After an exhausting trip overseas, topped off by a 15-hour train ride, Margaret Schwartz, a single professional in her mid-40s, arrived at an orphanage in Ukraine, where she had 30 minutes to make one of the most important decisions of her life. Moments later, and essentially without any formal training, Schwartz was on her way… Continue reading
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HPV vacciness helps against the genital warts
A new study published by the BMJ (British Medical Journal) shows that vaccination against some types of human papillomavirus (HPV) can give strong and sustained protection against pre-cancerous growths of the cervix and genital warts. The quadrivalent HPV vaccine can help prevent low grade lesions due to HPV and prevent warts, according to an international… Continue reading
Sunscreen for children – save the gentle kid’s skin
Lazy days at the pool or beach are warm weather rituals for many families. But if you’re tempted to let your child play outdoors for even a few minutes without the proper sun protection, you might want to think twice. “It only takes one severe sunburn to potentially double your child’s chances of getting melanoma later… Continue reading
Healthy rules that you can break sometimes
Eight glasses of water; five to seven servings of fruits and veggies; eight hours of sleep — just keeping track of health recommendations can be exhausting, let alone following them. Here are 12 health rules that it’s OK — and sometimes even good — to break. 1. Don’t eat food that’s fallen on the floor.… Continue reading
Drug resistance: next move predict from software
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center are using computers to identify how one strain of dangerous bacteria might mutate in the same way a champion chess player tries to anticipate an opponent’s strategies. The predictive software could result in better drug design to beat antibiotic-resistant mutations. “This work shows a way to predict bacterial resistance… Continue reading
Meditation helps for different illness
It’s nearly impossible to pay attention to one thing for a long time. A new study looks at whether Buddhist meditation can improve a person’s ability to be attentive and finds that meditation training helps people do better at focusing for a long time on a task that requires them to distinguish small differences between… Continue reading
Choking baby – what would we do
When A Child Needs Help When a child is choking, it means that an object — usually food or a toy — is lodged in the tracheatrachea (the airway) and is keeping air from flowing normally into or out of the lungs. The trachea is usually protected by a small flap of cartilage called the… Continue reading
Pedicure – why should you get it?
If you’ve never had a pedicure, you are missing out on one of life’s best pampering treats. A pedicure is one of my all time favorite treats. Going all the way back to beauty school, I never minded getting or giving them (OK, getting them was way better than giving them). But it seems so… Continue reading