Month: February 2012

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7 Signs Tell You to Take Vitamin D

Vitamins are indispensable nutrients for the human body. The Huffington Post published an article on April 29 in the United States, which published [7 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency in the Body] by Dr. Michael Horrick, a professor of medicine at Boston University. 1. Bone pain Adults who lack vitamin D are more prone to bone and muscle pain, especially in winter. When you get up in the morning, your joints feel stiff. Step 2: Depression Vitamin D can improve the level of neurotransmitter 5-hydroxytryptamine, thus improving mood. Studies have found that vitamin D supplementation can greatly reduce the incidence of depression. 3. Over 50 The American Cancer Society said that the older you get, the weaker your skin’s ability Read More …

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You’d better not drive in the second trimester of pregnancy.

Is it safe to drive during pregnancy? According to a report by the US [Fox News] on May 13, a new study published in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association found that about 2% of pregnant women will have serious car accidents while driving, with the second trimester of pregnancy (4-6 months of pregnancy) being the most dangerous. Dr. Donald Ledmore, an expert at the Institute of Clinical Evaluation Science at the University of Toronto School of Medicine, and his colleagues examined the accidents of more than 500,000 Canadian pregnant women before, during and after pregnancy. After a five-year follow-up survey, the researchers also investigated various factors that led to driving errors and increased the risk of car accidents, Read More …

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How to Choose Children’s Antipyretic Drugs

Parents asked: At present, there are many antipyretic drugs for children, and adverse reactions are often mentioned. How should parents choose? Should we pay attention to some what in use? The pharmacist replied: First of all, rising body temperature is a natural defensive response of the human body. It can increase the synthesis of human body, enhance the activity of phagocytes, and sometimes the change of body temperature is also helpful for disease diagnosis and judgment after healing. Therefore, not all children must use drugs immediately as soon as they have a fever. In general, children with low fever (< 38.0 ℃) do not advocate the use of drugs to cool down, but should adopt physical cooling method. What are Read More …

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Shocking pediatric poison

According to statistics, there are hundreds of Chinese patent medicines containing cinnabar and realgar in the domestic drug market. Science has proved that cinnabar and realgar are toxic to human body, but their legendary curative effects have not yet been confirmed by science. Instead of calling them [medicinal materials], they are rather [poisons]. What is most shocking is that these [poisons] containing cinnabar and realgar are not only taken in large quantities by adults, but also widely used as pediatric drugs on children who have no choice. The following are some research materials on cinnabar, realgar and related proprietary Chinese medicines: Cinnabar Also known as cinnabar, cinnabar, It is a natural ore of mercury sulfide. Cinnabar is a very important Read More …

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The common medical mistakes in those movies

1. Non-key characters in the movie all die too fast. If you are shot in the trunk, stabbed in the stomach and wiped out your neck, you will not be able to move immediately. If this is the case, many people in reality do not need to be rescued. In fact? Death from trauma is a rather tangled process. The only injuries that can really make people stiff immediately are those that hurt the brain or spinal cord, such as head shots, beheadings and spinal cord amputations (hanging, twisting the neck). As for neck wiping, the trachea and carotid artery are seriously injured. Even if one cannot breathe, one will not die immediately. Otherwise, how can we hold our breath? Read More …

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What about diarrhea in summer?

As summer comes, the number of patients with diarrhea is also increasing. Montmorillonite powder, as a common over-the-counter antidiarrheal drug, acts like a vacuum cleaner, absorbing germs and toxins, and can form a barrier to protect the original mucosa and tissue. Therefore, it is often used to treat acute and chronic diarrhea, digestive tract inflammation and ulcer. However, it is precisely because montmorillonite powder has such strong adsorption capacity that it may affect the efficacy of other drugs taken together. Montmorillonite powder has strong fixation and inhibition effects on viruses, germs and toxins produced in digestive tract, can also improve the defense function of mucosal barrier, and has the effects of balancing normal flora and local analgesia. However, these effects Read More …

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How to scientifically [confinement]

Most Chinese parturients have to have a special [ceremony]-confinement within a few weeks after giving birth. Traditional confinement has many taboos, the most common of which are: keeping warm absolutely and covering your whole body even in summer; Can’t go out or even get out of bed, can’t blow; Can’t wash your face, wash your hair, let alone take a bath or brush your teeth; In terms of diet, we should avoid raw and cold food and eat various [supplements]. Even with modern science and technology, new taboos have been developed that cannot watch TV, mobile phones and so on to avoid hurting eyes. People usually think that the experience handed down from generation to generation must be reasonable. However, Read More …

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Brush teeth correctly in the morning and evening.

Brushing teeth is the basic method to maintain oral health. Proper and effective brushing can reduce bacteria in the oral cavity, remove food debris, reduce caries and gingivitis, and avoid damage to soft tissues and hard tissues of the oral cavity. There are many methods of brushing teeth, each with its own characteristics. None of them is suitable for all people. Children are at the stage of development, and their dexterity of hands is limited, which makes it difficult to master complex brushing skills. We recommend young children to learn and master relatively simple arc brushing methods. The main points are as follows: 1. Under the condition of closed mouth, the toothbrush enters between the outer side of the tooth Read More …

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Four Diseases Revealed by Nightmare

Frequent nightmares may be caused by work or life stress, anxiety, and changes in certain drugs or hormones. However, some serious diseases can also lead to nightmares. The Huffington Post recently published a study confirming [4 diseases revealed by nightmares]. 1. Heart disease. A Swedish study found an important association between increased nightmares and arrhythmia and intermittent chest pain in older men and women. The study also found that chest pain and arrhythmia increased significantly in women aged 40 to 64 who had frequent nightmares and poor sleep. Spastic chest pain may further increase after menopause. 2. Parkinson’s disease. Three recent studies published in the British journal Lancet Neurology show that patients with sleep disorders often scream, cry, kick and Read More …

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Caishi Brand Pox Lixiao Exposed to Contain Prohibited Antibiotics

In April 2014, < < Consumer Reports > > submitted some acne-removing products for inspection. According to the latest test report,: Caishi Pox Lixiao is forbidden to add antibiotic lincomycin hydrochloride, with a content of 8200 g/g, 410 times the detection limit. According to the survey, many pharmacies and supermarkets have already taken the product off the shelves, while Taobao Tmall Caishi flagship store is still selling the product, and other stores selling the product on Taobao are not few. According to the regulations of the State Food and Drug Administration, antibiotics are prohibited from being added to cosmetics. As early as 2007, The popular anti-acne product [Di Dou], Just because it was found that chloramphenicol was banned from adding Read More …