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Causes Of Human Bite - Articles
Culinary Practices And The Modern Human Bite
by
Dr. Steven P.
Posted
Thu 28 Mar 2013 11:22pm
Dr. Weston Price showed that cultures that change from native to modern, Western diets produce jaws with more dental crowding, crooked teeth and more cavities. Others have shown that softer foods and even bottle-feeding can also promote dental crowding. Smaller jaws can lead to smaller airways, leading to a number of health problems due to poor ...
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Health Tips for May 28
by
Meredy
Posted
Wed 27 May 2009 10:39pm
Health Tip: Taking Care of a Tick Bite
If you or your child has been bitten by a tick, there's probably little risk of disease, but it's still important to remove the tick properly and protect the area from infection.
The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital offers these suggestions for taking care of a tick bite:
To remove a wood tick ...
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SNAKE BITES, PT. 2
by
Helpful Buckeye
Posted
Sun 15 Aug 2010 12:00am
Helpful Buckeye received more questions and comments following last week's discussion of Snake Bites than about any other subject we've dealt with here at Questions On Dogs and Cats. Yet, many of our respondents haven't ever seen a poisonous snake themselves or had their pet ever exposed to one. I guess the topic of snakes and their bites is s ...
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UK ADVICE ON LYME DISEASE
by
Joanne60
Posted
Thu 28 Oct 2010 2:04pm
PATIENT UK article on Lyme Disease link here
Lyme Disease
This disease was formally described following the investigation of a collection of patients with rashes and swollen joints occurring in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975, and acquired the name 'Lyme disease' (Lyme arthritis) in 1977.1 The various rashes, however, had been recognised many ...
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Travel Health Advisory for Dengue Fever
by
ViaMedica
Posted
Mon 21 Dec 2009 12:00am
Travel Health Notice
Outbreaks caused by four types of the dengue fever virus have increased in the past 25 years. About 40% of the world's population live in areas where there is a risk of dengue fever.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recommends that travellers protect themselves from mosquito bites when travelling to areas whe ...
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What you wanted to know about Dengue fever
by
Vaidyan Charakan
Posted
Thu 11 Aug 2011 12:00am
What is Dengue fever (DF)? What are Dengue haemorrhagic fever and Dengue shock syndrome?
Dengue [pronounced Den' gee] infection is caused by a virus. There are 4 types of Dengue viruses,namely DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3, and DENV 4. It occurs commonly as dengue fever. Occasionally the patient suffering from dengue may develop bleedin ...
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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DOGS AND CATS?
by
Helpful Buckeye
Posted
Sun 13 Jan 2013 12:00am
In a few months, Questions On Dogs and Cats will be having its 5th birthday. Many of you have been with us from the beginning and you all know we have covered a lot of different topics in that time. As I was looking over my files of information on topics to be covered in this blog, I wondered if there was any way for me t ...
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SPRING HAS SPRUNG....
by
Helpful Buckeye
Posted
Fri 07 Aug 2009 12:14pm
Spring has finally sprung this past Friday, the 20th. Remembering last week's opening quote, ...to get from winter's dream to summer's magic..., we must first experience spring. Helpful Buckeye's good friend, Link, from Schwenksville, PA, sent this quote last week from Albert Camus, French author, about winter: "In the depths of winter, I finally l ...
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