The centuries-old practice of swaddling may help young infants sleep more soundly, and could potentially protect against sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to researchers in France and Belgium.
Restless leg syndrome is a sleep disorder characterized by leg discomfort during sleep, which is only relieved by frequent movements of the legs.
Swaddling is an age-old technique for keeping a making a baby feel secure. Although it’s fallen out of favour in the Western world, many Eastern cultures and tribal people still use it.
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found that high doses of vitamin C might counteract some of the negative effects of smoking on unborn babies.
The poor are most likely to be fat, but the more affluent are closing the gap. Obesity is growing fastest among Americans who make more than $60,000 a year, researchers reported.
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that requests from patients for medications have a “profound effect” on physicians prescribing for major depression and adjustment disorder. These findings indicate that direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of prescription medications for depression may exert significant influence on treatment decisions.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a public health advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and patient caregivers to new safety information concerning an unapproved (i.e., off-label) use of certain drugs called atypical antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania, but clinical studies of these drugs to treat behavioral disorders in elderly patients with dementia have shown a higher death rate associated with their use compared to patients receiving a placebo (sugar pill).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new product to protect against leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after brain surgery.
Telemedicine is composed of the Greek word teae (tele) meaning distance and the Latin word mederi meaning healing and literally meaning distance healing. It is therefore the delivery of Medicine at a distance.
Recently, when I was going through Aconitum in The Materia Medica Viva by Dr. George Vithoulkas an old case of Psychosomatic Pain cured under my care in 1993 flashed into my memory. The story of the case was as related hereunder.