Why Can't Some Contact Dermatitis Be Diagnosed by Blood Test, EVER?

I often see patients for allergies who desire allergy testing due to mysterious hive-like rash on the skin, and given many are fearful of needles, they opt for a blood test like RAST or immunoCAP to diagnose what they are allergic to. Some would even argue that skin prick testing would not be diagnostic. Though such blood tests have become remarkably accurate (skin prick is still the most accurate way to diagnose what a person is allergic to), there are profound and significant limitation…

9/30/2012 0

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Best Medication for Dizziness

So how would one go about figuring out the best medication for dizziness due to motion-sickness leading to nausea and even vomiting? Well, step 1... Put a bunch of people in a machine and figure out the necessary motions that will cause dizziness. Step 2... Do the same thing, but this time, put people on different medications and figure out what works the best. Sound crazy? Well it has been done by the friendly folks at NASA . Why would they perform such unpleasant experiments? It…

9/03/2011 0

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