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Symptoms: loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal pain, jaundice (yellowed skin and whites of eyes, dark amber urine, and light-colored stools), fever, headache, general discomfort Home care: Isolate the child, and then call the doctor. When a diagnosis has been made the doctor will order a home care program that includes rest, liquids, and [...]

It’s Who You Know You’ve likely heard it before, but we’ll tell you again. If you gather all the homicide statistics and extract drug-related homicides, the vast majority of murders are between people who know each other. Forty-four percent of people who are murdered are killed by someone they know. Obviously, that doesn’t mean that [...]

The extract is a substance taken from the New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussel at a specific part of the yearly development cycle. The mussels are cultivated on marine farms especially for this purpose. The farms are in areas which have a constant flow of unpolluted, highly productive sea water. This feature ensures the supply of first [...]

The main advantage of hormonal treatment is that it is usually a less drastic form of treatment and, unless you are unlucky enough to have severe side effects, it does not cause a major disruption to your life. The main disadvantages are that it cannot treat adhesions, it rarely eradicates endometriomas greater than two centimeters [...]

Of course, our bodies are changing from the moment we are born to the moment we die. We grow, we become ill and get well, we exercise or stop exercising, we age. By definition, adolescence is a difficult time, a period of rapid growth and development. No big revelation there, but a point worth keeping [...]

In 1994, Anita Beattie’s doctor gave her a harsh ultimatum: “Lose weight or don’t come back to see me, because you’re wasting my time and your money.” His words stung, but Anita knew that her doctor was right. She weighed 157 pounds and she also had diabetes—a bad combination, to say the least. “He kicked [...]

Let me tell you the story of “Doc,” a middle-aged messenger who believed in positive thinking. A little man without money, advanced schooling, influence or marketable skills, he used positive thinking to save lives. He was fascinated by positive sayings, and he wrote his inspirational mottoes on slips of paper and carried them in his [...]

Elbows to Knees: This is a good exercise for the upper- and lower-abdominal muscles, and it will help your back as well. Lie on your back. Clasp your hands behind your neck, elbows forward. Bend your knees, then lift them up and toward your chest, holding them over your belly. Your legs should be high [...]

NO-OIL SAUTE Many recipes call for sauteed foods. To saute without oil, get a frying pan large enough to hold whatever you’re going to cook, then add 1/4 cup water and put over a medium heat. When the water is boiling, place the food in the pan and quickly move it around, using a wooden [...]

The second medical fallacy is our habit of looking at symptoms and labeling them as diseases. This approach ignores the real disease altogether. Medical students aren’t trained to look beyond the immediate problem. If the patient has a cold, they are taught, deal with the cold. If the patient has cancer, provide the appropriate treatment. [...]