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Pacifiers May Protect Babies from SIDS

Questions included pacifier use, sleep position, and the conditions in which the baby slept. That advice is credited with a drop in SIDS deaths, wr...

Kids' Choking Hazards May Go Unnoticed

11, 2004 -- Parents may need a refresher course on items that could pose a choking hazard to children, according to new research. Choking is often ...

Fever in Babies

A baby's normal temperature can range from about 97 to 100.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Most doctors consider a rectal temperature of 100.4 F or higher as...

Pain Management: Psychological Therapy

Psychological treatment provides a safe, non-drug method to treat your pain directly by reducing high levels of physiological stress that often agg...

Manage Opioids

CTA: Prevent opioid constipation. It's not safe to break, cut, chew, dissolve, or crush certain types of opioid pills before taking them. Don't alt...

Knee Pain Dos and Donts

You can do many things to help knee pain, whether it's due to a recent injury or arthritis you've had for years. Follow these 11 dos and don’ts to ...

Whats Causing My Knee Pain?

And if you have a torn ligament or certain knee injuries, you may need surgery. But injuries can happen, and they often involve the knees. If you h...

What are The Treatments for Knee Bursitis?

Knee bursitis pain, tenderness, and swelling can be hard to manage. Aspiration: They use a needle to drain the fluid out of your knee. Steroid inje...

ACL Injury: what to Know

One of the most common ways people hurt their knees is by injuring their ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). You may feel sore along your knee’s join...

Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA)

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a method of pain control that gives patients the power to control their pain. The pump can be used whenever t...

Everyday Tips for Chronic Back Pain

Your back pain could get better, and soon. If you think that you can’t be active because of your back pain, that’s understandable but misguided. Ev...

Common Pain and Pain Relief Myths

There are countless options for pain relief. Health care providers begin with a conservative approach to pain relief and prescribe non-narcotic pai...