Homeopathic Medicine :: Medorrhinum – A well proven Nosode
Nosodes is a term derived from the Greek word NOSO ? which signifies the prefix added to the word to form an idea of disease or indicating a relation to the disease.
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Health :: Antioxidants protect against Rocky Mountain spotted fever – tick-borne
For hikers, campers and others who enjoy the outdoors, summer can bring concerns about tick bites and related illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Researchers are investigating the role that antioxidants — alpha-lipoic acid and potentially others like green tea and vitamins C and E, for example – might play in preventing or treating the deadly rickettsia bacteria.
HIV :: HIV therapy drugs reach one in five-study
Only one in five people with HIV in poor and middle-income countries receives the drugs that treat the virus, said a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
Asthma :: Lung function tests important in kids with asthma
Doctors who classify asthma severity in children solely by asking about symptom frequency and severity may miss a significant number of children with moderate to severe asthma, doctors warn in a report released this month.
Leukemia :: Oncaspar for Newly-Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today expanded the approved use of Oncaspar to include treating children and adults with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) as part of a multiple drug chemotherapy regimen. FDA previously approved Oncaspar in 1994 only for patients with ALL who were unable to receive the cancer drug L-asparaginase because they were allergic to that drug.
Eczema :: Prebiotic Reduces Risk of Eczema in Infants
Adding a supplement to infant formula that encourages the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria lowers the chances of high-risk babies developing eczema, an international team of researchers report.
Herpes :: Herpes infections frequent in adolescent girls
Infections with the virus that causes genital herpes are common among teen girls, a new study shows.
Pregnancy :: Labor Should Be Induced in Morning
If labor needs to be induced, it should be done in the morning rather than the evening.
Pregnancy :: Miscarriage risk climbs with dad’s age
A couple’s risk of having a pregnancy end in miscarriage appears to rise along with the father’s age, regardless of how old the mother is, researchers reported Monday.
Pregnancy :: Babies of younger mothers may live longer
Babies of younger mothers are likely to live longer than those born to older women, says a study.