What Doctors Don't Tell YouMedicine moves in mysterious ways its blunders to perform. Last week we revealed that antacids, those mild over-the-counter remedies for indigestion, increase your risks of pneumonia by up to three times. Now an important study this week has...
Heart patients are regularly given antibiotics as part of their therapy on the theory that the respiratory virus Chlamydia pneumoniae plays a part in atherosclerosis, or furring of the arteries. The antibiotic kills the virus, and the furring stops.
When we think of pneumonia, we see it as a complicated and dangerous infection caused by bugs ‘in the air’. But there are a number of disparate, but common, medications that can lead to pneumonia, sometimes fatally. Going into hospital can cause it...
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES Pneumonia is rarely a problem in individuals with healthy immune systems - in these cases, the body’s normal defence mechanisms can either shrug it off or weaken its impact. So healthy eating - perhaps boosted by multivitamin/...
Indeed, doctors are becoming increasingly worried about the damage they’re causing to patients’ lungs leading to sickness and death. “Iatrogenic respiratory disease is an important cause of patient morbidity and mortality,” warn doctors at the...
Pneumonia is not a single disease entity. It is a term used to describe a generalised inflammation of the lung that can be caused by a number of different infectious organisms, mostly a variety of bacteria such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus...
Vitamin A therapy lessens the complications or the chances of dying from severe childhood measles. ... ...
Many of us have taken an antacid or some other mild over-the-counter remedy for a minor gastric problem - but we increase our chances of catching pneumonia every time we do, astonishing new research has discovered.
American Institute for Preventive MedicineSome 44 million Americans suffer from allergies and asthma and have trouble breathing during an attack. Also, there are millions of people who have breathing problems because of cigarette smoke and air pollution.
Chest Pain ;Chest pain can come from a lot of things. These include:A heart attack, Lung problems like pneumonia, bronchitis, or an injury.A hiatal hernia - known in medical terms as gastroesophageal reflux, disease (GERD),
Heartburn, Shingles
