Symptoms

Marked delay in achieving speech Continued stuttering or stammering

Home care

Speak to and listen to your baby in order to encourage speech.

Correct a child’s speech gently, but never punish or ignore the child for incorrect speech or try to make the child practice speaking.

Do not get angry or anxious if the child stutters, and don’t let [...]

Mental strain

Mental strain. Dr Bates, the man who became famous through his eye exercises to promote healthy vision, considered that most defective vision is caused by mental strain, and that a nervous temperament with a tendency to mental tension and rigidity of thought is the cause of most cases of serious visual deficiency. Whilst there [...]

Dangers of fire

•    Always keep a special watch on children and elderly people when fires and heaters are in use. (Remember, it is illegal to leave a child under the age of 12 in a room with an open fire.)

•     Keep portable heaters away from furniture and curtains and in a safe [...]

Description and Possible Medical Problems

Even a bodybuilder discovers by the age of 50 that his muscles aren’t as firm and toned as they were when he was in his 30s—or his 40s. With age, muscles lose their tone—even with regular exercise—and it takes longer for them to recover from exercise; for instance, instead of exercising [...]

If you come down with a sudden case of diarrhea, you should take Pepto-Bismol, two tablets or tablespoons four times a day, until the diarrhea clears up. In severe cases, your doctor may prescribe an antibiotic called Bactrim, which you’ll take in pill form twice a day for three to five days. A newer antibiotic [...]

Most of us know at least a couple of people who have emphysema and/or bronchitis. In almost every case, these two serious lung diseases occur in people who have been heavy smokers for most of their lives or have been exposed to excessive amounts of chemicals.

One of the hallmark symptoms of emphysema is chronic shortness [...]

Description and Possible Medical Problems

If your normally rosy complexion has recently taken on a yellowish tinge, and if the whites of your eyes also start to look somewhat yellow, you may have jaundice. Jaundice is caused by an accumulation of waste product from the bloodstream that collects in the liver. This waste product is called [...]

Your doctor will run a series of tests and perform a biopsy to make a diagnosis. With proper and prompt treatment, I have many patients with lymphoma who have lived well into their 80s and 90s.

Radiation therapy is the primary form of treatment for Hodgkin’s disease; chemotherapy may also be used. In some cases of [...]

Description and Possible Medical Problems

As we age, the eye takes longer to adjust to changes in light, due to changes in the retina and vitreous humor. But if your eyes actually hurt when they’re exposed to bright light, aging is not the culprit; your mouth or sinuses are.

The sinuses, oral cavity, and eyes are located [...]

In the past, the only possible recourse for men and women who were losing their hair and weren’t happy about it was to wear ill-fitting, poorly designed wigs and hairpieces. Most opted to grin and bear it.

Today, things are different. Some men opt for transplants, a procedure in which a patch of skin with hair [...]