 STREP
THROAT (JANUARY 3, 2006)
[TREP MUST BE
DIAGNOSED WITH LAB TESTS, TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS ]
|
CHRONIC
IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA (JANUARY 10, 2007)
[READER MOST
LIKELY HAS CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC URTICARIA ] |
FOOD
ALLERGIES(JANUARY 17, 2007)
[MOST FOOD ALLERGIES
ARE MERE NUISANCE, SOME ARE LIFE-THREATENING] |
RECTAL
PROBLEM (JANUARY 24, 2007)
[IF RECTAL PROBLEM ISN’T BETTER IN A FEW WEEKS, SEE DOCTOR ]
|
JAW
PAIN (JANUARY 31, 2007)
[MOST CASES OF TMD RESPOND TO SIMPLE MEASURES AND A LITTLE TIME ]
|
FLU
SYMPTOMS (FEBRUARY 7, 2007)
[HIGH FEVER,
BODY ACHES AND FATIGUE TELLTALE SYMPTOMS OF FLU ] |
MUSCLE
CRAMPS (FEBRUARY 14, 2007)
[READER’S MUSCLE CRAMPS PROBABLY MORE ANNOYING THAN SERIOUS]
|
ASPERGER’S
SYNDROME (FEBRUARY 21, 2007)
[ASPERGER’S SYNDROME -- “LITTLE PROFESSORS” WITHOUT
SOCIAL SKILLS] |
HEEL
PAIN (FEBRUARY 28, 2007)
[ACTIVE PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT “TIME WOUNDS ALL HEELS”
] |
DIABETES
(MARCH 7, 2007)
[TIGHT CONTROL OF DIABETES PROVIDES LONG-LASTING BENEFITS” ]
|
MAL
DE DEBARQUEMENT SYNDROME (MARCH 14, 2007)
[READER “CAME ASHORE” BUT STILL FEELS LIKE SHE’S
“ON THE BOAT”]
|
DEEP
VEIN THROMBOSIS (MARCH 21, 2007)
[STAYING ACTIVE DURING TRAVEL CAN PREVENT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS]
|
COLON
CANCER (MARCH 28, 2007)
[HEALTHY DIET, WATCHING WEIGHT AND SCREENING PREVENT COLON CANCER]
|
WHIPLASH
(APRIL 4, 2007)
[CHRONIC WHIPLASH
OFTEN IMPROVES WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION] |
CHICKEN
POX VACCINE (APRIL 11, 2007)
[VACCINE CAN PROTECT TEACHER WHO HAS
NEVER HAD CHICKENPOX] |
KNEE
SURGERY (APRIL 18, 2007)
[KNEE SURGERY
AN OPTION FOR OLDER READER, IF OTHERWISE HEALTHY ] |
HELMET
HABIT (APRIL 25, 2007)
[INSTILL “HELMET HABIT” EARLY TO HELP PREVENT
BICYCLE INJURIES ]
|
SWEATY
PALMS (MAY 2 , 2007)
[HYPERHIDROSIS, OR SWEATY PALMS AND FEET -- COMMON AND
TREATABLE ] |
POISON
IVY (MAY 9, 2007)
[YOU DON’T HAVE TO TOUCH THE PLANT TO DEVELOP
A POISON IVY RASH ]
|
SUNDOWNERS
(MAY 16, 2007)
[THE CONFUSION OF SUNDOWNERS, NOT A DISEASE BUT A SYMPTOM
] |
TUBE
PLUGGING (MAY 23, 2007)
[“TUBE PLUGGING” NEW, NON-SURGICAL FORM
OF STERILIZATION ] |
SUNBURN
(MAY 30, 2007)
[A SUNBURN IS A REAL BURN -- TREATMENT DEPENDS ON SEVERITY
] |
RSD
(JUNE 6, 2007)
[REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY -- CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE PAIN
] |
FISH
OIL FOR DIABETICS (JUNE 13, 2007)
[JURY STILL OUT ON BENEFIT OF CINNAMON AND FISH
OIL FOR DIABETICS] |
SWIMMER’S
EAR (JUNE 20, 2007)
[WATER IN EAR CANAL CAN CAUSE “SWIMMER’S EAR” INFECTION]
|
FOOD
POISONING (JUNE 27, 2007)
[MEATS -- NOT MAYONNAISE -- USUAL FOOD POISONING CULPRIT]
|
EHRLICHIOSIS
(JULY 4, 2007)
[EHRLICHIOSIS
–- A MILD, EASILY TREATED TICK-BORNE DISEASE] |
CAFFEINE
(JULY 11, 2007)
[WITHDRAWAL FROM
ADDICTIVE CAFFEINE CAN PRODUCE SEVERE HEADACHES] |
SKIN
CANCERS (JULY 18, 2007)
[READER WISE
TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE ABOUT NEW SKIN GROWTH] |
VIRAL
MENINGITIS (JULY 25, 2007)
[VIRAL MENINGITIS,
UNLIKE THE BACTERIAL VARIETY, IS RARELY FATAL ] |
BREAST
FEEDING (AUGUST 1, 2007)
[BREAST-FED BABIES
HAVE LOWER RISK OF CHILDHOOD AND ADULT OBESITY ] |
DOG
BITES (AUGUST 8, 2007)
[PROPER CARE
OF A DOG BITE CAN PREVENT WOUND INFECTION AND RABIES ] |
DRINKING
PROBLEMS (AUGUST 15, 2007)
[“CAGE”
TEST CAN HELP DETERMINE IF COUPLE HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM ]
|
HEAD
LICE (AUGUST 22, 2007)
[DOCTOR MAY HELP
WITH DAUGHTER’S HEAD LICE; DON’T WORRY ABOUT DOG ]
|
STAPH
INFECTIONS (AUGUST 29, 2007)
[PREVENTION BEST
TREATMENT FOR MRSA AND OTHER STAPH INFECTIONS ] |
BREAST
CANCER SCREENINGS (SEPTEMBER 5, 2007)
[BREAST CANCER
SCREENINGS KEY TO BEING A SURVIVOR, NOT A VICTIM ] |
OTC
WEIGHT LOSS PRODUCT ALLI (SEPTEMBER 12, 2007)
[OLD-FASHIONED DIET AND EXERCISE BETTER FOR MOST FOLKS THAN ALLI
] |
MULTIVITAMINS
AND CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS (SEPTEMBER 19, 2007)
[SOME FOLKS NEED
MULTIVITAMINS, VITAMIN D AND CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS] |
FATIGUE
(SEPTEMBER 26, 2007)
[“BACK
TO SCHOOL FATIGUE” MAY BE CAUSE OF MOM’S TIREDNESS]
|
EARWAX
(October 3, 2007)
[“READER’S
EARWAX BUILDUP MAY REQUIRE PERIODIC CLEANING BY DOCTOR ] |
NAIL
INFECTION (OCTOBER 10, 2007)
[GRANDPA PROBABLY
HAS ONYCHOMYCOSIS -- A COMMON NAIL INFECTION ] |
MALE
BREAST CANCER(OCTOBER 17, 2007)
[FACTS CAN HELP
MEN OVERCOME STIGMA OF HAVING A “FEMALE DISEASE” ]
|
FLU
VACCINE (OCTOBER 24, 2007)
[FALL IS THE
TIME FOR NEARLY EVERYONE TO GET THE FLU VACCINE ] |
ANKLE
SPRAIN RECOVERY (OCTOBER 31, 2007)
[“FOOT
WRITING” CAN HELP SPEED MILD ANKLE SPRAIN RECOVERY ] |
WALKING
PNEUMONIA (NOVEMBER 7, 2007)
[PROGNOSIS FOR
READER’S “WALKING PNEUMONIA” IS GOOD ]
|
COLON
SCREENING TESTS (NOVEMBER 14, 2007)
[READER AND HER FRIENDS MAY NEED DIFFERENT
COLON SCREENING TESTS ] |
STOP
SMOKING DRUG (NOVEMBER 21, 2007)
[CHANTIX -- A NEW STOP SMOKING DRUG --
MAY BE HELPFUL FOR READER ] |
ORGAN
DONATION (NOVEMBER 28, 2007)
[DISCUSS ORGAN DONATION NOW, DON’T
WAIT FOR FAMILY MEDICAL CRISIS ] |
HOLIDAY
CHEER (DECEMBER 5, 2007)
[CHEF SIMPSON’S Rx FOR HOLIDAY
CHEER: GREEN YUCKY STUFF ] |
OSTEOARTHRITIS
(DECEMBER 12, 2007)
[READER PROBABLY DOESN’T NEED SPECIALIST
FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS ] |
COLD
OR FLU (DECEMBER 19, 2007)
[IS IT A COLD OR THE FLU? -- WHEN IN
DOUBT CALL YOUR DOCTOR ] |
NEW
YEAR'S PARTY SAFETY (DECEMBER 26, 2007)
[PARTY HOST SHOULD INSURE THAT NO ONE
DRIVES OR WALKS HOME DRUNK ] |
