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 [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Activity
When lying on his tummy, the five-month old baby will lift the head and chest fairly high off the mattress; he lifts the head and shoulders when lying on his back. Is able to bend his knees and suck his toes. He becomes more and more mobile, readily rolling from his back to the tummy [...]
An ancient healing technique, massage is known to have been used as long ago as 3000BC in China, and was recommended by the well-known Greek physician Hippocrates in the 5th century BC. Most masseurs use oil as they rub, stroke and knead various parts of the body. One of the benefits of these actions is [...]
Burns are injuries of the skin caused by excessive heat, by chemicals (acids and alkalis), or by electricity. The seriousness of a burn depends on the size, the location, and the depth of the skin burned. Burns are classified as first-degree (the least serious), second-degree, or third-degree (the most serious).
First-degree burns cause reddening of the [...]
Alcohol doesn’t just help against the biggest life-threatening ailments. There are scads of research to show that moderate drinking can ward off other common health problems-the kind that can make life pretty miserable sometimes. Here’s a catalog of the conditions you can raise a glass to.
Beating the runs: Diarrhea may not be particularly life-threatening to [...]
Are screening procedures likely to pick up the diseases that really matter?
This is difficult to answer but an examination of the results of ten major industrial health examination programmes in the US found that less than half of the people who subsequently died from cancer had the condition diagnosed at a screening examination, and slightly [...]