Getting feverish during the flu season
Now that flu season is here, two recent studies about fever ought to have caught everyone's, especially every parent's, attention. But if you missed them and you're now getting hot under the collar wondering what was in them, let me quickly lower your temperatures by telling ...
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What is chronic abacterial prostatitis?
It takes a braver man than me (my wife says that means just about anyone; I'd tell her off, only I'm too scared) to contradict something doctors have been doing for years, but that's exactly what some authors did in an article in the Annals of Internal ...
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Coping with hepatitis B
After being diagnosed with a hepatitis B infection, it is very common to experience disturbing emotions. Coping with an unpredictable, chronic viral infection is a big challenge, compounded by the fact that you are a potential source of infection to ...
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Dyspnea: medications
Treatment for chronic dyspnea The first step in treatment of dyspnea is to correct what is correctable. For example, antibiotics would be given for infection, diuretics given for fluid in the lungs from heart failure, or blood thinners for a clot in the ...
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Herpes virus: 8 types
The herpes family of viruses includes 8 different viruses that affect human beings. The official names are known by numbers as human herpes virus 1 through 8 (HHV1-HHV8). Human herpes virus 1 Human herpes virus 1 (HHV1) is also known as herpes simplex virus 1 ...
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Herpes: can I be infected twice?
If you have herpes, are you immune to a second infection from someone else? A study done in 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia, showed that genital herpes can recur with more than one strain of the virus. People with one strain of herpes can get ...
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Don't forget to wash your hands
"Wash your hands, Arthur, wash your hands," my mom used to harangue. quot;You don't want to get pneumonia." Pneumonia was, as you might have guessed, my mom's - indeed every immigrant mom's - default illness, the ultimate threat to the well-being of the DNA she had passed on in the form of her ...
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Root canal: what is it?
Why have a root canal? A root canal, also called endodontic treatment, is a common and safe procedure to treat an infection in the pulp of the tooth. Years ago damaged and diseased teeth were removed. The advent of modern dental techniques has enabled dentists to save and repair damaged teeth through root canal treatment.
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Are you getting the RA medication that's best for you?
Medication will probably play a central role in your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment plan. Early and aggressive treatment of RA can help to control your disease, prevent or slow joint destruction, and avoid or delay loss of joint ...
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A guide to good hand-washing hygiene
Hand-washing proves to be one of the simplest, yet most effective, methods for preventing the spread of germs and infection.
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