Don ’t let allergy season catch you off guard
The woman next to me in the checkout line looked upset. Her eyes were red and her nose was running. My first thought was to give her privacy, until I saw her shopping basket filled with supplies to fight allergy symptoms, and then our eyes met. “I can’t believe how bad my allergies are this year!” she said, exasperated.
My fellow shopper isn’t the only one suffering. “Warm weather and a mild winter, as we’ve experienced this year, can stimulate trees to pollinate. The southern U.S., which has a warmer climate, is particularly susceptible to earlier allergy seasons. Other climate factors — such as cool evening...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heidi Godman Tags: Asthma and Allergies Source Type: blogs
Dr. Greene ’ s Guide to Allergy Care: How To Prevent And Treat This Season ’s Allergies
If you’re in the Northern hemisphere of this beautiful planet, it’s the beginning of spring for you.
The blossoming flowers and budding leaves are amazing to watch, but can also trigger allergies.
If you or a loved one experiences allergies, here are some of my favorite recommendations on what can be done to help – a guide to allergy care for you and your family.
How to Prevent Symptoms: Avoid Triggers
Your first step towards feeling better on a daily basis is avoiding the things that cause your allergic reactions in the first place.
TIPS TO AVOID ALLERGENS:
– Keep doors and windows closed on high-p...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: Alexandra Carmichael Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Allergies Source Type: blogs
Dr. Greene s Guide to Allergy Care: How To Prevent And Treat This Season s Allergies
If you’re in the Northern hemisphere of this beautiful planet, it’s the beginning of spring for you.
The blossoming flowers and budding leaves are amazing to watch, but can also trigger allergies.
If you or a loved one experiences allergies, here are some of my favorite recommendations on what can be done to help – a guide to allergy care for you and your family.
How to Prevent Symptoms: Avoid Triggers
Your first step towards feeling better on a daily basis is avoiding the things that cause your allergic reactions in the first place.
TIPS TO AVOID ALLERGENS:
– Keep doors and windows closed on high-p...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Allergies Allergy Treatment Source Type: blogs
Dr. Greene ’ s Guide to Allergy Care: How To Prevent And Treat This Season ’s Allergies
If you’re in the Northern hemisphere of this beautiful planet, it’s the beginning of spring for you.
The blossoming flowers and budding leaves are amazing to watch, but can also trigger allergies.
If you or a loved one experiences allergies, here are some of my favorite recommendations on what can be done to help – a guide to allergy care for you and your family.
How to Prevent Symptoms: Avoid Triggers
Your first step towards feeling better on a daily basis is avoiding the things that cause your allergic reactions in the first place.
TIPS TO AVOID ALLERGENS:
– Keep doors and windows closed on high-p...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - March 27, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Allergies Allergy Treatment Source Type: blogs
NasoNeb II Nasal Nebulizer Gets Green Light in Europe
MedInvent, a company based in Medina, Ohio, received European CE Mark approval for its NasoNeb II Nasal Nebulizer. The device is intended for patients with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, delivering drugs (typically budesonide) into the nasal and paranasal sinus cavities.
The company says the product provides superior spread of the drug through the target sinuses and promises “no pulmonary deposition.”
It can be used by patients at home, each session lasting only a couple minutes. Components are made to be easily washed and reused.
Here’s a company promo video introducing the NasoNeb system:
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Source: Medgadget - March 14, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Oldie but Goodie Pediatric Clinical Concepts
A number of older clinical concepts may be unfamiliar to younger clinicians, but these clinical concepts are useful in pediatric medicine. Some of these concepts showed up in the medical literature for the first time nearly a century ago. Physicians should feel free to question the potential value and validity of older clinical concepts that aren't at the forefront of medical education, but my experience of more than 30 years practicing pediatrics and emergency medicine has repeatedly affirmed to me that these are valuable in emergency medicine.Parenteral DiarrheaThe concept of parenteral diarrhea has been around for...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - March 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Oldie but Goodie Pediatric Clinical Concepts
A number of older clinical concepts may be unfamiliar to younger clinicians, but these clinical concepts are useful in pediatric medicine. Some of these concepts showed up in the medical literature for the first time nearly a century ago. Physicians should feel free to question the potential value and validity of older clinical concepts that aren't at the forefront of medical education, but my experience of more than 30 years practicing pediatrics and emergency medicine has repeatedly affirmed to me that these are valuable in emergency medicine.Parenteral DiarrheaThe concept of parenteral diarrhea has been around for...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - March 1, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
PROPEL Contour Steroid Releasing Implant for Chronic Sinusitis FDA Approved
Intersect ENT of Menlo Park, California has received FDA approval for its PROPEL Contour steroid releasing sinus implant, which is indicated for treatment of chronic sinusitis in the frontal and maxillary sinuses. Besides providing structural integrity, it reduces the need for orally administered steroids and only supplies them where needed.
The PROPEL Contour is delivered compacted using a flexible placement system and expanded to fill the anatomy. The device’s hourglass shape is designed to match the sinus ostia, helping to maintain patency following a surgical procedure.
A bit of detail about the study that led t...
Source: Medgadget - February 24, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
Medical Technology: What Changing Venture Capital Investments Signal
The market for medical devices historically has been dominated by big-ticket “physician preference items” such as artificial joints, spinal implants, and cardiac pacemakers. Venture capital and private equity investors have been eager to fund new firms in this expanding and lucrative domain. Changes in physician payment and organization are reducing the demand for these cost-increasing innovations, however, and redirecting the flow of investment capital.
For the past decade we have been studying medical device innovation (startup firms) and adoption (hospital organizations), starting from different angles but arriving ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - January 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Josh Baltzel and James C. Robinson Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Technology Featured Health IT Health Professionals Hospitals medical devices venture capitalism Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 166
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 166
Question 1
Young’s syndrome is associated with which symptoms?
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Bronchiectasis, rhino-sinusitis and reduced fertility
Individuals with this syndrome have notably thick secretions which cause the above syndromes.
It was noted by Donald Young a urologist in...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 19, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five bronchiectasis Christopher Wren epiglottitis George Washington HSV1 HSV2 hypovolaemic shock infertility IV therapy Mollaret's meningitis rhinosinusitis Varicella VSV Young's syndrome Source Type: blogs
Parents: How smart are you about antibiotics?
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It’s National Get Smart about Antibiotics week, an annual effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help make sure that we use antibiotics wisely.
Out of all the visits children make to health care providers, 1 in 5 result in a prescription for antibiotics. That’s about 50 million prescriptions a year. But here’s the worrisome part: 10 million of those prescriptions are for respiratory illnesses that antibiotics aren’t likely to help. Basically, 1 in 5 of those 50 million prescriptions shouldn’t have been written in the first place.
This is a real problem. An...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Children's Health Infectious diseases Pets Source Type: blogs
Acute Sinusitis in Adults via Now@NEJM
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Source: Kidney Notes - September 7, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Joshua Schwimmer Source Type: blogs
8 Reasons Why Your Child ’s Doctor Pushes Vaccines
Conclusion
Many parents are unaware that doctors’ reasons for recommending dozens of vaccinations may not be tied to the health of children, but to other reasons, such as financial incentives, paid meals, lack of unbiased information about vaccines, and negative peer pressure. Moms and dads trust their health care providers to help them make the best choices about their little ones’ health, but physicians are unable to do so when their job security and financial bonuses are tied to the the widespread use of vaccines.
Informed parents must take the threat of vaccine injury seriously and do their own research well in adv...
Source: vactruth.com - August 6, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Missy Fluegge Tags: Logical Missy Fluegge Recent Articles Top Picks truth about vaccine vaccine injury Vaccine Injury Compensation Program VAERS VICP Source Type: blogs
Acclarent ’s RELIEVA SCOUT Sinus Dilator Now Available in U.S.
Acclarent, a J&J firm, is releasing in the U.S. its RELIEVA SCOUT multi-sinus dilation system, a balloon sinuplasty device for widening the sinus openings in people with chronic sinusitis.
The device uses a flexible balloon that reaches a bit further out from the tip to be able to get deeper into the anatomy.
From Acclarent:
RELIEVA SCOUT® Sinus Dilation System was specifically designed for use in revision and complex frontal sinus cases, offering multiple points of localization including optical navigation compatibility.
Tested with the Brainlab Kolibri® system using ‘pivot’ method calibration. Acclaren...
Source: Medgadget - July 21, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
