which children may be sensitive, such as milk, wheat and nuts, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Intolerance to food additives might also be responsible for stuffy nose. Italian researchers found that of 226 people with persistent nasal congestion not caused by allergies, 20 had reactions to monosodium benzoate, a preservative widely used in processed foods. When these men and women followed an additive-free diet, their nasal woes waned, according to findings published in the journal Allergy.
Pregnant women who are vegetarians have increased levels of a hormone called free beta-hCG, which may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of Down’s syndrome in their developing baby, Taiwanese researchers report. This suggests that higher beta-hCG test values need to be established for such women.
In homoeopathy, we treat the MAN in disease not the disease in man, as mentioned in all the texts of Dr Hahnemann, Kent & others. We all know, homoeopathy is an art as well as science. A physician specially a homoeopathic physician deals with the highest organism on this earth i.e. THE MAN and his precious life.
While past research has found that family pets may protect infants from developing allergies, new research from the Medical College of Georgia finds that children of parents who smoke are more likely to develop allergies, regardless of whether pets are in the home.
The word ‘congestion’ appears in the chapters HEAD, UTERUS, GENERALITIES etc. When and where to make use of this rubric?
UK scientists have developed a computer program to calculate the risk of developing breast cancer in individual women.
Psychotherapy may help hypochondriacs deal with their fears but the treatment has its limits. Some of the patients quit after being told the problems were actually in their heads.
Depression is one of the common problems in clinical practice, which causes social, occupational, financial, and interpersonal difficulties. It also causes increased medical morbidity and mortality through suicide. Most of the subjects suffering from depression first go to their general physicians or family physicians. However, most physicians are very busy and preoccupied with general medical problems. Moreover, the general physician is not well acquainted with psychiatric problems. The difficulty is further compounded since a number of medical illnesses may cause either secondary or reactive depression.