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Because this behaviour is always transitory and self-limited, and there are never any consequences, no intervention is necessary. Parents should be reassured that it is harmless, despite the vigour with wich the activity the activity is pursued, and the best course of action is to ignore it. There is no effective intervention that will reduce [...]

REACTIONS TO IMMUNISATION

Vaccines are extremely safe and effective compounds which have been thoroughly tested. They are in use worldwide. As with all medicines, some people do have unwanted reactions. These are virtually never serious, and pass quickly. We stress again that the benefits of immunisation far outweigh any risks.

Some children have mild reactions to immunisation, [...]

Small dilated blood vessels (telangiectasia) lead to a blotchy appearance and there may be areas of patchy pigmentation or depigmentation.

The elastic tissue degenerates and the skin becomes thin and more prone to injury. Solar keratoses are reddened patches covered by white scale and are common on the face and backs of the hand.

These small lesions [...]

These were used in the past in frail old women for whom operation might have been too dangerous. Now, with modern anaesthetics and resuscitative measures having improved so much, there are few patients who are considered too sick to risk operation.

Sometimes, they were used in younger women who still wanted to have more children and [...]

Diabetes (or diabetes mellitus, if you prefer the full technical name) is inherited by baby. If affects the way the body handles the main ( omponents of food, the protein, fat and carbohydrate elements. A hormone called insulin is normally produced by the pancreas, a gland situated near the intestinal system. In the diabetic child, [...]

This simple-sounding disorder also has the impressive name of infectious mononucleosis (a name with which you can confound your friends and bank manager, I feel sure; you might even get an increased bank overdraft). It is caused by a virus called the Epstein-Barr virus, and is often contacted during childhood. In many cases, no symptoms [...]

The name ringworm is misleading, because the ailment to which it refers is not caused by a worm. It is in fact a form of tinea, a fungal infection, and is also known as tinea circinata. The name refers to the fact that it causes a raised ring-shaped inflammation of the skin. Ringworms are most [...]

Tears form in the tear glands that lie above the eyeballs within the bony eye sockets. These tear glands continuously produce fluid that flows across the eyeballs and down the slender tear ducts that connect each eye with the nose (nasolacrimal ducts). The two openings into each tear duct are pinpoint in size and can [...]

Yoga claims to be a science – a spiritual science at that.

Interestingly, science has proved many of the medical claims made by yoga to be valid.

Surprised? Most American men are. But then, the only yogis most of us ever knew were Yogi Bear and Yogi Berra. And since the end of the 1960s, it’s been [...]

1) Research conducted at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, indicates that calcium added to the diet may help cut down on water retention, menstrual cramps and moodiness.

Researchers kept track of menstrual and premenstrual symptoms in 10 healthy women who had a daily intake of 600 milligrams [...]