There is much that you as parents can do to foster good sleep patterns. This can start as early as infancy, when babies should be allowed to develop their own sleep rhythms. Do not wake your baby for a feed, and do not worry about imposing rigid feeding schedules. Let him fall into a cycle [...]
These two often go hand-in-hand, so I have put them under the e heading. Loss of appetite, with or without some nausea and/or change in how things taste is quite common in people with cancer. Often these symptoms are due to treatment rather than to the cancer itself, because both chemotherapy and radiotherapy can produce [...]
The pelvic bones may be fractured in a fall or in a motor car accident. No attempt should be made to get the patient to walk. Carry him on a stretcher, or on your back, or with two people — one can hold him under the arms while the other supports the legs.
In men, the [...]
The lymph glands of the body are enlarged as also is the spleen, an organ which lies tucked up under the ribs on the left side of the abdomen.
The liver is involved in most cases but only in about a sixth, does jaundice or yellowing of the skin, appear.
Unfortunately, there is no specific treatment except [...]
Cancer of the breast usually appears as a painless lump but women who suffer pain in the breast are often frightened it is a symptom of cancer. It rarely is.
Painful breasts mainly occur at the time of the periods but they also can be unrelated to the menstrual cycle. Pain is often associated with the [...]
What if your practitioner refuses to pay attention to your symptoms and behaves as though tests and anti-cancer treatments are more important than your comfort? In this case, I suggest you very seriously consider changing practitioners. This will be easiest for those of you who are not having any specialised treatment. If you are, it [...]
One of the hardest parts of trying to lose weight can be feeling hungry all the time, but this gnawing feeling is not necessary when you are losing weight. Carbohydrates are natural appetite suppressants. And of all carbohydrate foods, those with a low G.L factor are amongst the most filling and prevent hunger pangs for [...]
The physical macro environment. Influences on body fatness in the widet physical environment include the food supply, availability of facilities for physical activity, and the demands for physical activity for day-to-day living. The food supply within a population is influenced by a number of factors including agricultural practices, pricing and taxation structures, manufacturing and food [...]
Circulating triglycerides (TGs) in the bloodstream are packaged in the blood into lipoproteins which are then split into free fatty acids (FFA) and glycerol by the enzyme LPL to get into the fat cell. Once inside the cell, the FFAs interact with glycerol which is derived from glucose, to form TGs again. These TGs are [...]
‘Ben isn’t very happy’, Judy said, as she marched Master Ben into my surgery. They both took a seat. Ben, normally a happy little fellow, bright and beaming, now looked dour and miserable.
‘What gives,’ I asked.
He says he has a stomach ache. Ben never complains of stomach aches, so when he said this and didn’t [...]