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What is Pink Eye? Pink Eye is the inflammation of the conjunctiva membrane. The conjunctiva membrane is the thin, clear membrane over the white partof the eye and lining of the eyelids. Pink eye is also called conjunctivitis. What Causes Pink Eye?...

What is Pink Eye? Pink Eye is the inflammation of ...

Towards a Healthy Ramadan Each Ramadan, millions of Muslims come together to fulfil an important pillar of the Islamic faith, by abstaining from food, drink and marital relations during daylight hours. This is both an act of worship and unity that se...

Towards a Healthy Ramadan Each Ramadan, millions o...

HAYFEVER - a patient's guide Dr Crump - Allergy Specialist Overview Hayfever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) is inflammation of the nasal lining. Hayfever causes sneezing and a runny/blocked nose. It is caused by allergies to various types of pollen....

HAYFEVER - a patient's guide Dr Crump - Allergy Sp...

Coffee, Caffeine & Fitness by: Jon Gestl

Coffee, Caffeine & Fitness by: Jon Gestl...

BEE STINGS a patient's guide Overview

BEE STINGS a patient's guide Overview...

ALLERGIC RHINITIS - a patient's guide Dr Vincent Crump - Allergy Specialist

ALLERGIC RHINITIS - a patient's guide Dr Vincent C...

How to Help Your Husband Get Healthy Your husband may be great at taking care of the family car, but he probably isn't so attentive to his own well-being. for his annual checkup, he'll go... next year. Instead of nagging, try these strategies: Make b...

How to Help Your Husband Get Healthy Your husband ...

Toy Safety Unfortunately, each year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports about 15 to 20 toy-related deaths and 150-200,000 hospital emergency room treated toy-related injuries to children under age 15. Many could be prevented, especially i...

Toy Safety Unfortunately, each year, the Consumer ...

Allergy Testing Allergy testing in younger children is often a controversial subject. Parents often want their children tested for suspected allergies, but doctors usually want to try and eliminate common things that trigger allergies, try allergy me...

Allergy Testing Allergy testing in younger childre...

Biting - Topic Overview Is it normal for a child to bite? Most children younger than age 3 bite someone else at least once. Most children stop biting on their own. Biting that happens past age 3 or occurs frequently at any age may need treatment. Bit...

Biting - Topic Overview Is it normal for a child t...

Nosebleeds Why do children get them and what can be done to prevent them? Evangelia Zonnios Some children appear to be prone to nosebleeds, but there are methods to help reduce their frequency and even stop them from happening at all.

Nosebleeds Why do children get them and what can b...

Nighttime worries (school age children) It is not unusual for some children to have nighttime worries or fears. Sometimes parents will describe their child as being ‘a bit of a worrier’. Helping them overcome their nighttime worries teaches them skil...

Nighttime worries (school age children) It is not ...

A Kid's Guide to Shots!

A Kid's Guide to Shots!

When you look in on your sleeping child, you want to hear the sounds of sweet dreams: easy breathing and perhaps an occasional sigh. But some parents hear the harsher sounds of gnashing and grinding teeth, called bruxism, which is common in kids. Wha...

When you look in on your sleeping child, you want ...

a Cold or the Flu? Your child is sent home from school with a sore throat, cough, and high fever ? could it be the flu that's been going around? Or is it just a common cold? Typically, the flu (also known as influenza) has symptoms that make a child ...

a Cold or the Flu? Your child is sent home from sc...

Head Lice Much to many parents' annoyance, the head louse is a tiny, wingless parasitic insect that lives among human hairs and feeds on extremely small amounts of blood drawn from the scalp. Although they may sound gross, lice (the plural of louse) ...

Head Lice Much to many parents' annoyance, the hea...

Establishing a Bedtime Routine

Establishing a Bedtime Routine

What are the key health dangers for children? Q: What are the key health dangers for children, and what is WHO doing to address them? A: Nearly 10 million children under the age of five die each year ? more than 1000 every hour ? but most could survi...

What are the key health dangers for children? Q: W...

Weight Loss Tips It is well known that obesity or being overweight is a growing epidemic among children, leading to increases in diabetes and other serious health effects. It is also well known what you have to do to lose weight, by eating less and e...

Weight Loss Tips It is well known that obesity or ...

Childhood Depression Depression in children has dramatically increased in recent years with approximately 3 to 5 percent of preteens and up to 15 percent of teenagers suffering from depression. The good news is that awareness and intervention from pa...

Childhood Depression Depression in children has dr...

Why do the Shi'ahs Combine Prayers? The Shi'ahs acknowledge the five obligatory daily prayers. However, they frequently combine the Zuhr and 'Asr prayers by offering them consecutively during the time period defined by the start of Zuhr and the end o...

Why do the Shi'ahs Combine Prayers? The Shi'ahs ac...