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Contrast agents are chemicals used to enhance medical and diagnostic images such as X-rays, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans.
Most of the so called inactive ingredients added to food and drugs to make them more appealing can have as many side effects as drugs themselves. ...
Additional side-effects of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) include:
Kissing is a perilous business. It can lead to any number of pickles, such as marriage, families and food allergies. Yes, those clever people in white coats (doctors, not cricket umpires)
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Most laundry detergents are formulated with enzymes to get the most common stains out. These products are called 'biological' detergents. .. ...
At the age of four months, my son Edward developed seborrhoeic dermatitis. It started as a dry eczema patch on his forehead, then spread over his entire head. The skin was weeping and forming thick crusts,
In the UK, someone is burnt or scalded every 90 seconds while, in the US, around two million burns occur each year.
The most common foods that cause allergic reactions in children are wheat, milk, eggs, fish and seafood, chocolate, citrus fruits, soy products, corn, nuts, and berries. Dr. Janet Zand gives a comprehensive program for children's food allergies that...
Everybody's allergic to something. Cat hair, grass pollen, wheat bread by the slice, cow's milk and eggs. What about work? Often the subject of our reactivity is at first benign; it is only later that the obvious and sometimes very uncomfortable...