Scratching bug bites is no way to spend the outdoor months of the year beside keeping you comfortable insect repellants can help you protect you from mosquito carried viruses such as West Nile. The centers for disease control and prevention recommend you use products that have been shown to working scientific trials and that have active ingredients registered with the EPA for use as insect repelle...read more

Tips To Reduce Stress For WomenStress is really something you dont want to be afraid of, because it sometimes is very beneficial. I mean if youre going to have to talk to someone seriously about an issue or a problem, youre going to be under a little bit more stress but it might help you put your thoughts together well to present what you want to change in a more organized fashion. But other times...read more

Xan: Hi! I'm Xan from Oakland. Is bipolar disorder curable and if not what are the risks of discontinuing medication?Michael H. Allen: The risk of discontinuing medication is that you'll have more episodes and those episodes will probably look like the episodes you've had before. So, if you've had meniere's or if you've had depressions and you stop your medications particularly if you stop them su...read more

Speaker: Is your home, could I eat off the kitchen floor or would you be too embarrassed, and more importantly are there hidden health traffic that could be putting your family's heath at risk. Well, we wanted to find out so we sent cleaning expert Julie Edelman she is also known as the accidental housewife on a spring cleaning house call. Julie: Hey Samantha! Julie Edelman the accidental housewif...read more

Male: Preventing osteoporosis is entirely possible with a few dietary supplements.Male: Holding on to bone strength is a key to preventing osteoporosis and you probably will not be surprise that the best way to do this is by increasing your consumption of calcium. Less than 50% of us get the recommended daily dosage of 1,000 milligrams, a requirement that increases as we age. People over 51 need a...read more

What are the negative aspects of saliva testing?There are several cons to saliva testing. Some of my patients cant make any spit and they just have something called xerostomia and then, in that case I would go to a 24-hour urine analysis. Its more inconvenient, you know, you have to stay at home for a 24-hour period, but it is also an excellent way to get the results. The other problem is, you kno...read more

Male Speaker: If the kid has whooping cough do antibiotics get rid of it. And why do we use if it antibiotics if it does or doesnt?Michael Marcus: See the problem with whooping cough is once the cough begins and we've made a diagnosis have passed the point where antibiotics actually helps the child. If we happen to catch the child during the point where they just have their running nose and cold-l...read more