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In a continued effort to modify and diversify its offerings, the newly branded DrSmartphoneMD launched the first in a series of supplemental articles discussing topics associated with avoidance of common allergens. Tampa Florida (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 In a continued effort to modify and diversify its offerings, the newly branded DrSmartphoneMD launched the first in a series of supplemental articles discussing topics associated with avoidance of common allergens. The series is intended to...
Doctors offer important tips on treating bites and stings from mosquitoes, jellyfish, snakes, ticks and yellowjackets. Learn expert advice on how to protect yourself and your loved ones. Stanford, CA (PRWEB) June 08, 2012 Stanford Hospital & Clinics emergency medicine physician and wilderness medicine guru, Paul Auerbach, MD, with a team of experts, has authored the 2,300-page Wilderness Medicine book (now in its sixth edition), which covers virtually everything that could give you...
Dr. Eli Silver offers some tips for dealing with these common summer outdoor problems. Cleveland, Ohio (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Ouch! At some point this summer, you or your child may come into contact with poison ivy or get stung by a bee. Eli Silver, MD, a pediatric allergy/immunology specialist at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and assistant professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, offers these...
Many people associate fear and anxiety when bees are nearby that could result in a painful sting. Bee Screen provides a virtual "sting free" zone for parents, children and the entire family (including pets). Approximately 20,000,000 people in the USA are highly allergic to bee stings. Bee Screen will help reduce the risk of serious injury resulting from an allergic reaction due to a bee sting. Riverside, CA (PRWEB) June 17, 2011 All of the honey a bee creates during its...
Therapik® provides bug bite relief and bug bite treatment, in a new, mess-free, drug-free and eco-friendly way. Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) February 2, 2011 The FDA confirmed the following: Therapik® is indicated for use to provide temporary bug bite relief, from the pain and itching resulting from insect stings and bites from bees, wasps and mosquitoes, by increasing localized blood flow. Eco-friendly, as well as drug-free and mess-free, Therapik® uses directed heat to...
New research in the FASEB Journal shows that a peptide derived from bee venom can deliver liposomes bearing drugs or diagnostic dyes to specific cells or tissuesThe next time you are stung by a bee, here's some consolation: a toxic protein in bee venom, when altered, significantly improves the effectiveness liposome-encapsulated drugs or dyes, such as those already used to treat or diagnose cancer. This research, described in the August 2010 print issue of the FASEB Journal...
ATLANTA, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- For many families, summer means pool parties and backyard barbeques. But where there is fun for kids, there are safety concerns for parents - like how to prevent sunburn, poolside accidents or insect bites and stings. According to Atlanta-based pest control leader Orkin, while most summer bugs like June beetles are just nuisances, summer bees, wasps and mosquitoes - and their stings or bites - can cause serious health issues. In fact, while most insect bites...
People have a greater chance of dying from a bee sting or eating peanuts than they do from being attacked by a shark, a Texas scientist said. When you consider all of the millions of people in the water all over the world at any given moment, the number of shark attacks is really extremely minute, said Andre Landry, a marine biologist at Texas A&M University. So far this year, just 40 shark attacks have been reported worldwide with no fatalities, Landry said in a release Friday. Sharks...
An Italian clinical trial found that tongue therapy can spell relief for those allergic to bee venom. "Our research opens a new possible application of sublingual immunotherapy, which was never proposed for hymenoptera allergy," said Dr. Giovanni Passalacqua. The common way to desensitize patients with bee sting allergy is to give them small, increasing doses of venom by subcutaneous injections. However, researchers noted there is a "particular risk of systemic/severe...
By Anne HardingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bee sting therapy is not effective in treating the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), and does not improve quality of life, according to the first controlled study to investigate the alternative treatment in MS patients.Patients with MS should not undergo bee venom therapy "unless better evidence to justify its use becomes available," warn Dr. Jacques De Keyser of the University Medical Center Groningen in The Netherlands and colleagues...
