Is it safe to take ibuprofen for the aches and pains of exercise?
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Not long ago, I took ibuprofen after a dental procedure and was amazed at how well it worked. Millions of people have had similar experiences with ibuprofen and related medications (called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs) when used for a number of conditions, including arthritis, back pain, and headache. That’s why NSAIDs are among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide.
More than a dozen different NSAIDs are available, including naproxen (as in Naprosyn or Aleve), celecoxib (Celebrex), diclofenac (Voltaren) and indomethacin (Indocin). Aspirin is also an NSAID, th...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Drugs and Supplements Exercise and Fitness Health Kidney and urinary tract Source Type: blogs
The Dangerous Reasons You Should Never Give Your Baby Tylenol After Vaccines
Conclusion
The widely accepted use of acetaminophen pain relievers, such as Tylenol, has been shown in scientific studies to deplete levels of our bodies’ master antioxidant, glutathione. Parents should question the popular notion that dozens of vaccine doses in infancy are safe, and they should certainly research the damaging effects acetaminophen can have on the developing brain.
References:
http://articles.mercola.com/…vaccine-dosage-for-babies.aspx
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003292.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97635&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97635&p...
Source: vactruth.com - August 9, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Missy Fluegge Top Stories acetaminophen glutathione truth about vaccines Tylenol Source Type: blogs
MKSAP: 67-year-old woman who takes diclofenac
Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians.
A 67-year-old woman is evaluated during a routine examination. She has a history of hip and knee pain related to degenerative joint disease. The joint pain is now well controlled with diclofenac, which was started 3 months ago. A previous trial of high-dose acetaminophen was not effective. She does not have any gastrointestinal symptoms, and she takes the diclofenac with food most of the time. Her medical history is otherwise notable for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. Her parents bot...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 5, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/mksap" rel="tag" > mksap < /a > Tags: Conditions GI Medications Orthopedics Source Type: blogs
When to worry about your child ’ s fever
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Fevers worry parents; they scare them sometimes. I understand why. After all, fevers can be a sign of something serious — and at the beginning of one, it’s hard to know whether it’s going to turn out to be something serious.
Most of the time, it isn’t serious. Fevers are very common. They are part of how the body fights infection. The average child will get several viral infections a year — which means several fevers. The vast majority of fevers are nothing to worry about, and pass in a day or two.
Sometimes, though, parents should worry. Here are some circumstances when you should ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Cold and Flu Infectious diseases Parenting Source Type: blogs
4 ways to avoid mistakes with liquid medicines
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Measuring liquid medication should be easy, right? You just pour out the amount you need.
It turns out, though, that it’s not so easy — and that lots of parents and caregivers do it wrong. In a study just published in the journal Pediatrics in which parents were asked to measure out some liquid doses, 84% made at least one measuring error, and 29% made a large error, measuring at least twice the prescribed dose.
So the next time you measure out some acetaminophen or amoxicillin, here are four must-dos to be sure you do it right:
1. Don’t use a spoon. Even if it says “1 teaspoon,” do...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Drugs and Supplements Parenting Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Ingredients: America ’s Dirty Little Secret
Conclusion
The increase in childhood illness must have a cause or trigger. There must be common factors when half of America’s children are chronically ill. Could vaccine ingredients be the causal factor of the increase in childhood illnesses? This question remains unanswered by the CDC.
As stated above, many CDC employees have a vested financial interest in continuing to sell and market vaccines. As childhood illnesses continue to increase, logic and reason must be applied to the debate and we must identify common factors. What do American children have in common? The large majority receive vaccines per the CDC schedule...
Source: vactruth.com - June 25, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Sarah Carrasco Tags: Logical Sarah Carrasco Top Stories Polysorbate 80 truth about vaccines vaccine ingredients Source Type: blogs
Ibuprofen or acetaminophen: Which is better for treating your child ’s fever?
Ask babies with fever how they feel, and they’ll say … well, they probably won’t say anything, because they’re babies. But ask older kids, and they’ll look at you funny, and maybe say “Why are you asking me?” Kids these days, am I right?
Fevers make kids feel bad. Achy and miserable and bleh. So for comfort, I think it’s a good idea to treat fever in a child who’s uncomfortable. What’s important isn’t the number — how high the fever is — but how the child feels. Feeling bad? Let’s help you feel better.
(By the way, even though they make your child feel miserable, fevers will not harm yo...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/roy-benaroch" rel="tag" > Roy Benaroch, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Huge ST Elevation in V2 and V3. What is it?
A 30-something presented with methamphetamine use and agitation. He was sedated, then had an ECG as part of his workup:He was stabilized and observed.He was still confused 8 hours later when I was now on duty, and he was found to have a heart rate of 140, so another ECG was recorded:There is one lead (V2) with massive ST elevation.Since there is very little STE in V1 or V3, there must be lead misplacement.I suspected some lead misplacement and ordered another with the leads corrected:Now there is massive STE in BOTH leads V2 and V3What do you think?What do you want to do?What do you think? This is what I thought:...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 4, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
‘Out-the-Door’ v. ‘Kitchen-Sink’ Asthma Management
Are you one of those clinicians who frequently finds himself frustrated with asthma patients who improve to a point but not enough to discharge home? Even though this has to be a common problem, no one seems to talk or write much about it. I was feeling deeply frustrated about these patients, and it led me to serious clinical introspection. Why does everyone write about the crashing asthma patient, but hardly anyone addresses the problematic patient with improving but recalcitrant bronchospasm?Most articles typically cover every available therapeutic option, including the proverbial “kitchen sink” for managing sever...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - June 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Is Suicide Contagion Real?
With the popularity of the Netflix hit teenage high school show, “13 Reasons Why,” there’s been some debate among mental health care professionals and researchers as to whether an actual “suicide contagion” exists. Would such a contagion effect apply to something like a fictional TV series?
Is suicide contagion a real thing? And if so, is it really something we need to be concerned about as much in this day and age of instant entertainment and information available on the Internet, where people’s graphic depictions of self harm and suicide stories are always just a single click away for ...
Source: World of Psychology - May 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Celebrities Children and Teens General Minding the Media Research Suicide Technology 13 Reasons Why depiction of suicide is suicide contagious suicidal contagion Suicide contagion suicide in movies suicide on tv Source Type: blogs
8 things to watch for when your child has a headache
Headaches are common in childhood. Most of the time, they are nothing to worry about and are caused by common minor illnesses, a mild bump to the head, lack of sleep, not getting enough food or drink, or stress. Migraines can also be seen in childhood, but with awareness and avoidance of triggers, they don’t usually cause problems.
Sometimes, though, headaches are a problem — and something to worry about. Here is when you should worry:
1. When a headache is accompanied by a fever and a stiff neck. Your child should be able to look up at the ceiling, touch his chin to his chest and shake his head back and forth. If he c...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - May 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Headache Parenting Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 181
LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
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Welcome to the 181st edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.
This edition contains 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Justin Morgenstern and Chris Ni...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 11, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeremy Fried Tags: Emergency Medicine Intensive Care R&R in the FASTLANE Toxicology and Toxinology critical care EBM literature recommendations research and reviews Resuscitation Source Type: blogs
Research and Reviews in the Fastlane 181
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Welcome to the 181st edition of Research and Reviews in the Fastlane. R&R in the Fastlane is a free resource that harnesses the power of social media to allow some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what they think is worth reading from the published literature.
This edition contains 5 recommended reads. The R&R Editorial Team includes Jeremy Fried, Nudrat Rashid, Justin Morgenstern and Ch...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 11, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jeremy Fried Tags: Emergency Medicine Intensive Care R&R in the FASTLANE Toxicology and Toxinology critical care EBM literature recommendations research and reviews Resuscitation Source Type: blogs
Waiting Room Neurology • UCEM
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Last update: May 9, 2017 @ 9:59 am
The Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine (UCEM) is devoted to keeping up with the latest evidence, techniques and iOS updates to ensure that waiting room medicine is at the forefront of critical care applied within the adverse environments of war zones, natural disasters and public hospitals.
In an effort to combat that most pertinacious of symptoms ‘the chronic headache‘ – UCEM have scoured all the available information ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 9, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tom Cassidy Tags: Neurology Utopian Medicine chronic headache iWR SPGB sphenopalatine ganglion block UCEM Waiting Room Medicine Source Type: blogs
