Avoiding the Eight Most Common Food Allergy Triggers
Food allergies are caused by your immune system. Your body misidentifies a harmless food as something that could make you sick and tries to protect you. When you eat something you’re allergic to, your immune system responds. You might get a mild skin rash or itchy eyes, or you could have a bigger reaction that…
Teaching Your Child to Swallow Medicines
Sometimes, even a spoonful of sugar won’t quite do the trick. Medicines in pill form can be hard for some kids to get down. When your child needs to take medication, they may struggle to swallow pills until they learn to master the skill. And it is a skill … some people learn to swallow…
Avoiding Food Triggers for Tinnitus
Around 50 million Americans get that annoying ringing, roaring, whistling, hissing, clanging or shrieking sound in their ears. Tinnitus often occurs because the tiny hair cells in the inner ear are damaged, producing constant stimulation of aural nerves. There are many factors that contribute to this condition, including exposure to loud noise, aging, medications, hearing…
Possible Signs Your Thyroid isn’t Working Correctly
It may be a small part of your anatomy … but your thyroid (the butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your throat) is one of the most powerful parts of your body. It produces hormones that regulate everything from your appetite and energy levels to your body’s internal thermostat. It influences, in fact, almost…
Singing Leads to Better Hearing
Go ahead and belt that show tune in the shower — it’s for your health! It’s long been known that singing can reduce stress and increase mental alertness, but your melodies may also improve the way you hear and understand conversations in noisy places, according to recent research. Deciphering speech in noisy situations can be…
Meet the Neti Pot — An Over-the-Counter Help for Sinus Infections
You can feel a sinus infection as soon as it hits … pressure, discomfort and misery. Even thinking about one might make your teeth ache. Treatments for sinus infections range from antibiotics to surgery. But now there is also a traditional remedy that’s getting more attention after recent research shows it to have promise ……
Teacher and Caregivers Should Know How & When to Use Auto-Injectors for Anaphylaxis
If you’ve seen someone go into anaphylaxis after a severe allergic reaction, it can be scary. But if they have an auto-injection device (sometimes called an EpiPen). they can quickly and easily self-administer life-saving medication. To use it, a person pulls off the cap and sticks the needle into her thigh. The drugs enter the…
Meet Dr. Amir Allak: South Valley ENT’s expert in cosmetic and functional facial surgery
Dr. Amir Allak is a doctor who believes in the whole person. His passion for science and talent for connecting with people led him to his career path … and have allowed him to be the kind of person who understands and connects with patients on a deeper level. How did you first become interested…
Stuttering in Children — What to Look For
Kids sometimes trip over their words, especially when they are gaining early language skills. Sometimes children — especially when grammar and vocabulary skills develop faster than motor skills — go through a temporary stage of “disfluency” that can last up to several months. But if stuttering is a more persistent problem it may require outside…
Hearing and Dementia: Healthy Hearing is Linked to a Healthy Brain
Your ears catch the sound in your world, but it’s your brain that makes sense of it. New research suggests that hearing loss could have a greater cost on your brain than just the loss of information. Hearing loss could actually be a risk indicator for cognitive decline linked to dementia. Or, to look at…