Archives: 2009 July
Using antibiotics to treat infections in children increases the risk of recurrence
July 30th, 2009, 1 Comment
For a long time, I have been very concerned with children taking antibiotics whenever they have fever, cough or flu/cold. Sometimes, it is hard to blame the parents- because a child having fever has to be monitored because fever than goes too high may cause brain damage. And most of the time, both parents are [...]
My experience in treating a chill with traditional Chinese medication
July 26th, 2009, 1 Comment
How I came down with the chill
One Thursday, it was raining very heavily as I ran out the car to unlock the gate after meeting up with someone. I thought nothing about it as I was often caught in the rain when I was staying in Thailand- since I am the type who rather make [...]
Traditional Method of Relieving Flu and Chills
July 23rd, 2009, Comments Off
Is it just me or do you also notice that a number of people around you seemed to be down with flu, fever, cough or sore throat? Perhaps someone you know had just caught a chill and is down and out for about a week.
You may resort to taking a course of antibiotics or popping [...]
How I dealt with a throbbing toothache
July 19th, 2009, 3 Comments
A throbbing and painful tooth is a horrible nightmare for anyone to go through. It is something that most of us have experience in one time of our lives. When the pain gets so bad, everything else in your life will go into a blur except that painful overbearing PAIN that gets so BAD.
But what [...]
Feeling Tired, Stomach Pains and Black Stools: Could it be a stomach bacteria?
July 15th, 2009, 2 Comments
7Recently Abbott ran an interesting advertisement to bring awareness the Helicobacter pylori in the stomach that can cause the following symptoms:
feeling tired without an obvious reason
burning, cramping or hunger like pain in the stomach area, often between meals and in the early morning hours
black tarry or bloody stools (which means there is a bleeding ulcer)
nausea, vomiting and [...]
How Active Dads Stay in Shape
July 12th, 2009, Comments Off
Recently, Fitness Concepts and The Star Online announced the winners of the “Forever Young Dad” contest. Basically, readers are asked to submit in photos of their dads who have stayed active in order to win the following price. The list of winners were announced and published on 10 July 09. It is well worth to [...]
Why Active People Still Suffer from Body Aches?
July 6th, 2009, 2 Comments
You are an avid exerciser because you know about the benefits of staying physically active. You visited the gym frequently and even go for tennis and futsall sessions with your pals. You do everything right as prescribed by the professionals: you do your cardio, weight lifting (and have those lean muscles to show) as well [...]
Acupressure Tool- made of wood
July 3rd, 2009, Comments Off
If I am not mistaken, the tool as shown in the picture below is used for massage. But I find it very useful as an acupressure tool. I bought the sturdy wooden tool from a small stall in the remote area of Thailand. Can’t comfirm if it is really used for acupressure- but I find [...]
