Safe "Summering" For All Summertime is usually filled with children riding their bicycles and skateboards. In order to prevent an injury from occurring during these activities parents should be aware of proper bike helmet safety. The following are a list of tips that can keep your child safe while choosing a helmet.-- Helmets should be snug, level, and stable.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comComment From Breakthrough Breast Cancer Re Lapatanib (Tyveb) Offers Hope After Herceptin Has Failed In Her2 Positive Advanced Breast Cancer Comment from Breakthrough Breast Cancer following the announcement that lapatinib (Tyverb) has been given a licence in the European Union as a treatment for women with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer, whose disease has stopped responding to Herceptin.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLichen Sclerosis: A New Epidemic? ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Lichen sclerosis (LS) includes balanitis and xerotica obliterans. There is hyperkeratosis and sclerosis of the dermis with collagen deposition that leads to symptoms of skin irritation. It is much more common in women and also occurs in 10% of boys with phimosis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDon't Scratch And Other Summer Tips Warm weather is here and so are the bugs. If you forget to apply insect repellant and get an itchy welt, Ken Haller, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of
Medicine, has a simple solution to end your suffering: Dab a bit of roll-on antiperspirant directly on the bug bite.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com10 Health Items To Take With You On Vacation Whether your summer vacation plans involve staying close to home or crossing the globe, you'll want to put as much thought into protecting your
health while traveling as you do choosing your destination.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comExtreme Heat Or Flooding Puts Elders At Risk Heat affects elders more than it does younger people. Dehydration could lead to cardiac or other medical crises. Sudden flooding or impending flooding stresses frail, older adults. Elders with impaired judgment caused by mild dementia could be more at risk than their
healthy peers as the weather threatens their well-being.Adult children of aging parents at a distance are stressed and worried.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSerum Sodium Predicts Mortality Ten Times Higher In PAH Patient Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) chronically high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lungs whose serum sodium levels are low (called hyponatremia, or HN) have a very poor chance of survival and a high rate of right-heart failure (RHF), according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com"Feet Treats" That Do More Harm Than Good Summer is finally here, and that means it's time to show off those feet. But before you get carried away trying to get that pedicure, slough off those corns or run barefoot through the park at a picnic, Tracey Vlahovic, D.P.M.
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