Never Neglect Your Health

If you're like most adults, you've probably had X-rays taken several times in your life — whether during periodic dental checkups or at the ER after suffering a sprain, strain, or fracture. But for children and infants who are often frightened of new situations and may be hard to control when curious or distressed, sitting still even for the few seconds it takes to perform an X-ray can be far more challenging.

Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis are both skin conditions. They both cause dryness, itchiness, redness, and a patchy look. As such, it can be tough for patients, and sometimes even for their doctors, to determine which disease is presenting itself. So is the skin issue you've been dealing with psoriasis, or is it atopic dermatitis disease? Here are some questions to ask yourself in order to figure it out. How itchy is it?

If you have special needs when it comes to your medications, then you can work with a compounding pharmacy to get exactly what you need. These pharmacies are held to the same standards as your traditional ones, but there are some things that make one business different from another. And, you can use some of these differences to choose the best compounding pharmacy. So, what should you be looking at?

If you take care of a senior in your home or hire a nurse to provide home care, you know that the seasons impact the way you care for your loved one. It also impacts the things you do to keep your loved one safe. For older individuals, changing weather can make a significant impact. It is more significant for seniors because aging can impact the body's ability to handle heat and cold.

You probably think of the pharmacist as the person who hands you the pills your doctor has prescribed. Indeed, this is a big part of their job. However, pharmacists spend a long time in school, and they do a lot more than count and hand out pills. Here are a few services they offer that you might want to take advantage of. Over-the-counter medication recommendations Not sure what cough suppressant to take for your cold?

It is often assumed that home is the best place for an older person to be. You may have promised your parent (and maybe even yourself) that you would not force them to spend their final years in a care center or nursing home. As well-meaning as this promise may have been, though, everything changes when your parent is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. While you may be able to care for them in the early stages, eventually, a memory care facility will become the better choice.

When you are treated by a specialist doctor, you typically only see that physician a few times. But your primary care physician is a doctor you will see again and again over the years. It is therefore important to consider more than just their reputation when choosing a primary care doctor. There are thousands of good primary care doctors out there, but that does not mean they're all a good fit for your needs.

In a very basic sense, losing weight sounds pretty simple. You eat less, move more, and the pounds drop off! Of course, if you have ever tried to lose a substantial amount of weight, you know that in reality, things are a lot harder than that. You lose motivation. You accidentally eat a second helping. You skip the gym more often than you should. Because weight loss is more complicated than it seems, enrolling in a weight loss program may be preferable to trying to do this on your own.