Forcing a struggling child to take any medicine can lead to vomiting or choking. Using a better technique can sometimes get rid of the child's resistance. Doctors can sometimes replace a bad-tasting ...

A simple antihistamine can help reduce the allergic reaction causing your hives. Choose one of the drugs that don’t cause drowsiness. While you let the medicine do its work, try the handy home ...

Feb. 21, 2025 — A diet of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low-fat dairy foods and lean meats, low in salt and sugar, is associated with reduced psoriasis ...

It can be a sign of hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, or a thyroid tumor. Combined with Western medicine, this herb may be able to improve goiter as well as other thyroid diseases. As you consider ...

This is the basis for personalised medicine and by understanding the role our DNA plays in our health, it can help us transform how we think about our healthcare and help us deliver the four Ps: By ...

Feb. 21, 2025 — Researchers used visual threat manipulation in the virtual reality environment and thermal stimulation to investigate how the brain perceives pain. They found that the brain ...

There are many available treatments designed to relieve symptoms and reduce the frequency and duration of outbreaks. The mainstay treatment for genital herpes is antiviral medications, but utilizing ...

Nanomedicine is a branch of medicine that applies the knowledge and tools of nanotechnology to the prevention and treatment of disease. Nanomedicine involves the use of nanoscale materials ...

Population health interventions are often implemented as natural experiments, which makes their evaluation more complex and unpredictable than a typical randomised controlled trial (RCT). We discuss ...

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine accepts submissions of a range of article types, including original research, reviews and consensus statements. The Author Information section provides specific ...